I knew the answer, but not the details, so Wiki to the rescue
"On June 17, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the
Savio<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savio>track in
Ravenna <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna> where he met the Countess
Paolina, mother of Count Francesco
Baracca<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Baracca>,
an ace of the Italian air
force<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautica_Militare>and national
hero of World
War I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>, who used to paint a horse
on the side of his planes. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse on his
cars, suggesting that it would bring him good luck."
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
> Anybody--besides me ;)--know where Ferraris got the prancing horse emblem?
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> bs
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