Show Dean Gives Advice On Horse Pulling Since the beginning of horse pulling contest held in Utah with the aid of a dynamometer 1800 draft horse teams have taken partin part partin in the contests held The Thc first pull with a dynamometer eter was held in 1923 at the Iowa state fair and four years later the tile Utah State Stat Agricultural college college coll coll- ege in cooperation with the state fair purchased a machine and began pulling contests in this state On the tile average there are about 25 pulling horse-pulling contests held a year in Utah each one of which attracts hundreds of persons The 1936 season has just begun and farmers should look forward to competitive pulls within their territory Dean E. E J. J Maynard of the state college advises Th These e ec c contests are open to anyone who owns both animals competing Horses r mules purebred grade or unknown are ulIe entitled to enter and may b be stallions mares or geldings Horses in a team should be worked together for considerable time so that they know and ond understand understand understand un un- each other thoroughly according to information compiled by George R. R Henderson and Kenneth Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- neth C C. C Ikeler former dean atthe atthe at atthe the college colleg in their bulletin on Draft Horses and Pulling Contests Contests Contests Con Con- tests in Utah They should be accustomed to their driver and their temperaments should be similar Horses in poor flesh lack Jack the determination and necessary energy but hut should not be bo fat but butwell butwell butwell well fed hardened by work Few horses or pairs have been bem able to exert a pull in excess of their own live weight Horses with large Jarge heart girth and w well set set n-set legs predominate among the winn winners rs Horses with crooked legs commonly known as sickle hocks or a curby conformation never go far fai in a pulling cont contest contest t according to findings of the Horse Association of America i t i. i |