How many kids will a horse hold? Great Americana picture from Don Thompson, super sleuth.

Of course, I love the saddle oxfords being worn by the girl on the end of the horse.  Didn't we blog about saddles not too long ago?

Barbara, I don't know much about horses.  My grandfather had them but I was too little to remember much.  Was it normal for horses tails to drag the ground like this one does?  I really can't remember the horses I was around having such a long tail...maybe they were cut or maybe they were braided...I know sometimes they were braided.  Or, maybe the kids stretched this one out trying to all get on top of the horse.  Nice picture...lots of memories and lots to talk about.

Barbara, Barbara, what are we to do with you?  Saddles refer to saddle oxfords or saddle shoes...NOT a HORSE SADDLE.  NO, I was not a rider, probably like you, up on a horse once in my life and that was enough.

Debbie, good eye.  I never noticed that horses' long tail until you mentioned it.  That is hilarious.

I knew Don would come thru if I asked nice like.  I guess I do have a shoe fetish:  not only saddles but loafers.  Old Maine Trotters were the best made loafers but they don't make them any more.  Cole-Haun (sp) are the most expensive but I don't care for their style.  Bass Wejuns are o.k. but don't fit my foot. I still have my navy blue, tassel Old Maine Trotters I wore for so many years.  My foot has enlarged now that I'm back in Arkansas and going bare "footed" more than I did in Illinois, so my Trotters no longer fit.  Also:  LLBean used to make a nice loafer.   Spaulding was the top of the line maker of saddles.  They had a red sole.  I wore them when I was at that preppy college:  Southwestern at Memphis, now Rhodes College.     I know, Activer Rainers:  TMI.   But if Don can write about horse tails, I can write about shoes.