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Horse with trunk extension

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:54 am
by sijeet
I'm in Rajasthan at the mo and have just come back from Udaipur. Anyway they have a full size model of a famous Maharana's horse as it would appear in the 16 th century. The horse has a pretend elephant trunk attached to its head. The guide said the idea was to trick Moghul elephants into thinking it was baby elephant and not attack the horse. The disguise wasn't successful because the horse was mortally injured by an elephant but survived long enough to carry its rider to safety. I doubt if the trunk extension should justify a rule change but it would cool to see it modelled.