Horses, Mules, Donkeys, Trail Riding, And Stuff Like That

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  1. Jake Smith

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    They are and sure-footed too.
     
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    Harry S. Truman with a pair of Missouri mules at the Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri, c. 1948; photo by Gerald Massie.

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    “My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating – and he knows when to stop working.” — Harry S. Truman
     
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    If you want one for riding and general use, I would recommend a hinny, female donkey-male horse. For work a mule, female horse-male donkey.
     
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    OK, there is the Mule Skinners club here in Wisconsin. They put on a good show at the Madison Horse Fair in the spring. (They don't skin mules)
    But I must say, one time I was at the Grand Canyon and a CONDOR flew over my head! I was shocked and amazed and others around me ooo'd and ahhhh'd. A man next to me said, "You should have been here two weeks ago. There were dozens of them around." I asked why, were they migrating or something? he said, no a mule in training fell off the trail to the bottom."
    I definitely think I should NOT have been around then:eek:
     
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    We went to a mule and donkey show in Ga. quite a while back, and one of the old men there ask me if I would show one of his mules for him so he could show the other. So I said sure and did. I won and he came up to me and said, here you can have the ribbon, and I'm taking the cash, it's not every day a man gets shown up by his own mule. :D
     
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    We saw two of the most beautiful mules at the Mule, Donkey Show, these looks like them,

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    I was a member of this club, had our donkey farm named " Sassy Ass Acres ", still have certificate with Rosie's name on it.

    But hubby got injured and that idea went out the window of raising guard donk's.

    My first donkey ' Katy ' looked like this, she came to USA from Mexico, considered a Mexican Burro, momma ordered them from Sears Robuck Catalog we picked her and 2 others up at the Atlanta Train Depot in 1957.

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    They are beauties!
     
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    Rosie came from Sicily, and she was considered a solid, no marks,she was bought here in Acworth Ga., she looked like this one below,

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    Yes they are and Krystal, we saw some really beautiful ones at the Mule and Donkey Show in Chatsworth Georgia.
     
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    One year (around 1998) I went to the North American Horse Exposition that is held every year, i think it is always in Louisville, Kentucky , but not sure.
    I went with a friend, and we saw well-known trainers, like John Lyons, giving teaching sessions, as well as performances of trick riding and specialty trained horses, and more things than I can possibly remember.

    Each hour, they featured one breed of horse, pony, mule or donkey in the main arena , and that was interesting , too; because there were many breeds of horses that were rare and unusual.
    One of the ones that I liked best was a rare breed of French Donkey, called the Poitou Donkey.
    At one time, there were a lot of them, because most farming was done with livestock, and this is one of the larger donkey breeds; but after industrialization of farming started, the breed almost died out.
    They have a kind and gentle face and more hair than any other horse or donkey that I have ever seen.

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    That's a wooly bugger.:rolleyes: I bet that was fun going to North American Horse Exposition and educational too. Has that breed come back now?
     
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    I've never seen one. of those.
    My goodness thats a real Wooly Bully of a donk.
     
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    Mary they use to have a show where donkeys played kick ball. Thats was funny.
     
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