{"id":6974,"date":"2020-12-15T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2020-12-15T09:56:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:56:25","slug":"episode-195-jum-mccartney-auctioneer-story-of-jack-the-horse-who-owns-a-farm-auction-sale-of-dr-david-richardson-sept-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6974","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 195 JUM MCCARTNEY…AUCTIONEER STORY OF “JACK THE HORSE WHO OWNS A FARM” Auction Sale of Dr. David Richardson, Sept . 8, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE  195   JIM MCCARTNEY and JACK,  THE HORSE WHO OWNS A FARM
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Marjorie and I have attended hundreds of auction sales\u2026farm  auctions.   Episode195 is the story about one of  he nicest auctions<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

we have ever attended.  Sept. 8, 2018.  The auction  on the David Richardson farm.   The tone of the auction was upbeat\u2026happy.   Which<\/p><\/div>\n

is not always the case.  There are many factors that make an auction enjoyable.  The key holding everything together is held by auctioneer<\/div>\n
Jim Mccartney snd his wife Kate.  Jim keeps the auction moving and has  a bucketful of comments that makes everyone laugh. <\/div>\n
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owner of the farm and a big black Percheron names  Jack.<\/div>\n
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Jack, the Clydesdale, dominated the auction sale but we didn\u2019t meet him until the next day.  This is  a happy story.  Dr. David and Dorothy Richardson decided to<\/p>\n

sell their farm and have this  auction sale to diminish their pile of ‘this and that’.   Much of the this and that had the smell of a  Clydesdale.  Not the real smell\u2026.the mental smell.  <\/div>\n

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\u201cMust be hard to sell your horse, David.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIt is and it isn\u201dt\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe are leaving the farm but Jack is staying right here in the stable he has known most of his  life.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow come?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSimple\u2026the young lady who bought the farm wants Jack\u2026she will be riding him.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere is Jack?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOut in the field\u2026we\u2019ll get him over  for you. He likes  people.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cWelcome, my name is David Richardson.  I retired as a doctor a long time ago\u2026way<\/div>\n
back  when I fell in love with Clydesdales.   Do you want to meet Jack?”<\/div>\n

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\u201cEverything here was new at one time\u2026Let\u2019s get the auction underway.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat is this?  Must be used  for processing grain in some way\u2026or maybe a ship porthole?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cI once collected cast iron implement seats.  This is  my last one.  Made into a seat\u2026fine place to sit and<\/div>\n
watch the sale\u2026my sale.   I am at ease with it because I know Jack is going to stay around.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cHi Woody, what\u2019s up?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cJust saw  the biggest horse I\u2019ve ever seen in my life.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDid  he step on you?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNope\u2026just bent over and gave me a  nuzzle\u2026says to call him Jack.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, what did you buy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBought this apple dress\u2026cast iron marking say  patented  1872,,,\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPlanning to make apple sauce?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll make it if you\u2019ll eat it\u2026be a  little gritty with the dust and ash of a century and a half.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMust you fill the truck at every suction sale?\u201d<\/div>\n
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very disappointed if it never  carried  a load.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut what are you going to do with all this stuff?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRemember King Tut\u2019s tomb?\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cRemember when Carter peeped through the first hole and  was asked  what he say?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cSure, \u2018he said  \u201cI see wondrous things\u2026wondrous.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cSo  what?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSo that is why we buy these things.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cFor a tomb?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo because they are wondrous\u2026WONDROUS.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat else did you buy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNice old chicken crate for $20, two railway baggage carts, a kitchen table and chairs, and this cement land roller.\u2019<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you nuts?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cwhat purpose do  you have for that stuff?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPurpose?  Purpose?  Does  everything in life have to have a purpose.?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cBought the table and six  chairs, Marjorie.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe already have a table and chairs.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMay need spares some day.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRock maple\u2026heavy as all get out.  how will we move that table.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet me give Andrew a call.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHe must have better things to do than lug your stuff around.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHe never complains.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cEvery farm sale has a bunch of stories.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSad stories often\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAfraid so.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut not this  story\u2026no sireee.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBecause this  is the story of Jack the Clydesdale who really owns the farm\u2026and the people that love him.\u201d<\/div>\n

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