Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — An Odd Race. [ARTICLE]

An Odd Race.

A “Noah’s Ark Race” is an amusing novelty on the turf. It was introduced at the Madras fair, and was a handicap for all animals bred in the eountry, the competitors including buffaloes, elephants, a goqt. rath, emu, and elk, and other creatures, besides ponies and horses. The elephants were as placid as if moving in a marriage procession, and went over the course it a quick winsr' The fam and goat, ridden by little boys, ran well, and the buffaloes went at a good gallop; but the emu would not stir—neither would the elk, until the end of the race, when It took fright and darted the course at great speed. Finally a ram was the winner, a horse coming in second, and a buffalo third.