MEN AND MICE.
For lack of horses, servicemen at a certain place in Northern Australia are racing field mice. The' course is generally an old kerosene tin laid flat and cut open so that everybody can see how the favourite is doing. The high walls of the tin keep the mice from quitting in the middle and jumping off the course. Good racers are in keen demand, since a fair amount of money in bets hangs on every race. Of course, novices have to he brought in from time to time to make up the field, and these are apt to lie down on the job, just like horses. The difference is that, when they stop, the owner, under the local rules, has the right to get them, into action again by tickling them. This cannot be done with horses.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 147, 1 April 1944, Page 6
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