Great Story! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Laube" <zurlauben@mindspring.com> To: "OHPERRY" <OHPERRY-D@rootsweb.com>; "RayH Hazlett" <RHaz945593@cs.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: Fw: Jockey Hollow School > Ray Hazlett, a graduate of Jockey Hollow, answered a note from Jessica > Gordon a student at Muskingum. Jessica's Axline ancestors lived near and > attended Jockey Hollow - Ray's comments may give some of you a hint of > what life was like in the first quarter of the last century. Before Henry > Ford sold everyone a black box on four wheels. I can see those girls riding > in their pony cart to school every day. Their father built a horse stall > across the road from the school - where the pony could wait out of the > weather - > > Ray took the photograph of the school which is on Maggie's Ohio Web site. > If only there were a way to teach some of the values my wife and Ray and > others learned in that one-room school to the kids in the modern > computerized class room of today. Regards to those of you who were blessed > with such an education - you have made our country a better place in which > to live - thanks. Hal > > PS Also note that there is no generation gap between those of us interested > in our family histories! Hal > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RHaz945593@cs.com> > To: <Zurlauben@mindspring.com> > Cc: <jgordon@muskingum.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:17 PM > Subject: re: Jockey Hallow School > > > > I have read with great interest about the Axline girls and their pony. > This > > pony was very "high life", and as soon as he was hitched to the pony he > would > > start as fast as his legs would go. I remember one evening, Lucille and > > Mary`s uncle Ralph stopped, by for some reason I do not know, and help > hitch > > the pony to the cart. As soon as the girls were in the cart the pony took > off > > on his usual fast gate. The girls were only 7 or 8 years old and naturally > > did not have enough strength in their arms to hold the pony under control. > > Ralph quickly saw the unsafe situation and took after the girls on a high > > speed foot race. > > At about 300 feet he caught up and jumped on the cart and took control of > the > > lines to the pony`s mouth and quickly brought the pony under control, in > fact > > he pulled so hard that the pony actually walked on his rear legs for a > short > > period. The girls did have accidents with this pony and cart but I do not > > remember the details as this occurred nearly 75 years ago and I was about > 13 > > at the time. > > > > Robert Gordon also came to the school by riding his pony, somewhat larger > > pony than the Exline`s pony. He kept his pony in Ollie Campbell`s barn, > about > > a 1/4 mile from the school.and we did not see much of this pony. Robert`s > > father was Charles Gordon and lived about 3 miles from the school. My > father > > and mother made a statement that the Hazletts were to be especially > courteous > > to Robert because Charles was on the school board for Hopewell Twp. I do > not > > believe that Lucille`s husband, also a Gordon was any relation to the > Robert > > Gordon of Jockey Hollow, but I could be wrong. > > > > It is nice hearing from relatives of Jockey Hollow. I live, with my wife > > Larna, in Dublin at the Friendship Village Retirement Center, 6000 > Riverside > > Dr./ Apt A-239. > > > > I grew up on the farm across the Jonothan creek and railroad tracks and > could > > very well see the home of Cora and Ed Exline. I often worked at their farm > > helping to put up the hay by riding the horse to the hay fork.I also > worked > > for Clarence by doing some carpenter work with him. > > >