MECCA FOR JUMPING FROGS.—The American frog-jumping championship, an annual event, in progress at Angels Camp, Calaveras, California. This photograph, taken at the jubilee contest in 1967 which attracted 60,000 spectators, was sent by Mrs Gaelyn E. Grant, who lives in California, to her mother, Mr Veda M. Phillips, of Opawa. The rules governing frog-jumping contests are well defined. A “jump” is three successive leaps, and the final length of the “jump” is the distance from the middle of a large ring to the final resting place of the frog after the third leap. It is proposed that the winner of the first New Zealand championship, to be held at Bishopdale next month, should be sent to the United States to compete in the American championship.

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32703, 4 September 1971, Page 16

MECCA FOR JUMPING FROGS.—The American frog-jumping championship, an annual event, in progress at Angels Camp, Calaveras, California. This photograph, taken at the jubilee contest in 1967 which attracted 60,000 spectators, was sent by Mrs Gaelyn E. Grant, who lives in California, to her mother, Mr Veda M. Phillips, of Opawa. The rules governing frog-jumping contests are well defined. A “jump” is three successive leaps, and the final length of the “jump” is the distance from the middle of a large ring to the final resting place of the frog after the third leap. It is proposed that the winner of the first New Zealand championship, to be held at Bishopdale next month, should be sent to the United States to compete in the American championship.