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Riding The Tiger

“I discovered that being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed.” Harry S. Truman

Friday Feature: Water Buffalos, Not Tigers

William Howard Taft riding a carabao (water buffalo) in the Phillipines, c. 1904.

This week's Friday Feature is too good not to repeatWilliam Howard Taft is seen here riding a water buffalo in the Philippines in 1904. He was appointed to be the first American civilian Governor-General of the Philippines, serving from 1901-1903.

Stay tuned! Every Friday we'll highlight a whimsical item from presidential history.