Cart Authenticity

[Delmonico]

Bill, I will ask around, there are a lot of mule folks come into the store.  Fact is a young fella that works here in Tack is finally through school and is becoming an acutioneer, I'll have him keep an eye out, he does a lot of dealing with horses around the area.

If I could have a ridin' animal myself it would be a mule, I do a lot of events where there are also draft animals and it seems to me a good mule is so much better that than a horse.

There is a couple folks around here do CMSA off of mules.

[Delmonico]

Thought as long as we hijacked this thread with mules , you might like to see this.  A friend of my pard Ozark Tracker, the picture is in the bottom post.http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,9623.80.html

[Dirty Dan Dawkins]

I had a friend get gaited mules outta Missouri. Reallly nice. He rides them and packs them. They do quite well. I'll see who the breeder is. Also, a  fella has 2 belgian mares for $500 (FOR BOTH) down here in Ga if anyone is interested. I think he bought them on a whim and lost interest. One is 17 hands the other oh,  I'd say 16-2 really pretty, good disposition. Ages 3 and I believe the bigun is 8. I personally would love them but have no practical use for a draft horse.

[RattlesnakeJack]

Gentlemen:

To further the highjacking of this thread - or perhaps bring it right back on topic with a truly authentic conveyance - thought I'd post this scan of the late Roger Beierbach and his daughter Eve, with their six mule hitch (Zelda & Casey, Chum & Charlie and Randy & Brady) during a trail drive a few years ago.

Roger Beierbach was a southwestern Saskatchewan rancher who did as much of work on his ranch with horses and mules as he possibly could.  A few years ago, he was caught out on the open prairie in a sudden thunderstorm, and both he and his horse were killed by a bolt of lightning.  His widow Heather, and his children, continue the ranch operation as he did, and each year since then, Heather (who is quite a talented photographer) has published "The Slippery Moon Ranch Calendar", commemorating Roger and featuring her photographs of ranch work and play - always with only humans and livestock in view - never any modern vehicles (though you realize they must be there somewhere, out of the range of the camera lens ....

This is one of those photographs:

[Will Ketchum]

Jack, I remember the calendars very well.  The last one I got is still hanging in my cabin.

I would be interested in buying more.

Will Ketchum

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Back to Royal Barnes.

It was a pleasure being on your posse.  I wish you could've stayed for the awards banquet.  Hope to see you again and it sounds like you have the start of a good posse there in NC.  Watch out for Trinity, tho.  He's as whacked out as me! 

[Trinity]

Mah ears was a burnin! 

Ah ain' whacked out...  Ah'm jus' plain disturbin'!