44/ JULY 2010 THE RIDER Tri-County Carriage News
It is Spring 2010 and this year Tri-County Carriage has been extremely busy. A clinic at Beaverwood Farm, hosted by Kirsten Brunner and Bill Lower, saw a 3 day event. Tri-County member Judy Bell, had the win- ning bid for a free day to audit this clinic. She elected to go the Sunday April17. When there on the Sunday she watched while Cynthia Zalewski, Faith Clark- son, and Margurite Wilcock and Jean McLean were put thru their paces.
Then we sponsored the P J Crowley Clinic, which has become an annual event at Orchard Park Stable, hosted by Barb Bowen on April 30 – May 2. Jane Southgate took part and she is preparing a 4 in hand
hitch.... Go get ‘em Jane! Jean McLean had her turn in the arena with PJ in a one on one sit- uation. Judy Morris had just completed her session.
On May 14th and 15th JIM GREEN had an auction for the purpose of dispersing his muse- um. This event was well attend- ed both days. The unfortunate part was that this auction took place at all. Jim has been a huge supporter and one of the founders of Tri-County and he has often furnished item to the Annual General Meeting and meetings of members just to stump them with what a particu- lar antique item was used for during the days of horse and car- riage. His vehicles were auc- tioned off also and the new own-
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*based on Canadian exchange rate as of June 25th, 2010
ers should be proud to have such antique and authentic vehicles. Many have been restored with loving care by Jim and Flo Green.
of vaccinations.
Richard Johnson spoke about the procedures and pro- tocol in the ring and he too touched on what to do in the
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On May 24th, the long weekend there was another clinic, once again at Orchard Park Stable and this clinic was a freebee to anyone inter- ested in getting ready for the showing season. Jackie Shute went over the appropriate wardrobe. This included such things as hats and gloves and aprons and even footware. And she pointed out that some garments can be found in the 2nd hand stores. They may not suit the general public but can suit the carriage world. Doug Lillycrop, of Sum- mitview Carriage talked about the styles of vehicles and har- ness and what vehicle suits a specific show format. A lot of shows require authentic vehi- cles. He also pointed out that vehicles and harness best suit a specific breed of horse. You should not expect a small, pony size horse to pull some- thing that belongs behind a heavy horse.
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Sportman 2H Slant GN $15,900
event of a mishap. Jean McLean showed everyone what should be carried in a first aide box and what you should be carrying in your trailer.
Then May 30th we had our Spring show at Rockton fair grounds. This year we elected to put on a Pleasure Driving Show. Seventeen entries did their best for our well known judge of the day, Jane Lyndon.The weather was perfect and we had a good day. Everyone looked abso- lutely stunning in their best harness and best carriage. We had our youngest Junior mem- ber, Kilby DeForest, compete with us for the first time. She is Kirsten Brunners daughter and will surely go far in this carriage world.
Another member spoke about the fact that in todays horse world the importance of having up to date vaccinations and negative coggins tests. Your horse might be travel- ling all over and it is impor- tant that your horse not be subjected to unwanted con- tamination without the benefit
While everyone is par- ticipating in other events this summer we wish all of you the Best of Luck and we hope to see you in September for another Tri-County show. A Traditional Day of Driving. Check the Drive Ontario web site for the location. In the Meantime........Have a safe Summer!
Sue Nicolas Tri-County Carriage
1-877-tryavia RR #1, Mt. Brydges, ON
N0L 1W0
www.viatrailers.com
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