A TORTOISE “DERBY”
A subject for n new fa.ble by Aesop comes from Biekinton, Devon. Visitors on holiday in the district, hearing n Dartmoor farmer brag as to the speed of his tortoise, a get! 90, secured a tortoise a'.od CO from a Ijondcn firm, and threw out a cha.lJcnge for a race. This took place in an orchard i’t the presence or nearly e\ory inhabitant of the village. A shotgufi wa* Used to give the starting signal, it being ariangcd that the winner sin ild be the tortoise which travelled th ' greatest distance in ten minutes. The Dartmoor ♦ortoise made off immediately at broakn'X'k pace. His opponent had n brief look round, and then drew her hear! beneath her shell again. When (he time-limit had expired the Dnrtnuxir tortow' hail envoi <\l 70fv, and the visitor was still at the starting point.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 9
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143A TORTOISE “DERBY” New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 9
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