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-They insist 'to this day that Abraham Lincoln should have accepted their King Mong-kut's timely offer of elephants in 1862. Regretfully, Lincoln explained to the King that the U.S. climate did not "favor the multiplication of the elephant." It is possible, nonetheless, that if the Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Alas, Poor Elephas! He's Losing Class | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

While the used-elephant market has been seriously depressed by automation, a mahout-maintained model with buck et seat, two-tone umbrella and stick shift costs up to $1,500 f.o.b. Bangkok, or about $4,000 delivered at the Bronx Zoo. In Thailand, a U-Ride-It elephant is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Alas, Poor Elephas! He's Losing Class | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

White Model. Nostalgic Thais recall the glorious days when Siam's elephant corps was its dreaded force de frappe.*As a member of SEATO, Thailand nowadays sets more store by its U.S.-supplied M-24 tanks. Nonetheless, allows Colonel Damnern Lekhakul, a military historian attached to the Thai general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Alas, Poor Elephas! He's Losing Class | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

Most Thais also still believe, with Edward Topsell, an early 17th century bestiarist, that the elephant is a "great and ample demonstration of the power and wisedom of almighty God"-particularly the white variety. King Bhumibol has democratically quartered his own nine-year-old white model in the Bangkok zoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Alas, Poor Elephas! He's Losing Class | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

Died. Sabu Dastagir, 39, Indian-born cinemactor, who became a star at twelve when cast by Director Robert Flaherty in the title role of Elephant Boy, starred in a herd of Eastern westerns (Drums, The Thief of Baghdad); of a heart attack; in Hollywood.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 13, 1963 | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

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