SKATERS AND 'WEE JIMMY.'
Two current attractions at the Auckland Winter Show are causing a considerable degree of entertainment to visitors and creating great interest. The first is the St. Moritz - Skaters, giving two performances daily in which seemingly impossible feats of agility and - skill on roller skates are done with apparent ease. Consistent training over a period of many years alone could have made the performers as perfect as they now are. Th= St. Moritz Skaters are no strangers to European and North American audiences. The other attraction is "Wee Jimmy," claimed by his owners to be the world's smallest racehorse. Shod with gold, the animal, which is perfect in all proportions, stands only 26in high and weighs 361b. Not only is he proving a great attraction to children, but adults express great interest in what is a rarer freak of nature. The horse, unlike most animal freaks, is a perfect "pocket edition" of the real McCoy—he lacks a fifth leg or a second head, a third eye or a split tail. He would make a magnificent charger—for a JolL
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 9
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