Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-08-29 | Page 4 | Animal Race by the "400"

ANIMAL RACE BY THE newport society to in a novel contest ISo aha troubles on the ark as illustrated lust rated in the comic section of a recent sunday journal have furnished newport fashionables fashio nables with an idea for a novel entertainment bays the new york evening journal mrs burke rocho and a number of her friends have determined to hold a gymkhana meeting in a few days one of the principal features of which Is to be a pet animal race for an extremely valuable prize given by mrs seth barton french the pet animals ore to be driven by the fair owners who will e allowed the use of a ribbon and a wand the presence nt one almo on the same race course of pets EO varied as monkeys and geese of goats and pigs of lion cubs and lambs of turtles and rabbits of guinea pigs and cockatoos cocka toos la likely to furnish no end of amusement not altogether devoid of excitement the utmost ingenuity will have to be employed by the owners of the entries to prevent their respective froan atud even from detouring one another