Wee Walla Walla - the world's smallest trotter

ID: 8362
Copyright: library owns image (image on public access)
Org ID: RL 101

Description: Image held by Richmond Library. A photograph of a man and a very small horse outside a sideshow tent. This photograph is reproduced in 'Copping it sweet : shared memories of Richmond', Melbourne : City of Richmond and Carringbush Library, 1988. The caption reads 'Harold Wedlock's step-son, Johnny Willoughby with 'Wee Walla Walla-The World's Smallest Trotter'. 'He was a fair dinkum trotter and he was a miniature one, he never grew. They give him hormone tablets to stop him from growing.' (Harold Wedlock). Johnny Willoughby died at 24 when he was shot near the Cherry Tree hotel, South Richmond in the 1960s. '
Subject: entertainment

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