Friday, January 25, 2008

Baraboo 1969 (From Jim Cole)


scan0014, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Johnny, who is the gentleman in the red coat?

Posted by Buckles at 1/25/2008 10:35:00 AM

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing to do with todays pictures, but for the first time in 2 months the blog has acted right for the previous 3 days. I hope that I haven't put a jinx on it. Knock on wood (I just hit my head to be sure).
Bob Kitto

25 January, 2008 20:15
GaryHill said...

This also hasn't anything to do with the photos. Babe died giving birth to a calf, no sex of the baby given on the late news. Sad!

25 January, 2008 23:18
skorla said...

I have a great aunt who performed with the Robbins Brothers Circus sometime during the 1920s and have recently found some of pictures of her as a performer in that circus. She worked with horses as well as with the elephants. Her name was Mazie Gray. I would be very interested in finding out if you have any information about this circus during that time, such as lists of performers, etc. Thanks so much for any help you can offer.

25 January, 2008 23:30
GaryHill said...

OK it was late last night! The news came on and talked about Babe the elephant at the Ft. Worth Zoo, died in birthing and lost it calf! Sorry, shouldn't type when it is late and heard bad news like that!

26 January, 2008 16:56
Anonymous said...

Gary,
Psst. Psst. Hey Gary, are you awake yet? I have a question I've been wanting to ask you? Ok, I'll wait until you've had your coffee.



Ok, here it is. Recently I spent some time down in Mexico. I noticed a lot of the horse's down there in the bull ring's were shod with recycled rebar. Are you familar with that practice? Or is it just a matter of making due with what you have. A "Padron" on a larger ranch jokingly asked me how many head of his stock I wanted and I jokingly told him, "all of them, if I was building a road. That way I could start stock pileing material." They sure don't have a sense of humor in Mexico, I found out quick enough.
Wade Burck

26 January, 2008 19:06
GaryHill said...

Yawn, I guess I'm awake now Wade! Yes some horseshoes in Mexico are made from rebar. It does suprise me because that means that they would actually have to hammer them out by way of a forge. Cheap Malaysian horseshoes are easy to use cold. I don't personally like them but if they work they work?

27 January, 2008 10:56
Anonymous said...

Gary,
Appreciate the info. I just wish you had combed your hair, and put on pant's first.
They don't actually hammer them flat, in the traditional sense. They just flatten a small area on either side, and in front. Enough of an area to put 3 nails on the sides and 2 in front. They turn the back's up tight against the heel, for additional security. I tell you this, so you can market the concept to your client's. From what I saw, the short toe combined with the long heel and turned up shoe created some impressive "instant piaffe's, not suspended, per se, but really fast and rapid, until the Bute kicked in.
Wade Burck

27 January, 2008 12:41

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