Swift swine race at the county fair

Published 10:39 pm Thursday, August 2, 2018

By Colleen Harrison

Pigs set out around a race track during the Swifty Swine Swimming & Racing Pig Show on Thursday during the Freeborn County Fair. - Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

Pig races scheduled multiple times each day of the fair

 

“Swifty” the swimming pig starts her swim across a tub Thursday at the Freeborn County Fair. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

 

Children jump at the chance to name a racing pig during the Swifty Swine pig races Thursday at the Freeborn County Fairgrounds. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

 

“Swifty the swimming pig” is held up for the crowd after swimming across a tub Thursday at the fair. – Colleen Harrison/Albert Lea Tribune

About Colleen Harrison

Colleen Harrison is the photo editor at the Albert Lea Tribune. She does photography and writes general-assignment stories.

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