!” read a 1920 ad in Utah’s Deseret New announcing the arrival of a Canadian auto polo team. “Turn-turtle,” in this instance, refers to the frequent phenomenon of auto polo cars flipping over. From then on, auto polo became a staple of fairs and exhibitions as auto polo drivers “barnstormed” their way across the Canadian frontier. Visitors to the 1920 Calgary Stampede, for instance, were promised auto polo as the star attraction. All told, auto polo appears to have claimed surprisingly few lives, if any at all.

Source: National Post September 23, 2016 14:15 UTC