Friday, March 11, 2016

40 Horse Hitch!


4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


My hands cramp up just looking at him

I wonder when was the last of these

or if any are still put together

I have only seen a 24 horse hitch

Budwiser teams are mostly only 8

Buckles said...

As my Father always said,
"Wagons Of Wood! and Men Of Iron!"

Bob Momyer said...

Dick Sparrow had one in Baraboo in the parade several years ago. It was a thrill to see that rig coming down the street. Also met Mr. Sparrow when he invited us in to see the horses and get out of the rain.

Paul Gutheil said...

As did myriads of others, I saw Dick with the 40 in the Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee in 2002. A beautiful sight to behold. Some years later he had a smaller hitch with the Twin Hemispheres at The Big E in West Springfield, Mass. Can't remember now, but I believe there were supposed to have been between 600 & 800 horses involved in the '02 Parade, the last one Chappie saw. Have to find some of my pics.