Horses – Page 16 – Dan Routh Photography

Old Horse Plows

Old horse plows in my Grandpa’s barn.

Neighbor’s Mule

Mule at my neighbor’s barn. Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Horse harness hangs on a neighbor’s farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. The harness above is leather, while the antique collar below is made of zinc. The zinc was supposed to act medicinally to prevent the horse or mule’s shoulders from getting sore and raw.

Work Horse in the Morning

Horses

A Belgian work horse in my neighbor’s pasture in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Yesterday morning.

In The Trailer

Horses

Two equines have their breakfast before a fox hunt recently, near Greensboro, North Carolina.

Fox Hunting Photography

Horses, Hunting

I spent Thanksgiving morning this year with the Sedgefield Hunt Club on a farm in Rockingham County, just north of Greensboro, North Carolina. It was a splendid day with some gorgeous horses, a pack of energetic and handsome hounds, and a lovely young lady who like me was at her first fox hunt, except unlike me, she was riding.

Sedgefield Hunt

Horses, Hunting

I spent yesterday morning with the Sedgefield Hunt Club for their annual Thanksgiving Day fox hunt near Greensboro, North Carolina. A gorgeous day for sure. I will post more images in the next few days.

Bit on the Wall

Horses

An old mule or horse bit hangs on the wall at our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Working a New Mule

Horses, Molasses

Neighbor Gary McMasters was making sorghum molasses this weekend with his mill in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. He was also breaking in his new 4 year old mule Pearl. She was pulling the mill for only the second time. While Gary had to be a little patient, Pearl figured things out pretty quickly and did an admirable job. Pearl takes over from Sam, who has gone into retirement in his twenties.