The sources contain several details about a horse show in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Key Features of the Pocahontas County Horse Show
The show is held in a valley called Little Levels, which is about 3,000 feet above sea level. The area is noted for its blue grass, making it a good stock-raising area.- The horse show lasts for three days.
- Classes are judged in the mornings, and in the afternoons, there are more classes and harness races.
- The entertainment is described as having "a lot of go and interest".
- While there are many gaited saddle horses, which are popular with the local audience, there are also three-gaited classes and jumping competitions.
- Jumpers include saddle horses and trotters, but rarely thoroughbreds.
- There are trotting races, races under saddle, and mule races. In mule races, riders can use saddles, spurs, and whips, and they can also beat the animals with their hats.
Other Details
- The show is held on the farm of brothers Edgar and Lee McLaughlin.
- E.S. Nadal, from Lewisburg, judged the harness and saddle classes one year.
- The Pocahontas County Horse Show is described as a well-known institution in the Greenbrier River Country of West Virginia.
- There are no show horses from a distance, except for a "Guideless Wonder" that paces the mile unattended.
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