FOX VERSUS MAN
That the fox can run faster than man was revealed recently when C. Cottam, of the Federal Bureau of Biological Survey (U.S.A.) used his motor-car speedometer to time the speed of a fox on a South Carolina highway. The fox attained a speed of Uventy-six miles an hour, covering the first 100 yards in less than eight seconds, and gradually slowing to a speed of twenty-one miles an hour at the end of a half-mile. Man's fastest pace for the 100-yard distance is between nine and ten seconds.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 40, 16 August 1937, Page 16
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91FOX VERSUS MAN Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 40, 16 August 1937, Page 16
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