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Ready for the big race
August 17th, 2009 at Mon, 17th, 2009 at 1:29 pm by Roy Jacobson
Lizzie Fry with her racing guinea pig, Sage.
Sage the cavie will be going for the gold at the fair’s Guinea Pig Race on Sunday afternoon at the Cavie Barn.
Actually, she’ll be going for the yogurt treat, said her owner, Lizzie Fry, 13, of Oak Harbor.
“I’ll give her one at the end,” said Fry, a member of the Cavies and Company 4-H Club. “I don’t know how fast she is, because she’s never raced before.”
Nevertheless, she said Sage, a 1-year-old brown-and-gold cross-breed she’s raised since the animal was four months old, has been getting in a lot of practice running around the house, where she lives in a cage in Fry’s bedroom.
“She can run, but not always in a straight line,” Fry said. “She gets distracted easily.”
Roy Jacobson I'm a reporter and photographer for the South Whidbey Record, covering the city of Langley, Freeland and Fire District 3. Have a tip? Give me a call at 221-5300 or e-mail me.
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