Show speeders all speed has always been one of mans man s many obsessions from the dawn of history man has raced against man he has raced his horses against the steeds of other men dogs against hare and deer then came balloon rachs auto races airplane races these are all familiar to us these pictures shoto unfamiliar races va raa iwo W Y F 2 e N U 4 A real neck and nerk 24 race in hollywood P 2 V A ib 1 kit I 1 r A horse racing is not unusual but the picture at the left is unusual as the cameraman risked his life to get this headon head on shot right this dog race is different as thedoes the dogs carry jockeys jocko the monk in each case r J J lk f V 0 4 croaker s derby this frog race teas ivas sta staged ed at the late I 1 new york 1 ork world s fair the pretty maids acted as jockeys by nudging the f frogs r og s T U AMR j ar V wrt 4 4 4 4 X above cheetah and dog race the 4 dog has no chance of winning the spotted cat can hit 70 miles per hour Z 4 right two chee bahs match speed at a british course before the acar na WI 4 4 ri 0 X diw t emil X kow k I 1 esme a cow on the stud farm of dorothy paget british race horse owner who won icon by a nose over golden miller the horse that won iron the grand rational national steeplechase in 1931 believe it or not ilk A ilk lo 10 4 start of the bicentennial futurity from washington D C this was the scene as homing pigeons flew the coops and headed for home |