Chapter Eighteen
Heavy Duty
Barney took his time setting up and training the entire female pony team. It took most of the month and we all began to wonder if he was just going to keep running the teams of two ragged with timed trots around the exercise ring and the quarter mile track. He admitted that he enjoyed the workouts, the bobbing t**s and jiggling asses, but he insisted that this two woman teamwork was essential before they could be expected to pull the heavy coach any reasonable distance. He also modified the original pony hoof boots to provide better traction and less strain on the legs. Barney brought in an expensive professional ferrier, Charlie Gant, who stayed a week and made new steel-shoed boots for everyone. He had a massive inventory of expensive and well-made leather a
