Everybody wanted to come in and knock him off. Garrard County natives Preston and the Edgingtons were favorites among the crowd of nearly 1,000, and even among fellow competitors, including the first woman to compete, Dolly Benedict. Then every time I cut a stick, I'll look down there and see that. Benedict probably had the most to prove, although she didn't know it when she signed up. I was shocked.
Guys do it all the time.
Her teen-age sons talked her into competing. I didn't want to disappoint my boys. They're probably disappointed because I didn't win. Her stick man, husband Fred, kept her going. He was saying, 'Get with it, Dolly.