Melvin Bradley -- obituary
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Melvin Bradley, who has died aged 83, was an expert on mules and the author of such works as the two-volume The Missouri Mule: his origins and times, and Miniature and Hunting Mules of Missouri; he also founded the Missouri Muleskinners Society.Bradley, a professor at the University of Missouri, became fascinated by the animals as a barefoot farmers boy working a mule team in the Missouri cornfields. I found that the mule has so much more personality than a horse. A mule is highly intelligent. He will outsmart you, Bradley recalled.The mule, the sterile hybrid offspring of a jack (a...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:44:43 AM







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