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Friday, February 01, 2008
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19 comments:
Pssst...
Where are the anonymous horse whisperers?
Hey Casey,
They already critiqued one of his acts. They are working on cat acts now. They just left here, and said they were on their way to New Mexico. Are you loaded yet?
Wade Burck
Wade,
I am taking the day (and yesterday) to load out. It will be to far to come back if I forget anything, and I and flying solo on this one. It just seemed odd, or "unseemly" rather that the white #6 was cause for a stoning, however the black #6 gets a free pass. Has America really become that P.C.?
Casey,talk about being P C. Don't you mean that the white 6 that got the stoning were being presented by a Woman, and the black 6 that passed were being presented by a Man?
Anonymous,
Ian Garden is handsome, yes. But I have never heard him described as cute and charming. and cute charmers usually dont get touched. So thats not the case hear.
Mr. Ian M. Garden, Sr. can be very cute when you are negotiating a contact.
Also, very charming when you want to have particulars clarified.
However, "cuddles" never comes to mind.
Wade,
I am loaded up and heading out. On my way to be as cute and cuddly as I can be. The wife beat me outta the computer for the week, so I can't play in the sand box (Anonymous crowd cheers jubilantly)Please save my seat, and jot down anything note worthy I should miss.
Yasmine Smart presented this group of horses during her first season at the BAC. She then presented his gray Andalusian high school horse, and for the past two seasons she has worked with their troupe of gray Arabs.
-Chris
I have a question for Col. Herriot, or anyone who may be able to provide some insight. Are there any harness makers where you could still acquire this type of set? I would imagine that most,if not all, harnesses are custom made. Would you have any idea how much one of these harnesses would cost today? Thank you very much!
-Chris
Mike Wilson in Louisiana makes a nice colorful Nylon trapping at affordable prices, Mexico in Puebla makes first class liberty and elephant headpieces for around a grand each and in Europe they turn out great trappings and I suppose would be in the same price range or more. We hear about the beauty of free running horses and ponies "at liberty". Probably because they are too cheap to buy the harness. There are guys that make harness, but generally they don't understand circus trappings, so it doesn't come out right and usually it is black.
Ostritch feathers are ultra expensive nowadays.
Usually the harness and plumes cost more than the horse or pony and that is not an ezzangeration.
Johnny,
Funny you should mention ostrich plumes today. The price per plume for 24 inch is $4.25 in NYC.
We're working on a project that involves plumes, that's why I know.
Regards to Mary Ruth!
Mike
I am a harness maker, now making custom motorcycle seats. There is very little profit in making harness anymore. Apart from the cost of the leather, you have to add the patent, spots, hardware. And, when you figure your labor, you end up pretty much working for minimum wage, which is ok if you're Amish, but with real-world bills to pay, it not feasable anymore.
The guys who make driving harness for competition driving get upwards of $2,500 a set.
Still, I enjoy making liberty harness. It gives you a lot of opportunity to do fancy overlays, rhinestone banding, etc.
Every so often I make up a set and put it up on Ebay. I usually get around $1,200 for a set with a decent amount of spots and plumes included.
One of the nicest harness sets I've seen in the more recent past was for Nellies act. Lots of labor went into that set.
HM
Hyde Mann,
A true lost art is the making of liberty harness. I think the finest I have seen is on Circus Krone, where they employee gifted old time harness makers. I have seen some decent harness in Mexico, but on closer examination not near the quality and perfection. It's too bad that when wagon's and poster's were being saved for posterity, somebody didn't put aside some representative liberty harnesses from each show/trainer.
Wade Burck
Wade, I agree. It used to kill me too see harness thrown on a bale of hay. If the grooms realized how many hours go into each piece.
I especially admire the primo harness used on the old time shows when a lot was done by hand.
Harness for one of those big 12/16 horse acts represents a half a year of someone's life.
HM
Mr. Ian Garden presented this horse act at the 2006 Equine Affaire evening show Pfizer Fantasia it was a great liberty act. It was held in Mass.
Thanks for all the responses regarding the harness question. I was quoted a price of about $750 US about 3 years ago for a single rig that consisted of no more than regular leather with patent trim and a few large spots. However, this set was from a traditional harness maker. It is too bad we don't typically see these beautiful creations today.
-Chris
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