Lassie

Season 7, Episode 31

Episode Title: The Ostrich

Air Date: 1961-04-16

Overview:

Timmy and Lassie make the acquaintance of Captain Gene Holter, a man who makes his living racing his two ostriches Romeo and Juliet against horses at county fairs. But when Ruth finds out Juliet, defending a egg she just laid, chased Timmy, she forbids the boy to return to the fairgrounds.