The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-08-15
Rifle STREAK I
OUR ENTRY IN
BUNNY DERBY
Highlanders Seek Chance to
Show Speed of Local Rab-
bis i'm States Day Race;
Much Interest Shown

of the farmers noting the speed OF
the pests about their places have
captured a few and are training
them for the derby.
Clinton (Hoppity) McBee of XII,
ona has issued a challenge to all and
sundry. He writes to the Prosser
paper, explaining his idea as fol-
lows: ..
aWe're not gonna get all hot and
tired ourselves in case we have
to fight later, We'll all be in good
condition. We're gonna let our
rabbits do the work for us. .@~
"You see we've got the doggonest
best rabbits in the world up here.
Fastest by miles. Best eaters. And
boy can they multiply. But we're
most proud of their speed. Rattle
snake rabbits just amt got no class
compared to ours. Why some OF
our oldest mamma rabbits can make
a hopped-up va look like tractor.
A tourist in a big IL cylinder job
this summer wanted the county to
buy him new headlight because
while he was doing about 80 a cou-
pie of blacktails kicked gravel and
broke it. They had to dig in to
keep ahead, on account of he came
over little rise and they didn't see
him until he was twenty feet away.
We think because they're so fast is
they used to train with the old mail
planes pacing 'em. Kinda discour-
aged 'em when the line put on those
new Boeings They could still put
up good race though when the
planes didn't have a tail wind.
$50 you Rattlesnakers, we're chal-
longing you for race. Bring your
fastest hoppers to town on States
Day and we'll run 'em in direct
competition down a lane of people.
Bring your pocketbooks, too. We
had a short crop up here this year,
and we'd just as soon take your
dough with rabbits as any other
way. Be sure you have your jacks in
as good shape as you can. We don't
want you crying around when you
get took"
The callenge took. Slim Kimmell
Immediately sent the following COM
munication to the paper in response
to the def:
"Just where and when did you get
the idea that Horse Heaven Jack
rabbits could run? From your ar
ticle in the rd-Bulletin, we of
the Rattlesnake Hills think you are
all wet and we are more than will
ing to match your numbering, flea
bitten trash on States Day.
when it comes to producing
speedy jack rabbits, we sure can do
good job. In case you have not
paid much attention to our stock,
it might be well to call your at
tention to the chassis of the Rattle
snake speedsters. You will observe
that they are built streamlined
throughout, with natural balance
and long graceful leaps. Ears are
SO designed that they offer no wind
resistance, except on turns and then
only to maintain balance. Our nat
urally superior atmosphere has de-
Veloped an unusual lung capacity,
so that distance means nothing to
our stock. In fact, an old ex-serv-
ice Jack, owned by Slim McKibben,
makes daily run to the Canadian
border, starting around nine in the
morning and returning at straight
up twelve o'clock. This is just a
practice run. Slim says he trained
MIN to carry messages to the Off
GERS from the front.
This Jackrabbit race is a good
idea, but we are real sorry that
Horse Heaven will be unable to put
up a good runner, so we feel that
we will win in this just the same
as we have in all the other con-
tests" 90. ..-.-s
All Of which created more inter-
est IN the race. Even enough SO that
we have now an entry from this end
OF the county. The letter asking for
the chance is as follows:
The residents of the Kennewick
highlands have examined with in
terest the boasts of the residents of
morse Heaven and Rattlesnake con-
corning the speed of the rabbits in
tnat territory. We would like to
know whether or not the Rabbit
derby on States Day is a closed af-
ialr and only open to the two
entrants.
we believe that the superior
quahty and ability of the rabbits
ilourlshing on the products raised
On the Kennewick Highlands can
more than compete with any COM
petition of the dry land area.
Like the rabbits in Horse Heaven
ours can multiply and can also sub
aae1 and add. They are more in
.eingent than the average run of
.aooits and, of course, they are able
70 use the intelligence in athletic