You Hurd Me Right

       A sub-headline in the L.A.Times Olympics section of August 18 had me puzzled:

       "U.S. women's hurders sweep"

Wait a moment, I know there are some odd or marginal sports in the Olympics, but do they really have competition in herding cattle?  I suppose it's equestrian then?  And I'm sure women are up to it as they are every other sport.

       Oh, "hurders," a misprint; it's "hurdlers."  Matching the misprint with a willing proofreader's error, I was quite ready to see "herders."

       Well, there are always new events in the Olympics.  Maybe we're not far away from that one.