Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Horses, Harness, and Cowboy Church
On Sunday morning, Colleen and I left the house at 7:30 a.m. We drove for two hours in light rain in order to be at Cowboy Church in the little community of Cleardale, north west of here. As we arrived at the rodeo grounds the rain got heavier. Fortunately the little grandstands were covered. And the portable stage was roofed over too. I had been asked to speak at the service and that went well, except that I got a tickle in my throat half way through my talk. Even a bottle of water did not help that much.
Afterwards the rain stopped and the various heavy horse events started. In one event they had to pull a log between pylons, first with one horse, then with a team of two. Then they maneuvered wagons through an obstacle course, including backing up the wagon between two long boards.
I particularly enjoyed the six horse hitches that came out a little later. As you can see, there were several such teams, and some were very well matched. (For a better view, click on the picture.)
Here a six horse team is resting in front of the portable stage. The black decoration on the shoulder of each horse is call a "scotch top." One of these was the horse that pulled the buggy pictured in my previous blog.
The secret of success seemed to be having a well trained team with an expert teamster who could get both horses to pull together at the beginning to start the boat moving. It was impressive to watch both hoses do a bit of a dance as they tightened their muscles and their harnesses aginst the weight. You could just "see" the power when all four hide legs would lean into the harness to get the job done.
Colleen introduced me to this lovely pair. Their names are Babe and Beaut. As you can see, Colleen really hit it off with them.
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RuthAnn and I just sat here agreeing that we like the horses.Yep,Yep!We also like seeing the two of you looking so good standing with them.The next best thing was to see the two of you working as a team on one of those wagons trying to win the event.Love ya.
Beautiful horses! And, you two look great also! Cowboy church! What fun! Colleen, are you growing your hair out, or is it just the angle that makes it look longer than usual?
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: 6/13/2007 11:09 AM
: 6/13/2007 11:09 AM
yep and nope to your questions Jeannie. Yep, my hair is growing out, but "nope", not trying to grow it out. It just seems to be growing better, and faster the older I get.
And yep, it is also the angle I am standing at. Thank's for the comments to Ed and I. It was definately a relaxing way to spend Sunday.
And yep, it is also the angle I am standing at. Thank's for the comments to Ed and I. It was definately a relaxing way to spend Sunday.
I was told that I could ride in the wagon. That sounded like fun!
I just "soaked in" my time with the pair of horses. The six team horse wagon was the most majestic looking, and held in to the end with the pulling event.
Looking at those horses reminded me of the time I drove by 2 huge, majestic looking moose on my way to work at the Poultry farm. Sorta like the difference between moose and deer.
They really were awsome!
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I just "soaked in" my time with the pair of horses. The six team horse wagon was the most majestic looking, and held in to the end with the pulling event.
Looking at those horses reminded me of the time I drove by 2 huge, majestic looking moose on my way to work at the Poultry farm. Sorta like the difference between moose and deer.
They really were awsome!
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