953 nut 55,229 #1 Posted June 18 Big Show A magazine cover caught my eye a few years ago, it was the January 2006 edition of Farm Collector magazine and the cover was featuring the WHCC Big Show. To avoid the prospect of having a copyright infringement I will just reprint the beginning of the article and give you a link to the Farm Collector internet site with the complete article. If you don’t already subscribe to Farm Collector you now know what to ask for at Christmas or your birthday. Just as domestication of the four-legged horse revolutionized the development of ancient civilizations, Cecil and Elmer Pond’s Wheel Horse tractors revolutionized how post-World War II America cared for its suburban lawns and gardens. From a small, neighborhood garage in South Bend, Ind., the father-and-son team developed an accessible, innovative, purpose-built, four-wheel tractor that really stood out, and whose descendants are still produced today. This horse of a different color not only spurred generations of garden tractor designers of virtually all makes, but also captured the fancy of a group of loyalists who now meet once a year in Pennsylvania to celebrate the little red horses. Members of the Wheel Horse Collectors Club (WHCC) met at the South Mountain Fairgrounds west of Arendtsville, Pa., in June for their seventh annual all-Wheel Horse show. “It was our largest turnout ever,” says founding president Don Kane. “We started with about 40 tractors in 1999 and had about 500 in attendance this year.” The club boasts more than 500 members from the United States, Canada and Great Britain, and the two-day show attracts hundreds of spectators and soon-to-be Wheel Horse enthusiasts. Here are some of the photos from the article and a link to the entire article. https://www.farmcollector.com/company-history/horse-of-a-different-color/ 4 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
