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(Continued trom rage n their money’s worth, always going willingly and cheerfully for even the rankest novice, she recalled.
Seven years ago, Jackie and her husband Adolph, a Rappahannock farmer with the same love for equipment and machinery that Jackie has for four-legged horse power, revisited the barns where she spent so much of her time.
There was Tom, standing knee deep in manure, sweat pouring off him. The stable’s owner said she was taking the old trooper to the Front Royal sale the following day where she hoped to get a few dollars for him instead of just waiting for the way-over-thehill horse to die.
But his guardian angdl stepped in. Jackie bought Old Tom for $100 and vanned him to Estes where he’s been “a wonderful babysitter for the calves" ever since.
Jackie said she wonders sometimes whether it wouldn't be kinder to put the old horse down but her husband is adamant. Tom will go to his final sleep when the good Lord’s ready. In the meantime, he has the run of the stable and pasture.
‘‘He goes wherever he wants to. Everybody else moves. If he could fit through the door, he could probably go home with us," Jackie said, smiling as she patted Tom’s neck.
Jackie Estes is serious about her involvement with draft horses. In addition to the hours she spends driving
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