[SEL] Curt's Baraboo 2006 photos up; Now Horse Weights

[Mike Tucker]

Curt,

Great shots of the Baraboo show!  On the picture of the horse weights 
(http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Baraboo2006/P1010015.html 
) you have a question mark after the description so I'm betting that 
you're wondering what they're for.  The smaller flat ones were for an 
individual horse and the larger ones were more than likely for a one 
or two hitch carriage.  A good horse will be taught to "ground tie," 
meaning when you get off, drop a rein and walk away the horse will 
just stand there.  But back when the horse was your transportation 
you may have to leave them ground tied for an extended period of 
time.  So you would get off and tie one rein to the weight and that 
would provide extra incentive for the horse to stay in one place.  It 
was really just a reminder to them for what they were suppose to do 
though because they could easily drag the weight around.

See ya',
Mike
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Mike Tucker
Midway, Kentucky, USA
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