Oh yes!

I love those Clydesdale and Shire mowers.
And the Percheron mower was my all-time favourite!

Suffolk Punch? Haven't heard of those ... [punch line grin]

Gadge, what you say is so interesting!
We forget that, before 1902, the engines of large lawnmowers were horses and
donkeys and ponies, and children and ...

We forget that, even after 1902, the horse reigned supreme as the large lawnmower engine
for decades, before finally succumbing to the mechanical tractor.

Shanks is attributed as introducing the concept of the large lawnmower.
They moved from the smaller Budding's Patent to machines requiring animal power.

I hope to present, in these forums, some of the lost history of animal-powered mowers.
Their story, the 50 Shades of Hay, is one well worth remembering.

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The rest is haystory.
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JACK.