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(08-25-2017 08:54 AM)JMadonna Wrote:  I heard they wanted to ban the University of South Carolina's mascot a white horse named Traveler because of its name. Who knew a horse could be racist?

It is University of Southern California Trojan's. Actually Robert R Lee's horse's name was spelled Traveller. According to Wikipedia, "The idea for the current mascot began during the 1961 Rose Parade, when a USC events director spotted Richard Saukko and his white horse, "Traveler", marching in the parade. The university persuaded Saukko to ride his horse during USC football games."

Saukko made his first appearance on Traveler I in 1961, wearing a costume worn by Charlton Heston in the movie "Ben-Hur."

In 1968 the current mascot Traveler's second "L" was removed most likely because it was believed to have been named after RE Lee's horse.

University of South Carolina is Gamecocks. In honor of Thomas Sumter, who was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" after British General Banastre Tarleton said Sumter "fought like a gamecock" during the Revolutionary WAr.