Racehorse Jack

My great great grandfather John Aaron Jackson, Sr had a horse named Jack.

This is Jack.

You'll notice on the ground in front of Jack is a beat up old hat (trust me, that's a hat).  In order for John Aaron's son Wallace to get Jack to settle down enough to get his photo taken, Wallace had to lay his hat down on the ground.  Another interesting thing about this photo is that it shows the area where our current house on the creek stands now.  It's hard to believe there was ever such a clear view to the water (you can see the water in the background).

One of John Aaron's other sons John Aaron Jr. had a sulky cart and for fun he would hitch up Jack and take him out to race.

Not a picture of Jack or John Aaron photo public domain

A sulky, for those not familiar, is a lightweight, 2 wheeled single seat cart.  It was commonly used as transportation in rural areas, and today is used in harness racing.  The term sulky came about because people said the rider must prefer to be by themselves "sulking".  Apparently, back in the day it was also used for racing.  Many of the men in the area would hitch up their horses and race.  There was an actual race track just outside of town at Stingray Point owned by another family member where people would go to race.