Triple Champs: Chelsey Weirich, 13, earned three Grand Champion ribbons at the 4-H Porter County Fair with her nine year-old Welsh Pony, Mae West. The Jackson Volunteer earned Champion ribbons in Jr. Showmanship Halter, Saddle Seat Pleasure and Saddle Seat Equitation.                                 (Tribune photo by Margaret L. Willis)

Bulldogging at the fair: American Indians used to hold the jaws of an alligator under the neck in order to keep hands free to tie the jaws. Bert, who refers to himself as “Kuchunga” at the Porter County Fair, demonstrates the bulldogging method used by Indians. During the free educational program, a young girl volunteered to sit on the reptile. She described the alligator’s back as hard and bumpy and the stomach as soft and squishy.                          (Tribune photo by Margaret Willis)

Posted 7/25/2002