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Carolyn Clark and Dixie

Following every Baltimore Colts score in Memorial Stadium, Carolyn Clark and her Welsh pony Dixie would circle the field in celebration.

Carolyn And Dixie At Memorial Stadium
Carolyn And Dixie At Memorial Stadium
Carolyn Clark And Dixie - Baltimore Colts Mascot
Carolyn Clark And Dixie - Baltimore Colts Mascot
Carolyn And Dixie - Baltimore Colts Mascots
Carolyn And Dixie - Baltimore Colts Mascots
Show Jumping Practice
Show Jumping Practice
Carolyn Clark And Her Prize Ribbons
Carolyn Clark And Her Prize Ribbons
Dixie Pulling Carolyn In A Sulky
Dixie Pulling Carolyn In A Sulky
Carolyn Clarks Original Uniform
Carolyn Clarks Original Uniform
Carolyn, Dixie And Inky Dink
Carolyn, Dixie And Inky Dink
Original Colts Program From 1959
Original Colts Program From 1959
Paul Travers
Paul Travers
The Pony Mobile
The Pony Mobile
Carolyn And Dixie Display
Carolyn And Dixie Display
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Carolyn Clark was born in the jockey’s room of a Charles Town, West Virginia hospital in 1949. Her father, Willie Clark, was a jockey at Charles Town Races who had ridden in 10,630 races by the time he retired at the age of 69. Carolyn’s mother, Dorothy Clark, was a thoroughbred horse trainer at the family owned Green Hill Farm in Upperco, Maryland.

Carolyn learned to ride when she was only 2 years old. By the time she was 7, she was leading horses to the track at Pimlico Race Course and earning dozens of ribbons in local pony shows. In 1959, at the age of 9, Carolyn and her white Welsh pony, Dixie, became Baltimore Colts mascots, riding around the warning track at Memorial Stadium after every Colts touchdown or field goal.

On October 11, 1965, sixteen year old Carolyn Clark was killed when the driver of the car in which she was riding fell asleep and the vehicle crashed into a bridge abutment along Route 40 just outside of Aberdeen, MD.

According to Dottie Hicks, Carolyn’s older sister, Dixie the Welsh pony — who’s real name was Crayfield Starlight — lived out his days on Senator Daniel Brewster’s farm in Worthington Valley.

 

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