Whimsical "Jumping Frog Jubilee" that takes place each year at Angels Camp, in Calaveras county


scoundrel named Jim Smiley constantly  boasted



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scoundrel
named Jim Smiley constantly 
boasted
that his big frog named Daniel 
Webster could "outjump any frog in Cavaleras County". As a matter of fact, Daniel 
Webster probably could do just that. 
However the boastful owner lost his $40 bet when a quiet stranger tricked him and 
beat him, by getting Webster to swallow down something pretty heavy; so of course, 
when the contest began, the poor frog couldn't jump at all! 
As time went by, Twain's story became more and more famous, and so did the little 
town of Angels Camp; and so it was that in 1928, the people of the town decided that 
they really ought to make jumping frogs into a local attraction. 
Jumping Frog contests have been held annually ever since, and have become more 
and more popular each year. People entering frogs now come from all over the world
and last year there were entries from as far away as Malaysia, China, Britain, France, 
Germany, and all over North America. All had frogs who, they hoped, would win the title 
of World Record Holder. 
The current holder of the title is a famous frog from Santa Clara, California, called 
Rosie the Ribiter. In 1986, she jumped 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches in three jumps, and no-one 
has beaten her since. 
Every day of the big county fair, there are frog jumping 
trials
; most of the people 
come along with their own frogs, but if they don't happen to have one of their own, they 
can always rent a frog for the fee of $3 ! 
Everyone is very serious about trying to win, but the contest is mostly just lots of fun. 
What would Mark Twain say now, if he knew what a big thing he had started! 
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Crazy American Festivals 


If you think jumping frogs is, well, 
kinda
' crazy, please note that the Calaveras County 
Frog Jumping contest is just one of a whole lot of 
loony
festivals held all over the 
U.S.A., most of them during the warm months. 
Down in Red Bluff, California, they have an annual "
wild cow milking contes
t" as part 
of the annual rodeo! Now most people find it hard to milk a 

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