Five horses - 'FIRST', 'SECOND', 'THIRD', 'FOURTH' and 'FIFTH' ran in the race. (There were no ties.)
'FIRST' did not come first.
'SECOND' was neither first nor last.
'THIRD' came in one place after 'FIRST'.
'FOURTH' was not second.
'FIFTH' was two places below 'FOURTH'.
In what order did the horses finish?

 

  Just set up a matrix since fifth is two behind fourth, fourth must be 1,2,3 but fourth can't be 2nd and fourth finishing 3rd leads to inconsistencies

 

Posted by red_sox_fan_032003 on 2004-02-25 17:59:09