The oddest race on record was run a little time ago on one of the lawns of the country club at Greensboro, in North Carolina. Fanciers were invited from all directions to bring their tortoises, for a Terrapin Derby was to be run and a substantial prize awarded to the owner of the winner. Of the race itself no more need be said, the pictures telling the story in sufficient detail. But if such spectacles are very common in this State, it is easy to understand how the world-famous observation of the Governor of North Caro lina to the Governor of South Carolina came to be made. The picture on left shows the sta rt of the race, the tortoises being placed in a starting trap in the middle of the ring. The first to reach the outside circle was the winner. As can be seen by inset picture on the right, it was a close finish.

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 6

The oddest race on record was run a little time ago on one of the lawns of the country club at Greensboro, in North Carolina. Fanciers were invited from all directions to bring their tortoises, for a Terrapin Derby was to be run and a substantial prize awarded to the owner of the winner. Of the race itself no more need be said, the pictures telling the story in sufficient detail. But if such spectacles are very common in this State, it is easy to understand how the world-famous observation of the Governor of North Caro lina to the Governor of South Carolina came to be made. The picture on left shows the sta rt of the race, the tortoises being placed in a starting trap in the middle of the ring. The first to reach the outside circle was the winner. As can be seen by inset picture on the right, it was a close finish.