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THE FURROW: The online newsletter of Howell Living History Farm

Farewell To An Old Friend

2/22/2012

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Blaze died on Friday, February 3, 2012 just a couple of months short of his 34th birthday.  He had been at Howell Farm since February 1985.  Blaze was an outstanding workhorse during his many years at the farm and was known to be both gentle and reliable.  He also had a real sense of humor and was renowned by those who worked with him for his antics.  Blaze may have had some old-style Morgan horse in his ancestry as well as other work breeds.  For many years he enjoyed his stall at the western end of the barn where he had a window that he used to see what was going on or to pose for photos with visitors. More recently he had a box stall in the barn and often came up to the chain in its front in order to meet visitors in the barn.
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Farmer Rob
2/22/2012 11:27:33 pm

A Blaze story:
20 years ago, when Blaze was in his working prime, he already had a pretty knobby right front knee. A friend, who was a professional horse barn manager, was helping me do chores. As she was leading Blaze back to his stall from his trip to the yard to get a drink, she noticed the knee and stopped him to inspect it, not knowing about his habit of holding on to a mouthful of water on his way back to the stall. As she bent down to look at his off side knee, she received the mouthful of water on top of her head.

Great sense of humor, Blaze. So long.

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    The Furrow is the online newsletter of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. We will be updating this site about once a week with crop reports and other insights into life on a horse-drawn living history farm.

    Howell Farm is owned by Mercer County and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission.

    Funding for the Howell Living History Farm Furrow is made possible in part by an operating grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. 

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