Summary: this book is about a class with a teacher
They are from the Hawkwood School. The teacher found that children must have ambition.
He says that the children themselves must register for a competition with running, shouting, swimming and cross country riding. There are some children who like that. The teacher, called Sam Sylvester, selected a team. The children in the team are: Hoomey, Jazz, Bean and Gary. Because Nutty is a girl she can’t play with them, so she is the coach. All 4 boys get a horse.