Turtle racing
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Speed Several estimates have been given for the average speed of a racing turtle. S.N. Castle, an early turtle racer, said that his turtles could travel 100 yards (91 m) in four hours. In 1930, organizers of a large turtle race in Pittsburgh said that their turtles could reach speeds of up to 12 inches (30 cm) per 30 seconds. A later proponent of turtle racing once claimed that the fastest turtles he traveled up to 1⁄4 mph (0.4 km/h), though he only raced them over short distances. At the 1974 Canadian Turtle Derby, the champion turtle raced from the center of a 25-foot (7.6 m) circle to its edge in thirty nine seconds.
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