Bill Steed, self-proclaimed “doctor of frog psychology,” was coming to Expo ’74 with his stable of competitive jumping frogs. Steed claimed that all of the frogs had earned magnum cum laude degrees ...

Jul. 22—MASSENA — Ryder Peets came to Thursday's Boss Frog Jumping Competition at the Massena Arena with three frogs in tow. He hoped one of them would hop to the finish line in a record time to allow ...

We may be alike in that you, too, believed frog jumping contests had gone the way of Mark Twain, steamboats and rotary dial telephones. Like me, you would be wrong. We have been with the rural wing of ...

In the quaint town of Charlton, Massachusetts, an annual tradition brings residents together for a competition that’s equal parts quirky and heartwarming. The Charlton Wild Frog Jumping Contest has ...

INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...