“The first record of [barking mad] that I can find in print is from the USA. The 11th November 1927 edition of the Oklahoma newspaper The Ada Evening News reported on the frenetic and, if contemporary photographs are to be believed, borderline insane sport of Auto-polo:    ‘At 2:30 this afternoon at Park field a half dozen barking mad auto polo cars will be whirled into action.’”

“The first record of [barking mad] that I can find in print is from the USA. The 11th November 1927 edition of the Oklahoma newspaper The Ada Evening News reported on the frenetic and, if contemporary photographs are to be believed, borderline insane sport of Auto-polo:

    ‘At 2:30 this afternoon at Park field a half dozen barking mad auto polo cars will be whirled into action.’”