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07-01-2016, 08:02 PM
Hello Nanno
I have seen many of the same kinds of things. It is why the teams I Paraded with always liked to have Windy along or even Baron or Prizim Chief my Paint Stallion. as out riders and of course hitching help.
The more Eye balls on the crowd and activities around your hitch the better.
I do have a bunch of near close call story's "Campfire Stories"
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So here we go:
I was working with Fisher Brothers Percheron's, Wi breeders and a family milking farm that also used their drafters for field work. They had tractors (Non-Amish) but use the lighter field work to condition hitch horses.
They Showed Hitch Class at several Fairs all through the summer.
Showed in the Milwaukee Great Circus Parade for several years 6 up on Historically Restored wagons.
Big Parade in DT Milwaukee ( They have had some run away teams that went into the crowds (Not Good)
Note: NOT FISHER Hitches.
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Merle Fisher was the horseman of the family.
Circus World contacted Merle and asked if he could "Recreate" a 13 horse Tandem hitch for the Milwaukee Parade .
Merle agreed but told them it would take a couple years to train and put the hitch together. Get matched horses, trained ,etc. CWM gave him copies of 4 original pictures they had of the original hitch. He had to to do all the rigging from scratch and I have seen the pictures. I started working with them when the hitch was built up to 8.
As a Outrider/Safety Rider. All the Perches in that hitch went over 2000# His wheel horse went 2500# 18 Hands
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We would do some local parades to practice the hitch. As well as lots of country road drives every weekend.
It took a crew of 15 people to clean up, Harness up,set up the complete hitch.
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Moving on:
One Forth of July Parade at a Local Parade we did with the hitch, I was Riding Swing right with Windy.
Only 1600 # Black Perch with some Dressage Training, Swing was a critical spot for that hitch with 135 feet of driving lines from wagon to lead horse full Collar Tops and show hames it was always a major point to keep lines untangled. Windy was perfect because he would work on a side pass with the team so I could come in beside a horse with a tangled rein,clear it and work back out to the 12 foot out point.
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Moving on:
I saw a Teenage Kid (I am being PC NANNO)
In the spectators lighting a string or trying to firecrackers that had stepped into the street ahead of the hitch
Like 3 feet out from the curb just waiting for the horses to come by I could tell what he was going to try.
I Drifted Windy a little out, (When I saw a "little" Smoke" I gigged Windy just a little and charged the person knocked him down and walked over the top of him. Did not Stomp him but that could have been arranged.
A nice Piaf would have done the trick well.
Person fell on top of his firecrackers and they went off under him.
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Merle Gave me a rather nasty look from the wagon, like What the F did you do.
All I could do at that time was sign him "Later"
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We got back to the assembly area, got horses un-hooked ,harness off and Merle came up to me about the same time a LEO did, I told both of them what I had seen and the actions I took Merle settled down real fast, the LEO goes " That Explains the burns and fragments in the persons chest."
They will be more of a problem than getting run over by a horse.
They charged the person with having fireworks, Public Endangerment, and second degree assault in a public event.
No charges on me or Law Suits on Fisher Brothers Farm
BTY: Meral has a holstered 1911A1 in the wagon beside him all the time when driving any hitch. JIC
I have a feeling he would have used it on the person if the firecrackers were tossed under his horses.
Happy Trails
Good Driving Have a SAFE 4TH of July/Independence Day Weekend.
hihobarron Blizzard,Fuzzy, Pete, Sam and the Troops in SC
I have seen many of the same kinds of things. It is why the teams I Paraded with always liked to have Windy along or even Baron or Prizim Chief my Paint Stallion. as out riders and of course hitching help.
The more Eye balls on the crowd and activities around your hitch the better.
I do have a bunch of near close call story's "Campfire Stories"
=========================
So here we go:
I was working with Fisher Brothers Percheron's, Wi breeders and a family milking farm that also used their drafters for field work. They had tractors (Non-Amish) but use the lighter field work to condition hitch horses.
They Showed Hitch Class at several Fairs all through the summer.
Showed in the Milwaukee Great Circus Parade for several years 6 up on Historically Restored wagons.
Big Parade in DT Milwaukee ( They have had some run away teams that went into the crowds (Not Good)
Note: NOT FISHER Hitches.
================
Merle Fisher was the horseman of the family.
Circus World contacted Merle and asked if he could "Recreate" a 13 horse Tandem hitch for the Milwaukee Parade .
Merle agreed but told them it would take a couple years to train and put the hitch together. Get matched horses, trained ,etc. CWM gave him copies of 4 original pictures they had of the original hitch. He had to to do all the rigging from scratch and I have seen the pictures. I started working with them when the hitch was built up to 8.
As a Outrider/Safety Rider. All the Perches in that hitch went over 2000# His wheel horse went 2500# 18 Hands
==============================
We would do some local parades to practice the hitch. As well as lots of country road drives every weekend.
It took a crew of 15 people to clean up, Harness up,set up the complete hitch.
===============================
Moving on:
One Forth of July Parade at a Local Parade we did with the hitch, I was Riding Swing right with Windy.
Only 1600 # Black Perch with some Dressage Training, Swing was a critical spot for that hitch with 135 feet of driving lines from wagon to lead horse full Collar Tops and show hames it was always a major point to keep lines untangled. Windy was perfect because he would work on a side pass with the team so I could come in beside a horse with a tangled rein,clear it and work back out to the 12 foot out point.
=================================
Moving on:
I saw a Teenage Kid (I am being PC NANNO)
In the spectators lighting a string or trying to firecrackers that had stepped into the street ahead of the hitch
Like 3 feet out from the curb just waiting for the horses to come by I could tell what he was going to try.
I Drifted Windy a little out, (When I saw a "little" Smoke" I gigged Windy just a little and charged the person knocked him down and walked over the top of him. Did not Stomp him but that could have been arranged.
A nice Piaf would have done the trick well.
Person fell on top of his firecrackers and they went off under him.
=======
Merle Gave me a rather nasty look from the wagon, like What the F did you do.
All I could do at that time was sign him "Later"
========================
We got back to the assembly area, got horses un-hooked ,harness off and Merle came up to me about the same time a LEO did, I told both of them what I had seen and the actions I took Merle settled down real fast, the LEO goes " That Explains the burns and fragments in the persons chest."
They will be more of a problem than getting run over by a horse.
They charged the person with having fireworks, Public Endangerment, and second degree assault in a public event.
No charges on me or Law Suits on Fisher Brothers Farm
BTY: Meral has a holstered 1911A1 in the wagon beside him all the time when driving any hitch. JIC
I have a feeling he would have used it on the person if the firecrackers were tossed under his horses.
Happy Trails
Good Driving Have a SAFE 4TH of July/Independence Day Weekend.
hihobarron Blizzard,Fuzzy, Pete, Sam and the Troops in SC