Harold McAleer photographed some of the Lincoln ponies having a spot of tea. Click the image to see a gallery of photos in the Boston Globe.
The Boston Globe has applied its investigative muscle to the mystery of Lincoln’s rocking horses, but the ponies didn’t give up their secrets.
The Globe ran a front-page feature in its September 5 issue about the horses that have accumulated in recent years on a piece of land next to the large meadow on Old Sudbury Road. The horses have taken on different poses, such as a line or racers around the time of the Kentucky Derby, but no one seems to know the how or why of “Pony-henge.”
One of those quoted in the article is Harold McAleer, who has photographed the horses on numerous occasions. Most recently, he sent around a closeup of what might be described as some of Lincoln’s four-legged Tea Party candidates (see above).
The Globe’s web story also included this gallery of photos of the whimsical equine display.