A Martime's View

Budweiser Beer and Sales - What a strange Blog title under this "Our Invisible World"
Well, I just watched these Clyesdale Horses harnessed as the team and hooked them up to the famous 8 horse team, Budweiser Beerwagon. (photo is from Moncton Times & Transcripts)/div>

It was great to see these beautiful animals which were unloaded from 3 large Budweiser advertised Tandons as they arrive in Moncton.

Behind the BAY and Sobey on Main Street,I and several hundred people watched. (photo is from Kansas City newspaper where the same wagon team is also on exhibit ..today... yes today...there is more than one team)

It was great to listen to the comments of everyone in the crowd. Like always, some know it all, even someone to make loud quick noise to spook the horses, but mostly parents showing their children, the curious and then some old folks (like me) with memories...
I know horses and love horses because as a school boy I was responsiblie for seven work horses, before breakfast and the school bus. To stand for an hour and a half watch them harness and hookup the gaint clyesdale horses... was pure joy.. (only thing missing was a friend to share it with.??)
What is strange of this...in OUR INVISIBLE WORLD, is that they are in Riverview (across the river from Moncton today) and in Riverside MO. at the same time as reported in the Kansas City News. As we stood there with the belief that this was a unique opportunity to see this team, and being told it was the first time it has ever been west of Montreal.. my research for a photo on the internet showed a Newpaper article that August 20th they are in Kansas City until Sunday (tomorrow)Actually there are 5 teams and wagons travelling the country and Anheuser-Busch (parent company of Budweiser Beer) own 275 clydesdales at 9 stables of breeding, training and retirement.,
Last Year, I retired with the idea I would work on a horse farm in norther Ontario...it didn't work out and I do miss my horses. So, as you can believe, I valued this opportunity to see them. Would one pay to see them? Yes, when these horses visited the Lake County Fair in Arlington Heights IL in august 2004 tickets were sold at $4.95.. for enterance to the 3 shows at the county fair.

To enjoy how a big clyesdale can be such a heart breaker, to us older folks who remember horses. But to all young at heart, I offer you a video of a young clyesdale on the Youtube budweiser commercial.
It is surprising what one finds when they search for a photo. Would you believe that there is a Ralph Lauren Clysdale , a beautiful pair of white suedes for $222.