After fortifying myself with a bloomin’ onion, we watched the end of a horse pull, using two horse teams. The winners towed more than three tons of stone on a sled-like platform called a stone boat. The horses are decked out in fancy harnesses.
Dave and I went to see an antique tractor pull and saw several runs. There were many competitors, but we left after about a dozen.
Between events Judy had a pulled pork sandwich while I had a sausage with peppers and onions. We all watched a ‘powder puff’ horse pull, one horse and one horsewoman per team. After a few rounds we went to the livestock pavilions to see sheep and goats, oxen and cows and a bunch of ‘4-H’ kids, all very proud of their animals.
We left mid-afternoon as the fairgrounds were starting to fill up. Somewhere in there we had a funnel cake also. It’s a pretty drive up and back.
New blooms: first phlox.
The midway Saturday morning, it'll be packed later. Many prizes to be won.
Horse teams pulling a heavy stone boat near the end of this competition.
Tractor pull. This one is from 1939. I'm a year older and have a little less rust, but it's clearly stronger.
Single horse pulling, horsewomen only.
In the livestock pavilions--long eared goats.
Young oxen teams. Notice the coloring of the spots, black with blue borders.
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