3/7/14 1836 Chuckwagon Race by Sarah Miller
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photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Team J Star H from Bee Branch, Ark. races in the classic division race at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. The race is sanctioned by the National Championship Chuckwagon Race and Texas Chuckwagon Race Association. Races continue Saturday and Sunday. The classic chuckwagon must weigh 1000 pounds.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Laney Taylor, 7, of Slocum, Texas takes an upside down look at her dog Blue after she set a pink cowboy hat on its head in between races at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Shelby Degeare, 16, of Sanger, Texas, shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Shelby Degeare, 16, of Sanger, Texas, shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Shelby Degeare, 16, of Sanger, Texas, shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Shelby Degeare, 16, of Sanger, Texas, shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Zane Runyan of Lott, Texas shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Zane Runyan of Lott, Texas shoots a blank cartridge at a balloon target with a .45 pistol during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting event at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a timed event where competitors use two pistols while riding a horse or mule through balloon targets. Each balloon missed is a five second penalty.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph A member of team Say Win from Beebe, Ark. screams for her ponies to run faster in the Oklahoma Land Rush division race at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. The race is sanctioned by the National Championship Chuckwagon Race and Texas Chuckwagon Race Association. Races continue Saturday and Sunday. The Oklahoma Land Rush Wagon Class represents the historical reenactment of the Oklahoma Land Rush. It's a 600 foot dash with a 300 pound wagon and ponies no more than 46 inches tall.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Patrick Wood of Lindale, Texas, rides a bronco at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Matt Wolfe of Jacksonville, Texas, rides a bronco at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Matt Wolfe of Jacksonville, Texas, rides a bronco at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Team Hartwick Horshoeing from Prim, Ark. turns a corner with their buckboard wagon at the 1836 Chuckwagon Race in Neches, Texas Friday March 7, 2014. The 1836 Chuckwagon Race at Diamond B Ranch is a week long celebration of western culture centering around Texas Independence Day weekend. The race is sanctioned by the National Championship Chuckwagon Race and Texas Chuckwagon Race Association. Races continue Saturday and Sunday.