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From: "Larry A. Nelson" <>
Subject: Mule contests
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:04:07 -0500

Pam:

Horse and mule pulling contests are very popular. Surely, those events
were
held back in the "good ol' days." A sled is used in pulling contests,
wherein
the friction/drag increases as distance pulled increases. The winner is
the
team of horses/mules, tractor or pick-up truck which pulls the weighted
sled
the greatest distance in a nearly-straight line. In the olden days, they
likely
didn't have weighted sleds, but just pulled a heavy object such as a
chunk
of limestone. I don't know for sure since I wasn't there. You probably
can tell
from the photo what they are pulling.

Draft horse & mule shows also are popular events at state fairs. I
watched the
judging of miniature mules at the 2000 Indiana State Fair.

On a sidenote, on 2-3 occasions I've seen a farmer in Central
Pennsylvania
doing his farming with seven [7] red, sorrel mules. They were hitched
all 7
abreast vs. 3 in front and 4 behind, or some other combination. Red,
sorrel
is light red, with a white blaze in their face.

Larry A. Nelson



>Still going through my grandmother's pix. Several photos of CLAYCOMBs
and
>CHAPPELLs with their mules! I remember as a child my uncle Robert
Claycomb
>was proud of his mules! On tv the other day there was a mule contest or
>pulling contest, whatever it is called...anyway, Were there such
contests in
>the olden days in the area? Were the mules just working animals or did
the
>owners get to show them off in some contest form?
>
>Pam Mix Carroll
>

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