Elephant Racing: 1962 to 1965

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Elephant Racers Introduced at CSUF 50th Anniversary Kickoff Jack Hale, Joe Tatar, Bob Ziebell, Jack Clement, Dr Larry De Graaf CLICK ON PICTURE TO START
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1962 Race: Jack Hale, OC State Mahout, accepts 'Super Duper Pooper Scooper' from Long Beach State. Right: Joe Russin, Harvard Mahout

Jack Smith, noted LA Times writer, on the 1962 Elephant Races...Click Here

(Below and below right): Excerpts from the day-of- event souvenir program for first Intercollegiate Elephant Races in Human History, May 11, 1962
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Click Here for November 1999 OC Register Article on the `62 Elephant Races
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(Below left): In 1990, participants from the 1962 Elephant Races returned to Dumbo Downs, including Phi Taus Jack Hale and Ernest Becker. (Daily Titan article) Below, right: April 2000 40th Anniversary CSUF Dinner brought back several of the elephant racers

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April, 2000 CSUF Alumni Dinner: Jack Hale, second from right, is honored with (l-r): fellow Elephant Racers Merritt Grimm & Jack Clement

Click HERE to view CSUF campus newsletter, 'Compendium’ coverage .