the annual Wheel Horse Show! Hard to believe but it will be here and gone before you know it. Received permission to post some additional information regarding the show that may be of interest -
The 10th Annual Wheel Horse Show on June 20 and 21, 2008 will be the biggest show ever and will be setting the standard for future shows! Cecil Pond and his wife will be attending along with the "Straight From the Horse's Mouth" author Michael Martino. The folks from Lawn and Garden Collector Magazine will be on hand to sell subscriptions and look for WheelHorses to do future articles on. We exspecting over 700 Wheel Horse tractors to exhibit from all parts of the United States, Canada and England! The featured tractor will be the 1968 model '500' SPECIAL which was a promotional tractor celebrating Wheel Horses involvment with the Indianapolis 500 race. The Wheel Horse Collectors Club will be raffling off a 1968 '500' SPECIAL! Bill Pearson has also been working with a lady gathering up a collection of photographs of Wheel Horse tractors that were used in the pits and also the Wheel Horses that participated in the famous Indy 2-1/2 mile race! Some of these pictures show the Indy race cars being pulled by Wheel Horse's and most of these have not been seen in public before. This set of Wheel Horse photographs will be raffled off at the show! The Wheel Horse tractor parade will be a one of kind this year because many Wheel Horse internet groups and clubs will be getting involved and showing their stuff! The Cruise Night on Friday night will be set up for some Kodak Picture Moments.
Camping at the South Mountian Fairgrounds is permited, there showers, restrooms and a church group will come in and cook food from 6:00am till 6:00pm. The fee for camping is only $20.00 for Thursday night and display set up starts at 9:00am Thursday June 19, 2008. There is lots of hotels in the Gettysburg area but reservations are highly recommended. There will be dash plaques given to all exhibitors and show "T" shirts and hats for sale.
Sounds like a little something for every Wheel Horse enthusiast - Fun stuff!
So wouldn't you love to have one of these in your collection - price is more than what I like to see a full size tractor coming home for .... yes, I am a bargain hunter.... Well, closing for now - hope to get some of the tractors off the enclosed porch soon into their own "stable" - just one of the many projects on Marlin's list. Take care all.
