At Mürren, Switzerland, where Europe's best skiers were racing for the Arlberg-Kandahar trophy, Germany's Rudi Cranz and France's Emile Allais walked up the hill together. Said Cranz: ''You haven't enough paraffin on your skis." Replied Allais: "I haven't any paraffin." said Cranz: "Take this. I have plenty." Cranz had just won the first heat of the slalomthrough a zigzag, flag-marked coursein which Allais had finished third.
Cranz won the second heat also but Allais, with Cranz's paraffin on his skis, contrived to finish second, clipping four seconds off his previous time....
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