September 15, 2007

Oregon’s Motorcycle Maniacs (Jun, 1953)

Filed under: Motorcycles — @ 12:02 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1953
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Oregon’s Motorcycle Maniacs

DEVIL-MAY-CARE motorcyclists who think they can out-ride mounted cops had better beware of the uniformed boys of Multnomah County, Ore., whose Sheriff’s Stunt Team puts on a 45-act exhibition of derring-do that will raise goose pimples
on your goose pimples.

In case you wondered, the end man in the spectacular broad jump, below, is Ard M. Pratt, team manager and an ex-trick rider himself. Why he retired from riding to take on this job, nobody knows.

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