Car Polo - a game for brave boys

This game lasted very long - only a few decades in the last century. The most popular cars polo was popular in North America in various trade fairs, exhibitions and other public events.

The game itself has its own rules like a traditional polo, with the only difference being that instead of horses used cars.





It is supposed to have invented the game Ralph Hankinson (Ralph Hankinson), dealers of «Ford», in order to increase sales, as a kind of promotion.







It happened back in 1911 year. His first official game was held on a field of clover in the town of Wichita, Kansas. Then four cars came together for two people each. Playing watched about five thousand spectators.







Other historical facts confirm that the idea of ​​auto polo was invented nine years earlier.







And the first game took place in 1908, the year in New York.









By the end of 20-ies of the last century, the game finally withered.









Judge for yourself, but a division of Ralph Hankinsona 1924 the year incurred losses: in 1564 the broken wheel, 538 burst tires, broken axles 66, 10 splits engines and completely destroyed six cars.





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