Unusual Competitions - tug of war with a elephant 1897
Taking place during the night, one hundred and fifty men pulling against an elephant, weighing four tons. for a barrel of beer, which they won even if they lost. The task was to pull the huge elephant over the chalk line, with a rope, like tug-of-war. Finding that they were losing, they twisted the rope a few times around one of the stout wooden beams that supported the building. The hefty animal moved forward with great strength breaking the beam with half the roof collapsing
Picture No
14164335
Media ID
48979351
Size
7799px x 2917px
(68MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in The Strand Magazine', July to December 1897, volume xiv, page 62
Date
1897
