Today was a very special day for me.  So special in fact, that I decided to do something…. …. oh so very fun!  So.  Off I went to Big Udder Way…. the biggest Cow Racing Track in all of Camden.

And.

Once again, the Cow Races simply got out of hand.

Bessie….  just a nose from lead… made the mistake of looking toward the camera flashes.  She wanted to show her best profile for the newspaper photo….  Ahhhh…. she could see the headlines of the Sports Pages now….

And just then… Mabel took a commanding lead.

It was a little sad to watch… but that is how the Cow Races go.

The first races were held in what is now Donegal, Pennsylvania, in 1623.  Granton Bellamy and Charles Whitenforth were the “founders” of The Cow Race.  While the Grass Juleps were not a popular drink at the races, Bellamy & Whitenforth soon discovered that Mint was a more popular choice.   From that point on, they only used the grass for medicinal purposes.

But that is another story.

The Cow Races eventually gave way to the more popular Horse Race.  And Kentucky surpassed Pennsylvania as the “racing” capital of the U.S.  This was mainly due to slightly warmer temperatures, and longer racing seasons.

At any rate.  I’ll take a good Cow Race any day.  They last longer.

And if you don’t drink Grass Juleps…  They always Got Milk.

No Bull.

“Winning isn’t always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing.”
– Manuel Diotte

“Not as easy as One. Two. Three.  But… I like Three. Four. Five.”
– P C Kronenberger