February 26, 2012
How about these nine Percherons? They’re doing some plowing at the Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Association’s Fall Field Day. I think this is from 2010, but I’m not certain.
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February 25, 2012
Here’s a short video clip of a pair (team) of mules providing the horsepower for raking hay in Tennessee last spring …
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February 24, 2012
After reading the post about Thom Mezick and Linda Freeman’s visit to Death Valley, Randy Solle sent some photos from the borax mine in Boron, California. Having already seen photos of the old mule-drawn vehicles, let’s take a look at the mine itself, shall we?
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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This modern mine produces more than 12,000 tons of borax each day.
From 1883 to 1888, each twenty-mule team (pulling two loaded wagons and a water tank) took ten days (round trip) to travel from the Death Valley mine to the nearest railroad junction in Mojave. Each team carried about twenty tons of borax per trip, and the teams delivered more than 10,000 tons of borax during their years of operation.
This set of two wagons and water tank are on display at the mine:
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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(photo by Randy Solle)
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February 23, 2012
As we’ve all heard by now, a Pekingese named Malachy won Best in Show at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Here’s a look at another Pekingese:
John Fullerton sent this photo to Barry Dickinson, who sent it to us. The judge in this photo (at a Detroit horse show in 1935) was Mrs. Gerken, daughter of Francis Ware, who wrote Driving. Can you see the fluffy little Pekingese in the carriage?
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February 22, 2012
… on Facebook, that is?
You can find the Carriage Association in three separate locations on the Internet.
First, the CAA has a rather ancient website, which we’re in the process of revamping. Later this year, it will sport a new look and some new and improved functionality. It will still have all the same useful information that’s there now, plus more.
And, of course, we have this blog, which I (try to) update every day … with carriage- and driving-related things, most of the time.
But did you know that we’re on Facebook as well? You can find our FB page here. Earlier today, I posted on our page a bunch of fabulous old photos that my FB friend Albert Arnhem (in Holland) had shared. If you haven’t already found us on Facebook, we hope you’ll “like” us and join in the fun. And enjoy Albert’s photos!
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