New Holland Horse Auction, Friday: Carriage and Draft

lesson 26: Doing someone a favor can be very interesting and informative.

lesson 27: The two horse auctions I have been to (New Holland, PA and Meridian, MS) are basically the same:
1- Horses are taken to the parking lot to show potential buyers what they can do.
BUT: In PA, they are pulling racing carts up and down a paved road. In MS they are reining down the gravel turn-around.
2- The dress code consists of boots, hats, and something to hold your pants up.
BUT: In PA, they wear jeans or cotton pants, straw hats, and suspenders. In MS, they wear Wranglers or Carharts, cowboy hats, and the largest belt buckle they can find.
3- Barn aisles can be dangerous places.
In New Holland, the horses are lined up hip to hip. We looked down the aisle just in time to see a horse sit back and flip over. It then got up and reinserted itself further down the line.
In Meridian, people hop on and ride the horses (some broke, some not so broke) down the aisle.