Sometimes “the good ole days” really weren’t all that good
Hay harvest certainly is that way when we think about how it was done this year, compared to decades gone by. Being a town kid, the first hay harvest we recall was when Dad mowed a small grass lot with an old horse-drawn sickle mower that he pulled with a clunker Allis tractor.
Chase County Ranches Recognized At 75th Anniversary Flint Hills Rodeo
Ranching is the main profession in Chase County, which is the only Kansas county that lies entirely within the Flint Hills. Thus, most appropriate that ten Chase County ranches were recognized at the recent 75th anniversary Flint Hills Rodeo in Strong City.
Winning Only Possible With Try
“No guts, no glory” After the final performance of the Saturday evening rodeo performance, we couldn’t get that statement out of our head.
Charge Must Have Power For Control
That hotwire doesn’t always work. Yet, whenever we accidently touch it, there always seems to be a charge. Still, our experience with electric fence to control livestock has not been all that positive; no pun intended.
Plenty Of Heritage As Burlingame Saddle Club Plans 42nd Annual Santa Fe Trail Rodeo
Lots of saddles clubs and rodeos have come and gone. For more than four decades, the Burlingame Saddle Club has been going strong, hosting a rodeo every year, and activity continues with enthusiasm like day one. “It’ll be the 42nd annual Santa Fe Trail Rodeo this weekend, Friday and Saturday evenings, at our original grounds […]
Brett Cushenbery Memorial Bull Riding Benefits Rodeo Groups & Youth
The bulls appeared to be the hands-down victors. Yet, the real winners were beneficiaries of funds raised during the ninth annual Brett Cushenbery Memorial Bull Riding at Cico Park in Manhattan. “More than $4,000 was presented to the Kaw Valley Rodeo Association and Central Plains Rodeo Association Finals as well as $3,000 to the Dawson […]
Repair Can Bring Old Back Again
That little band of gold is once more on the left ring finger. After four decades, it was strange not being there. Unconsciously, we’d feel for our wedding ring, and our heart would stop beating when it wasn’t there, until we remembered we’d taken the relic-piece for repair.
Quarter Horses Earn Their Keep For Honored Breeders
Horses are meant to be used. “We breed horses that will perform under saddle and then work them. Our horses earn their keep,” evaluated Marlene Flinn of St. George. “The operation has always been based on performance, utilizing foundation and working-horse pedigrees, which made the Quarter Horse what it is, but they must look good, […]
Cost And Age Not Most Important
Just take it, drive it, and if it’s not back by Thanksgiving, we’ll assume you want it.” Truly, that was the car dealer’s comment recently when we decided to trade Silver off before we became stranded too far away to walk home.
Reliving Good Ole Days Enlightening
Everybody sure looked old. They have potbellies, glasses, hearing aids, humpbacks, gray hair or no hair, and seem to shuffle as they walked. Golly, we almost didn’t even recognize them.