Re: Re: Methods to safely pony more than one at a time?

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

sorry--that's pack-saddle(although "back saddle" works!) nd it's
wreck...instead of wreak...MUCH MORE COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Bolinger <bolinger@bigsky.net>
To: <guest@endurance.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 6:12 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Methods to safely pony more than one at a time?


> First off, welcome to ride-camp...Now then...Packer's are ponying more
than
> one horse at a time,even today!!! We used to average six mules per
> string...Each mule had on a back saddle..either a decker or a saw buck
with
> a load attached to the saddle(150-250lbs)...tied onto the back of each
> saddle was a thin nylon cord called a piggin string...this came off the
back
> of the saddle a couple of inches and had a loop fashioned at the end of
> it...the next mules's lead rope was tied through the piggin string of the
> mule infront of him...and so on down the line..the piggin string acted as
a
> saftey release...it would break under pressure...so if a mule went on the
> wrong side of a tree...etc...instead of causing a huge wreak the piggin
> string would break...This is totally different then the kind of ponying
you
> are talking about---we were on narrow trails..always at a walk and
> loaded...I'll just bet there are some crazy folks out there who have
figured
> out how to do it, at high speeds, with more that one endurance horse!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <guest@endurance.net>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 2:09 AM
> Subject: RC: Methods to safely pony more than one at a time?
>
>
> > Eclectk Eclectk1@aol.com
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to the endurance net... I wonder if any of you know any methods
to
> safely pony more than one horse at a time?  How in the world did packer's
do
> it a hundred years ago?  Thanks for your thoughts!
> >
> > Eclectk
> > Desert Springs Sport Horses
> > http://www.Sportshorses.homestead.com
> > (best viewed in explorer 4.x or newer)
> >
> >
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