[drivingpairs] Re: Tandem Talk

Hi Jay, I think it would be fun to put a section in my magazine called "Tandem 
Talk", unfortunately, I am a tandem dummy.  Do you think you and or some of 
your tandemaniacs might be interested in writing for ACD?  Doesn't pay well, 
but it does get you a free magazine and all the glory you can handle.  Not to 
mention that I am always open to other articles that suites someone's 
particular fancy.
Dottie

AmeriCan Carriage Driver, LLC
P.O. Box 570
No. Scituate, RI 02857, USA
http://home.earthlink.net/~americancarriagedriver/


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Hubert <jhubert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mar 2, 2006 12:19 AM
>To: Pairs List <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [drivingpairs] Tandem Talk
>
>Last weekend, I had the opportunity to help a friend with her newly organized 
>tandem of Morgan ponies.  She had driven them as a tandem once before, and 
>really 
>got hooked.  Fortunately, she is wise enough to know NOT to drive them without 
>help, not that her husband is not a helper, but he does not know much about 
>tandems.
>
>We switched positions from the way they had been hooked before, to see if the 
>younger, more forward pony would make a leader.  He was absolutely at a loss. 
>Although bold and forward as a single, out there all by himself, with his 
>buddy 
>right behind, he was totally confused. He kept drifting back alongside the 
>wheeler.  We switched them back and viola, we had a tandem!  The point I am 
>making is that one cannot always tell from how they act as singles now they 
>will 
>perform in a tandem.  Poor Rio just did not know how to deal with it, but in 
>the 
>wheel, he was super!
>
>Since my friend does not have any real tandem harness, we "made do" with two 
>single harnesses, and a bunch of baling twine.  She did have a pair of buckle 
>in 
>to the throat latch roger rings, so that was good, and a bountiful supply of 
>pear 
>snaps, including a couple of very large ones we used as tandem terrets. Pear 
>snaps also took the place of tandem keys on the trace buckles.
>
>Needless to say, with two greenies, we had a couple of "tandem moments" where 
>things got a little exciting, but we were very pleased at how well the boys 
>did. 
>The leader went forward when asked and the wheeler backed when asked, and 
>things 
>got straight in a hurry.
>
>After a very pleasant session with the boys, we took out my new mare as a 
>single 
>and had a nice drive around the neighborhood.  Jazz is intended to become my 
>wheeler, assuming she continues to progress.  We will be at the Arizona and 
>Ram 
>Tap CDE's as a training single pony and after that we'll see how she is doing. 
>Needless to say, I really miss the tandem!
>
>Y'all play nice and drive safely!
>
>Jay E Hubert
>Coffing Oaks Welsh Ponies
>Galt, CA
>
>Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste 
>good 
>with ketchup.
>
>And I STILL drive too fast to worry about cholesterol! 
>
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