Horny Harry
29-10-2002, 15:06
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Five-time world champion wonder mule Black Ruby, with jockey Jim Burns up, goes to the post on her way to winning number 60 in the $10,000 "Mule Duel" exhibition match race at Del Mar Race Track Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, in Del Mar, Calif. Taz, Ruby's only competition, finished second with "Cowboy" Jack Kaenel in the irons. Black Ruby has now won 60 of her 72 starts, pushing her earnings to $170,850, and defeating Taz for the 39th time in her career. (AP Photo/Benoit Photos,ho)
Sep 8, 20:40 PT
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Czar and Taz after Mule Duel at Del Mar.
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Racing provided the entertainment at many get-togethers in the South from agricultural fairs during the antebellum period to informal barbecues at the turn of the twentieth century. Mules frequently shared the racing program at these events along with ponies, harness horses and native running horses. County fair premium lists from Kentucky featured mule races among the regularly scheduled events as well as competitions for the best mule stock. The 1880 Exhibition of the South Kentucky Fair Association held near Glascow, Kentucky, listed prizes of ten dollars for five categories of mule stock from colts to aged, as well as two mule races. On the first day of the fair, authorities awarded a ten dollar prize for the hindmost mule to run one mile. On the second day, the fair awarded ten dollars for the fastest mule to run a mile.8 The 1885 program of the twentieth exhibition of the Nelson County Agricultural Association of Bardstown, Kentucky, mentioned two mule races. The last race on the final day of the fair offered a ten dollar prize: "Fastest mule, any age, to run around the outside track three times, five or more to enter, all to start at the tap of the drum."9 People attended races at county fairs until the Depression of 1929 when harness racing and running horses became too expensive to maintain and racing programs ended at the fairs.
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[ October 29, 2002, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Horny Harry ]
Five-time world champion wonder mule Black Ruby, with jockey Jim Burns up, goes to the post on her way to winning number 60 in the $10,000 "Mule Duel" exhibition match race at Del Mar Race Track Sunday, Sept. 8, 2002, in Del Mar, Calif. Taz, Ruby's only competition, finished second with "Cowboy" Jack Kaenel in the irons. Black Ruby has now won 60 of her 72 starts, pushing her earnings to $170,850, and defeating Taz for the 39th time in her career. (AP Photo/Benoit Photos,ho)
Sep 8, 20:40 PT
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020908/thumb.1031542929mule_duel_arc106.jpg
http://letitride.com/photogallery/jockandtrainer.jpg
http://letitride.com/photogallery/czarandtazafterrace.jpg
Czar and Taz after Mule Duel at Del Mar.
http://letitride.com/photogallery/tazandjock.jpg
Racing provided the entertainment at many get-togethers in the South from agricultural fairs during the antebellum period to informal barbecues at the turn of the twentieth century. Mules frequently shared the racing program at these events along with ponies, harness horses and native running horses. County fair premium lists from Kentucky featured mule races among the regularly scheduled events as well as competitions for the best mule stock. The 1880 Exhibition of the South Kentucky Fair Association held near Glascow, Kentucky, listed prizes of ten dollars for five categories of mule stock from colts to aged, as well as two mule races. On the first day of the fair, authorities awarded a ten dollar prize for the hindmost mule to run one mile. On the second day, the fair awarded ten dollars for the fastest mule to run a mile.8 The 1885 program of the twentieth exhibition of the Nelson County Agricultural Association of Bardstown, Kentucky, mentioned two mule races. The last race on the final day of the fair offered a ten dollar prize: "Fastest mule, any age, to run around the outside track three times, five or more to enter, all to start at the tap of the drum."9 People attended races at county fairs until the Depression of 1929 when harness racing and running horses became too expensive to maintain and racing programs ended at the fairs.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/publish/missfolk/mfcurris/mules1.gif
[ October 29, 2002, 09:09 AM: Message edited by: Horny Harry ]