NOVELTY RACE.
— (0) . • At a gymkhana held recently in Paris the attraction of the afternoon was a domestic pet race." Monkeys, guinea pigs, pheasants, rabbits, and tortoises made up the list of competitors, horses, dogs, donkeys and mules being excluded. A pretty little monkey was first past the post, the tortoise by dint of much persuasion, coming second. Duchesses, countesses, and various other titled ladies were (says an exchange) among the owners of the competitors, and as OAvners were not ordered off the course, huge must have been the enjoyment of "the common herd" at the sight of so many aristocrats, breathless and excited, urging their nominations to victory.
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Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 24 August 1901, Page 4
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