Welcome, everybody!
It’s that season again… the 103rd Indianapolis Basset 500 will be run next Sunday, May 26th…
And we’re getting in the spirit….
See it on Sherpa
http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy
Then comment right here.
Today’s poster is for the 1911 Basset Speedway race…
but look…. I found a human version!
Only it was apparently used in 1909.
http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Indy-Poster.jpg
Perhaps the poster served for more than one year……
or maybe Basset Speedway had to wait for the rights to its use.
yet that title appears on neither poster….the basset nor the human one.
In any case, it doesn’t matter, cos it’s beautiful….
It all looks so genteel back then….
the basset ladies in their pretty hats.
the cars zooming by, close enough to touch.
Makes you forget that it was even less safe in those days…
even onlookers were involved in some crashes.
Oopsies!
And here’s a clip of the first Indianapolis “500" …
It’s humans, so maybe they did use that title first.
Odd, cos usually it’s bassets in the lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj_hlbNDGds
If you’re using GC links you can see it here in the forum….
but if you click and watch it on YouTube, you can read some interesting comments there.
Welcome, everybody!
It’s that season again… the 103rd Indianapolis Basset 500 will be run next Sunday, May 26th…
And we’re getting in the spirit….
in the May 21st 2019 “CLEO and COMPANY!”See it on Sherpa
http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy
Then comment right here.
Today’s poster is for the 1911 Basset Speedway race…
but look…. I found a human version!
Only it was apparently used in 1909.
http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Indy-Poster.jpg
Perhaps the poster served for more than one year……
or maybe Basset Speedway had to wait for the rights to its use.
It was (supposedly) already called the Indianapolis 500 …yet that title appears on neither poster….the basset nor the human one.
In any case, it doesn’t matter, cos it’s beautiful….
It all looks so genteel back then….
the basset ladies in their pretty hats.
the cars zooming by, close enough to touch.
Makes you forget that it was even less safe in those days…
even onlookers were involved in some crashes.
Oopsies!
And here’s a clip of the first Indianapolis “500" …
It’s humans, so maybe they did use that title first.
Odd, cos usually it’s bassets in the lead.
Even with people, it’s fun to watch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj_hlbNDGds
If you’re using GC links you can see it here in the forum….
but if you click and watch it on YouTube, you can read some interesting comments there.