14 hh
Black grade mule
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BlackJack at approx. 12 yrs. old.
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BlackJack, ...what a good mule...
I acquired BlackJack and Molly at the same time.
They were my very first mules.
They were for sale  as a pair only, so I got both.
They were underweight  and needing a lot of TLC.
BlackJack wasn't a very good riding mule at first.
He had a fear when someone was on his back.
Perhaps he had been beaten at some point in his mysterious past?
He didn't quite understand the concept of "whoa",
and so that was the first thing him and I got worked out.

As soon as he decided I was worthy of being trusted,
he turned into the best mule!
He was so sweet, never pushy and brazen
like Molly could be at times,
but more reserved, a bit shy, but still a mule who loved attention...
As long as it was from someone he trusted.
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BlackJack was used primarily as a pack mule before I got him.
I learned about packing from him...
However, mostly I rode him.
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BlackJack and I earned
ADMS's Miles and Hours award in 1985...
he was written up in the Spring '85 Brayer magazine for that.

He also had other newspaper articles written about him,
including one which pronounced him
"Play Mule of the Month"
("Hitching Post Column" Quesnel Caribou Observer, February '85).

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