Remembering the absolutely insane sport of auto polo

Cars racing around a a field driven by guys swinging mallets? What could go wrong? Plenty, but the idea of a Topeka Ford dealer to popularize the Model T by staging these insane matches was hugely popular from approximately 1912 to the early ’20s. According to Dangerous Minds: The outright brutality of the uncompromising sport also meant that cars would have to be routinely replaced since they would often give up the ghost in the middle of a match and because the main attraction of the sport was the very high probability that cars would crash into each other. Even spectators were at considerable risk, yet they couldn’t get enough. Here’s a look:

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