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Re: [RC] Hitching up the horses - Barbara McCrary

How fast you can cover 25 miles with a driving horse will depend on the surface he will be trotting on. If it were a decent surface, not hard pavement (unlikely), he could do that in three hours. Take along a large ice chest with several ice packs and it is do-able. I'd hate to trot a horse for three hours steady on a paved road, however.
I used to pick up our two girls from grammar school, but that was only 5 miles each way, and our beloved horse also developed ringbone on all four feet by the time he was in his early 20s. I don't recommend that. I wonder how the Amish manage. Do they pad the horses' feet, or ????


Barbara

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Sturm" <sturmranch@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Hitching up the horses



We were actually talking this morning about using our driving horse for
errands. However, we live 25 miles from town and I remember talking to old
timers who used to use teams for their town trips. They made it a two day
trip. I'll bet they weren't going to Costco for frozen foods.


Nancy


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