Draft horse driving: Erin Caldwell, 19, a Purdue North Central sophomore, worked with this pair of Belgian draft horses, Bob and Billy, before competing in the ring Friday evening at the 4-H Fair. Caldwell, a Liberty Hot Shot, was showing in the Draft Horse project. The fair continues all this week at the Porter County Expo Center.

(Tribune photo by Margaret L. Willis)

Out for a practice run: Mary Brach of the Liberty Hot Shots 4-H walks with Tootsie Sunday evening at the Porter County Fair. Brach is a first-year 4-Her and was preparing for Tuesday’s English Show.

(Tribune photo by Vicki Urbanik)

Getting ready: Chesterton High School graduate Krystal Reilly, a Jackson Volunteers 4-Her, shows off Abracadabra in her stall at the Porter County Fair. Reilly was preparing for the English horse show Tuesday.  (Tribune photo by Vicki Urbanik)

Posted 7/25/2005