The Legend of John Henry
John Henry is a beautiful mule who has proven himself in driving, fox hunting, pleasure, dressage, and as a pack mule. Read his wonderful story as written by his owner, Cathleen Conklin

This is John Henry. He is a mule [Percheron mare crossed with a Mammoth Donkey jack] who is 16-2" tall , weighs 1,400 [on a scale] and is 6-7 years old. I bought him 4 years ago from an Amish dealer as an unbroke and
untouchable 2 coming 3 year old. We have come a long way since then......

I have logged over 1,700 hours in the saddle on the trail - we were the first
in the nation to reach that level in the North American Saddle Mule
Association Versality Trail Program. Our major maladjustment, however, is
that we are ardent fox hunters. John Henry and I fox hunt [first field] with
the Old Chatham Hunt in upstate NY. We gallop and jump with all the horses
and he never goes any faster than the horse next to him! He never pulls an ounce!

My husband bought a full set of packs and every fall has John Henry carry in all the supplies needed for deer hunting from a base camp that is back in
the woods 5 miles. The normal load weighs about 200 lbs. My husband tells everyone who will listen that he carries a hand gun on those back-in pack
trips because he will have to shoot himself if anything happens to John Henry or I will do it when he gets back!!

We have competed successfully at horse shows and pleasure driving shows and just recently I have started competing in nationally rated combined driving events. In our first CDE [7th Annual Garden State Horse and Carriage Society Combined Driving Event] John Henry won his division [training
level - single horse]. He had the best driven dressage score, no points off in presentation, was clean and fast in the cones course and only had 15 time faults [for coming in a little late] on the marathon. The vets talked about him all day because he was the best conditioned horse on the grounds and they wanted to give him the "best conditioned" award - but they don't give
them in CDE's!

We have also driven friends to weddings and proms and taken ourselves down
the road just for pleasure....

John Henry is the best equine I have ever been "owned" by but now I have to
figure out the next thing I want to teach him!

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Stolen Horse/Mule Information nfortunately, the crime of horse theft still goes on. Many of these stolen animals end up at slaughter houses. Below is a list of the only four killer-processors for horse flesh in the United States. If your horse or mule is stolen, fax a description to each of the following companies. They are very cooperative, and will be on the lookout for any animal with distinctive markings.
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Central Nebraska Packing, Inc., North Platte, NE
Phone: 308-532-1250
Fax: 308-532-2744 Attn: Matt (last I knew)

Dallas Crown Inc, Kaufman, TX
Phone: 972-932-3436
Fax: 972-932-3062

Beltex Corp, Fort Worth, TX
Phone: 817-624-1136
Fax: 817-624-4594

Cavel International, Inc., De Kalb, IL
Phone: 815-756-8051
Fax: 815-756-8195