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Jockeys Ride Elephants Through Chicago!

Let It Ride On Babe The 50-Year-Old Filly

“An elephant race through Chicago in 1935 is among one million minutes of archive footage being uploaded to YouTube.”


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“Jockeys riding elephants would probably be considered cruel today – but in 1935 it was top banter,” the Mirror reports.
“The huge elephants seem happy to help their jockeys aboard and then race along through the streets of Chicago.”

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Posted on July 22, 2015