Скачать или смотреть Horses do the heavy lifting on Mackinac Island, hauling people and cargo across Michigan's car-less

(26 May 2015) (NATS)
MACKINAC ISLAND IS NOT A ONE-HORSE TOWN.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
SOUNDBITE: Mark "Beau" Bielinski, Longtime Carriage Tours Employee: "There's right around 500 horses on the island, total, in the summertime."
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BUT FIRST THEY HAVE TO GET HERE.
ONCE THE ICE IS CLEARED FROM THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC IN THE SPRING, THE HORSES COME OVER ABOUT 12 AT A TIME.
IT'S A PROCESS THAT RUNS INTO JUNE.
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MOST OF THE HORSES SPEND THEIR WINTERS ON THE MAINLAND �
SUCH AS THE CHAMBERS FARM IN MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA �
WHICH SUPPLIES THE ANIMALS TO CARRIAGE TOURS �
THE BIGGEST HORSE AND BUGGY SERVICE ON THE ISLAND.
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FROM THE FARM, WORKERS �
SOUNDBITE: Dale Peterson, Carriage Tours Barn Manager (partially covered): "Truck them to St. Ignace; take them off the truck; load them onto the Huron, which is the freight boat for Arnold line; and bring them over."
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SOUNDBITE: Dale Peterson, Carriage Tours Barn Manager (fully covered): "We send guys down to the boat to pick them up. (We) usually tie three or four together, lead them up here to the barn."
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THEN THEY'RE PREPPED AND SENT OFF TO THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS.
CARS AREN'T ALLOWED ON THE ISLAND �
SO MICHIGAN'S PREMIER WARM-WEATHER DESTINATION RELIES ON ITS EQUINE FRIENDS TO SERVE AS �
TAXIS �
CARGO-HAULERS �
EVEN PACKAGE DELIVERERS.
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THEY DO PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING IN TOWN.
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IT'S ALL PART OF AN ANNUAL RITE OF SPRING �
WHEN MACKINAC BECOMES A 500-HORSE TOWN.
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MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN.

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