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Why? Because every year the town of Peeridge puts on a mule jump. Here to start us off with the story of everything you've ever wanted to know about a mule jump is Jackie Crabtree. Nathan C., and later on, the Shockley family, the OGs of the sport. Take it away, Jackie.
Uh-huh. Pretty much the history of the Mule Jump Pier. Started out, of course, with being a rural community. There was Coon hunting, a popular sport back then. And the mules were used to naturally carries the riders and then uh Whenever they got to a fence, instead of trying to find a gate, they would just put the blanket over the fence, jump the mule over, and then they would go on about their mule jump.
But where it actually started at in Peeridge, from what my understanding is They used to have dog shows where their coon dogs. Everybody would come and show their dogs and how good they were. how they were good and they were at hunting. And from what my understanding is, during one of those Coon Dog Shows Somebody said, well, I bet my mule can jump higher than your mule.
So that's basically where it started from. a dare to see whose mule could jump the highest. You can watch NASCAR, you can watch football all day long, but You're not going to find a mule jump on ESPN or any of these radio or television shows.
So, a mule jump consists of kind of a mule rodeo, if you will. The mules are not ridden. They're led up to the barrier. Honor, honor, lead. And that barrier, the barrier is covered so they can't see on the other side of it.
And then from that, they have a certain period of time whenever they step into the box. They have 60 seconds, I believe. 60 seconds. before they they have to jump. and they get two tries.
Crowd gets into it too. They cheer on the mules to make sure to get them to jump higher. Our record is 70 inches. by a mule that was fifty-one hands high.
So, horses are and they're measured by hand.
So, we separate them between 51 is the breakpoint.
Now under that There's one class and then above that it's the other class.
So 51 hands, that's about maybe five and a half foot, something like that. Probably. Yeah. It's kind of natural for a mule to jump. And like I say, some mules want to jump, some don't.
It's just like.
Some people are good at basketball. They're they're just naturally good at it. and you can or run the hundred yard dash.
Some people just naturally good. And some mules will just jump. and others won't jump.
Now I'm Don Shockley. I'm Harold Shockley. Yeah, I was born in 1941. Yeah, no. Starholler in a family of 13.
Six boys and seven girls. And us boys all hunted. Say my dad's coon hunted all of his life, so I would just probably two or three years old when I first started. You know, when I growed up here, we had two channels on TV. We didn't have an air conditioner.
We had one box fan. You didn't set in the house. I mean, there was no video games. You got you went fishing or hunting. That's why dad, like I say, he was grown up with 13 brothers and sisters in a little house.
You went hunting. You got out, you and your buddies across the hill. You went squirrel hunting, and it was something to do.
Now there is so much. My grandkids and kids, it's just life has got so fast. Why do you use mules for coon honey?
Well It's much easier to ride a mule up and down these hills. When you're coon hunting on them, you'll run into a fence. You know, when you're riding back, you'll come to a fence and you just put your coat over it. and and then jump your mule over it and then get back on and go on and And uh You know, that's where the mule jumping come from.
So we We made a little mule jump and and just started jumping them over a board, just raise the board higher and higher and see whose mule could jump the highest.
Well, we started this us and then we went down there at Pea Ridge. It kind of created lot of interest and so the The the town of Pea Ridge then, they They tuck it over and turned into a big deal. It's won over ever since, you know. That was like 33 years ago. Thirty four.
Okay. You have different rules. There is no really official mule jumping rules, it's just whatever. But Pea Ridge. you've got to bring your mule up to the jump and bring him to a complete stop like it least 10 feet from the Jump.
and then you can leave you know, and then let it go. But you can't get a run and start at it.
So he's got it more or less woke up earned stopped and... get set and then just flat-footed jump over. If you're wanting a good jumping wheel, you need jump work them. Every day, jumping up. Just keep raising it up and jumping them and jumping them.
And get one that likes to jump.
Some mules just like it. Yeah. I mean they're just good and they like. You can tell by jumping them a little bit. The mules kind of take on the demeanor of their handlers.
Some of them are pretty excited when they're coming out and you'll see the mules prancing with them. Others are, some of the older gentlemen are a little bit slower. They walk a little slower. The mules are walking slow. They're really calm and cool and So it's um It's pretty neat to see that.
Now we've had some really young Uh kids that have um Train mules. And I remember one time we was there and this one little girl that was normally riding her mule and her granddad had taken a mule and was running him through the obstacle course. and the mule wasn't wanting to go through part of the obstacle course. And pretty soon you hear this little girl, you hear her voice. Grandpa, you're ruining my mule.
It's fun. You know, that's the best memory. I mean, we've had some good jumps, we've won a lot of. We want a lot of money, my boys want a lot of money down there. Bought them a pickup.
Each boy bomb pick up good memories, but the the the family and the friends and the gathering and all your buddies there and we're we you talk hunting and riding and just And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Monty Montgomery. A piece of Americana here on our American Stories. Folks, if you love the great American stories we tell and love America like we do, We're asking you to become a part of the Our American Stories family. If you agree that America is a good and great country, please. Make a donation.
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