Barney Google and his race horse Spark Plug

another one of my Dad's carvings. Barney Google and Spark Plug. My Dad a series of cartoon characters and this is one of them.
Barney Google comic strip started in 1919.
On July 17th 1922 Barney happened to be standing on a sidewalk in front of the pastime Jockey club, when an argument inside got physical and a man came sailing out the window, knocked Barney to the sidewalk. Convinced this relatively soft landing had saved his life, the grateful victim made Barney a gift of a horse named "Spark Plug". This is when DeBeck's comic strip took off running.