At the Second Annual Athletic Meet The Fat Mens Race is open to anybody under a ton and a half The entries are Hippo Loback and Rhino Parrott who get on the scales to be weighed Rhino is assisted by extra padding and a third leg supplied by Wallace Howe on the scales in an attempt to boost his weight The judge spots his attempts to cheat and orders Rhino to carry extra weight in order to qualify for the race so he is stuffed with filled sacks