Mule Day is a week-long celebration held each year in Columbia, Tenn. This year's event will be Monday March 30 until Sunday April 5. According to the Mule Days muleday.com official Web site, this event started in 1840 as "Breeder's Day," a meeting for mule breeders. Organizers say it now attracts more than 200,000 people and takes place over four days. In addition to mules, traditional Appalachian food, music, dancing, and crafts are featured. "Mule Day" has been a popular Columbia tradition for nearly 170 years. The heavy involvement of Maury County, Tennessee, in the mule industry has caused the event to grow over time into "one of the largest livestock markets in the world." Of course the draw for many is the mule sale on Tuesday March 31, but there also are many other events, including a mule and donkey seminar on the evening of Thursday April 2. Other events include "working mule," "best of breed," and lumberjack competitions. The annual mule pull contest requires a pair of mules to pull a sled loaded with cinder blocks 10 feet. Each pair is given three tries to make it the full 10 feet. The team that pulls the most weight wins. There's also classes for Western riding, mule driving, gaited mules, draft mules, mini-mules, and a riding mule show...The Horse
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Love the Longears? Mule Days Are Coming!
Mule Day is a week-long celebration held each year in Columbia, Tenn. This year's event will be Monday March 30 until Sunday April 5. According to the Mule Days muleday.com official Web site, this event started in 1840 as "Breeder's Day," a meeting for mule breeders. Organizers say it now attracts more than 200,000 people and takes place over four days. In addition to mules, traditional Appalachian food, music, dancing, and crafts are featured. "Mule Day" has been a popular Columbia tradition for nearly 170 years. The heavy involvement of Maury County, Tennessee, in the mule industry has caused the event to grow over time into "one of the largest livestock markets in the world." Of course the draw for many is the mule sale on Tuesday March 31, but there also are many other events, including a mule and donkey seminar on the evening of Thursday April 2. Other events include "working mule," "best of breed," and lumberjack competitions. The annual mule pull contest requires a pair of mules to pull a sled loaded with cinder blocks 10 feet. Each pair is given three tries to make it the full 10 feet. The team that pulls the most weight wins. There's also classes for Western riding, mule driving, gaited mules, draft mules, mini-mules, and a riding mule show...The Horse
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Wow. I knew of Bishop Mule Days, but was not aware of an event of this size elsewhere. It sounds like a great event for mule lovers for sure.
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