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. >