The really big event of the day was the Mule Pulling contest. The sledge was loaded with increasing numbers of cinder blocks, and each team had three tries to pull it a total distance of about 8-10 feet. Sometimes, after the pull was complete and the harness disconnected from the sledge, the teams would continue to pull ... and the hapless handlers were swung around as though they were playing "snap the whip". By the way, the guys in the green/white stripes were county prisoners, there to tote the blocks. The mules could pull about 3.3 times the combined weight of the team. Whew!