Caption: 50 feet tall and 30 tons. This was one hell of a horse.
Note the massive 2500 pound wheels of the horse’s platform. Solid laminated plywood bolted to heavy steel axles. And, rumour has it, lubricated with Crisco.
There was a lot of speculation on the playa as to whether it’d actually work, and whether the horse would roll properly. Perhaps it would be too heavy, or the wheels would sink.