Perry County residents can sleep much better tonight, knowing that 47-foot-tall jumping mules did not participate in this year’s East Perry County Community Fair Jumping Mule Competition and, according to the fair committee, will never be allowed to do so.
In the Sept. 26 issue of the Republic-Monitor, the heights of the mules participating in the competition were mistakenly listed in feet instead of inches. Editor Kevin Jenkins deeply regrets any widespread panic across the county caused by his unintentional error.
These are the correct results and measurements:
Class 1 – Height of mule less than 47 inches: Mater, owned and jumped by Ethan Norris of Saint Robert.
Class 2 – Height of mule 47 to 52 inches: Pedro, owned and jumped by Rev. Richie Dement of Lesterville.
Class 3 – Height of mule more than 52 inches: Miss Kitty, owned by Cyndi Nelson of Cameron and jumped by Ethan Norris of Saint Robert.
Class 4 – Open: The top mules from the first three classes were: first – Miss Kitty, owned by Cyndi Nelson of Cameron and jumped by Ethan Norris of Saint Robert; second – Mackenzie, owned by the Paul Ruehling Family of Pocahontas and jumped by Mackenzie Gass, also of Pocahontas; and third – Pedro, owned and jumped by Rev. Richie Dement of Lesterville.
The winning jump in the open class was 60 inches, two inches under the East Perry Community Fair record of 62 inches. There is now a $500 bounty on the fair record and the world record of 74 inches.
Other results from this year’s fair competition include:
Altenburg Truck Pull Class Winners
1) Street Stock Gas 6,500# – John Cannon of Fieldon, Ill.; 2) Street Stock Gas 7,000# - John Cannon of Fieldon, Ill.; 3) Modified Gas 6,200# – Adam Pleimann of Oak Ridge; 4) Modified Gas 6,500# – Adam Pleimann of Oak Ridge; 5) Super Street Diesel 8,500# – Cody Mayfield of Jackson; 6) Super Street Diesel 9,500# – Clay Roth of Uniontown; 7) Street Diesel 8,500# – Cody Mayfield of Jackson; and 8) Modified Street Diesel 9,500# – Jacob Bieser of Ste. Genevieve.
Hot Rod Tractor Pull Class Winners
1) Open/Modified 5,000#, 8 mph – Gavin Graham of Farmington; 2) Out of Field 7,500#, 8 mph – Nick Naeger of Ste. Genevieve; 3) Open/Modified 5,500#, 8 mph – Dennis Welker of Patton; 4) Out of Field 8,500#, 8 mph – Nick Naeger of Ste. Genevieve; 5) Out of Field 9,500#, 8 mph – Leo Gegg of Ste. Genevieve; 6) Out of Field 10,500#, 8 mph – Seth Jones of Jackson; 7) Open/Modified 6,250#, 5 mph – Jim Oberndorfer of Frohna; 8) Out of Field – Open 11,000# – Jamie Yamnitz of Daisy; 9) Out of Field 11,500#, 8 mph – Seth Jones of Jackson; 10) Straight Off Farm 12,500#, 6 mph – Bradley Winschel of Apple Creek; Illinois Hot Farm Stock 8,000# – Wyatt Curry of Villa Ridge, Ill.; and Illinois Hot Farm Stock 9,250# – Todd Fowler of Ewing, Ill.
