{"id":252,"date":"2014-11-26T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/archives\/?p=252"},"modified":"2014-11-26T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:12:44","slug":"turtle-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/archives\/turtle-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle International"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe first Turtle International was held on February 28, 1964<\/a>. Water turtles six inches long and under competed in a 35 foot \u201cdash\u201d on a plywood ramp leading from the stage in Clendenen. 51 entries competed in two heats. A variety of private and state schools as well as Oxford University sent turtles. \u201cTuffy\u201d from Tufts was the winner. AU\u2019s \u201cGeneral Ike\u201d was eliminated in the heats. The race raised $440 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.<\/p>\n

AU\u2019s \u201cGoy\u201d won the second Turtle International in 1965<\/a> beating out the Vassar and Simmons turtles. When the race was moved to May in 1966, AU won for a second year in a row with \u201cTricky Dick.\u201d AU raised $1500 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 1968 when Western Washington State College won the race over a huge field (80 entrants).<\/p>\n

After skipping a year, the race resumed in 1970 and ran annually through 1973. Over the years the ramp was lengthened to 50 feet and the number of turtles in each heat was reduced. Humorist Art Buchwald<\/a> served as Master of Ceremonies for the race in the 1970s.\u00a0 The image below is from the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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