What ever happened to the 6 big snows?’
LANCASTER - “Where
are the snows of yester
day?” asked an American
writer named Justin Mc-
Carthy, echoing a question
first raised several centuries
earlier by the French poet
Francois Villon.
If McCarthy, who died m
1936, had only looked, he
would have found the an
swer. Those snows-the big
ones, anyway-are preserved
m history and record books.
The current, issue of
National Wildlife magazine
takes a look at those books
and comes up with some cold
facts concerning the most
fearsome, frigid waiters of
yester-year:
The lowest temperature
ever recorded in the U.S.
was minus 79.8 F., at
Prospect Creek, Alaska, on
January 23,1971.
The heaviest snowfall was
86 feet at Rainier Paradise
Ranger Station during the
same winter of 1970-71.
That’s about as deep as an
eight-story building is tall.
One of the earliest
American blizzards tracked
down by National Wildlife
was in February, 1698. One
New England pioneer called
it “the temblest winter
ever” as Boston got buried
under 42 inches of white
stuff And that was before
the days of snow plow.
Perhaps the granddaddy
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of all blizzards was in March
of 1888.
From the Chesapeake Bay
to Maine, for four days, an
average of 40 inches of snow
buried the region. Winds
gusted up to 70 miles per
hour, and there were more
than 400 deaths-200 in New
York City alone. Tram
passengers were marooned
and 200 ships foundered.
One historic snowstorm
came as a disguised
blessing. At 6 p.m. on
Christmas Day, 1776, a
bitterly cold blizzard struck
the East. General George
Washington wrote in his
diary: “The wind is nor
theast and beats in the faces
of the men. It will be a
terrible mght for the soldiers
who have no shoes. Some of
them have tied old rags
around their feet, but I have
not heard a man complain.”
Later that night
Washington crossed the
Delaware with his shivering
army of 2400 men and
shpped into Trenton, N.J.
After a long night of
Christmas revelry, the
Hessian mercenaries were
no match for the ragged
Americans.
The Revolutionary War
would not be won for five
more years, but the Battle of
Trenton was a turning point.
Had it not been for the cover
of that snowstorm, it might
have gone the other way.
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temperatures nearing the freezing point, was
MONUCELLO, N.Y. - A
selection of over a dozen
different one and two day
equine dimes are available
as a public service to horse
and riding clubs, 4-H groups,
livestock organizations and
horse fair organizers.
Sponsored by the Rhulen
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largest animal insurance
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Free horse clinics available
“Our equine clinics are
designed,’’ notes Peter L
Rhulen, vice-president of the
Monticello, N.Y. based firm,
“to give horse owners and
horse enthusiasts a hands-on
opportunity to see, leam,
work with and ask questions
of an expert.”
Susan Hams’ publications
include “Grooming To Win”
and “Horsemanship In
Pictures”. She directed the
5-H Acres School of Riding, a
nationally accredited 2 year
course for tiding instructors,
for 10 years and has con
ducted over 50 clinics in the
past 2 years.
Hams has trained horses
and riders and has competed
in Hunters, Jumpers,
Dressage, Combined
Training, Western Pleasure
and Performance, Saddle
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Seat Pleasure and a variety
of breed divisions. She
teaches and judges all three
equitation seats and basic
dressage.
Among the clinic
programs available are:
Hunter Seat, Stock Seat and
Saddle Seat Equitation;
Dressage; Hunter/Jumper
Over Fences; Western
Performance Classes;
Schooling the Young Horse;
Grooming & Preparation for
the Show Ring; Horse Care
and Conditioning; Selecting
the Right Horse; Con
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Movement; Equipment
Selection and Use; and
Safety in riding and Han
dling Horses.
“Programs can be
presented at an
organization’s headquarters
suffered the
Photo taken
or conducted as part of an
existing fair or event,”
according to Rhulen.
“Attendance at the
clinics,” he points out,
“range from 25 in the case of
small 4-H groups to over 5000
at a horse fair. When an
organization or group lets us
know that they would like to
schedule an equine clinic, we
give them the details of
running such a program, the
topics available, open dates
and other pertinent data.”
Organizations interested
in learning more about the
Rhulen public service equine
clinics should write The
Rhulen Agency, Inc. - 217
Broadway, Monticello, New
York 12701, Attention -
Lilyamrcall (914) 794-8000;
(212) HI-1950 or (800) 431-
1270, extension 427.