I Put The Boys To Work Saturday

Bobl1958

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My Wife "Volunteered" me to haul people for an Animal Shelter money raising event. The Junction City Wag-A-Thon. We gave people wagon rides around the fair grounds. It is amazing to see the fascination in a lot of the peoples eyes in regards to how large the horses are, and I think just to see horses in general. Several of the people were Army soldiers and families. There were several hundred people there throughout the day, and we made several rounds around the grounds. I enjoyed it myself, to be truthful.

Now that I am no longer farming in my spare time, I hope to have time to do a lot more of this. I have no doubt that The Wife will volunteer me for more events. Looked like it could start pouring rain at any time, but it held off and was very nice weather. Bob
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Beautiful workmanship on that carriage. Did you build it?
Check out "Hanson Wheel and Carriage in Letcher SD for some nice coaches. I see a stagecoach behind that fine team.
 
Just like the ones that Dad had - and they got bigger than they looked when they stepped on your foot!
 
The wagon was Amish made by a fellow in Indiana. I have not had this one that long, and this was the first I have used it to actually haul people besides my Wife and dog. I have a little larger rubber tired wagon, same basic set up, that I wanted to use, but this one will fit in the horse trailer so I took it. The rubber tired wagons are a lot more user friendly if the terrain is a little muddy or just rougher in general. The fair grounds had a very nice sand/gravel road all around it so footing was not an issue.

I bought this team from a friend in the very NE corner of Oklahoma. They were Amish trained and can deal with about anything. While we were waiting for people to load, my Wife stood up front with them to hopefully ward off any trouble such as little kids running up to them (they were giving ballons on strings to little kids), or people letting their dogs run between their legs (it happened). Some people who have never been around the farm, or animals, don't have a clue how to act around them. They mean no harm or disrespect, they just don't know any better. Because of that, it's best to head potential trouble off before it happens, if possible. Things went great and "The Boys" were perfect gentlemen.

The Boys are 8 years old, and have seen a lot and been around a lot. That doesn't mean there can't be a disaster of some type, but they have certainly seen it all. Thanks for the compliments, for sure - Bob
 
You are correct, they are 8 year old 1/2 Brother Percherons.

There is an old saying that goes: Your foot will never feel better than when a draft horse takes his foot OFF of yours!
 
You're right about the being stepped on. We had a team of Percherons and when I was 10 or 12 (late '40s)I was showing off to my city cousin about how I could handle them. One of them stepped on my foot and you know the feeling of relief.

Last paddling I got was when I was about 15. Dad was very particular about how the lines were hung up on the hames when we stopped for dinner. I just looped the lines over the hames and started for the house. Dad said, "Hang those lines up like I taught you". I said, "No" and kept walking. Next thing I knew, he picked me up by the shirt collar, carried me back to the horses, doubled up the lines and used them on my backside.

No problems the next time.

He finaally aold them in about 1956. I was glad.
 
Lol! Had a palamino who would plank his foot on mine every chance he got while I was saddling him. He'd give me that "whaddaya gonna do about it, Bub?" look. Once he had made his point, he would pick up his foot and just stand there.
 
Ah, Junction City (Kansas, I presume)--been there many times a long time ago when stationed at Fort Riley for six months in 1958!
 
(quoted from post at 22:53:31 04/20/15) Would they be called dapple grey?

Yes, those are dappled. The darker color will fade and they'll eventually be an almost solid white except for the lower legs. I have a team of mares that look a lot like them.
 

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