[drivingpairs] Re: Tandem Talk
- From: " Dorothy A. Billington" <dotbillington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:01:19 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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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