Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 September 5

= September 5 =

Budweiser Clydesdale Stagecoach
What purpose do the Buckets at the sides of the Budweiser Clydesdale Stagecoach serve? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.89.12.240 (talk) 04:50, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What buckets? I've looked at several pictures, and I don't see any buckets. Looie496 (talk) 05:17, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the OP is referring to the buckets that you can barely see here and here. As for their purpose, I would have to guess at them being for watering the horses.  Dismas |(talk) 05:21, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Budweiser Clydesdales murdered?
I remember my father mentioning several times that a maniac killed a BW Clydesdale team. But I don't see this in the article, or find it on the web. Can anyone suggest what I am recalling? μηδείς (talk) 01:22, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * First of all, the term "murder" doesn't apply to animals. However, given the weirdness of such a story, one would think there would be something about it on the internet. Have you tried contactig the Busch company? It could be worth a try. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Remind me not to let you dogsit for me. μηδείς (talk) 02:21, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ??? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Lolz... you two... Shadowjams (talk) 06:42, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't understand his comment, unless he's afraid I would feed horsemeat to his dog. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:49, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Do I really need to play hall monitor here? He's insinuating, playfully, that you don't consider killing a horse important... you're making an overly technical misinterpretation of his use of the term murder. MOVE ALONG. Shadowjams (talk) 06:59, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining. Sorry if I was too dense to get the joke. I am by no means in favor of the gratuitous killing of animals. However, killing animals is not murder. Only homicide can be murder. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 09:39, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, no, I wasn't joking. μηδείς (talk) 16:21, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, the point, then. Whatever. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:50, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure you're not thinking of the plot of Equus ? StuRat (talk) 02:25, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Here's the item: Page 11 of Alton Telegraph, October 9, 1976 is: Buschs Clydesdales killed at St Louis ST LOUIS WP Vandals armed with a rifle Friday shot and killed a pregnant Clydesdale that had produced several colts for the Inc famed hitch teams Veterinarians were unable to save the unborn animal the 18yearold mare named Peggy Lyndale was carrying Three other mares were wounded but were expected to survive The incident occurred on the Clydesdale breeding farm in south St Louis County The dead mare had produced 14 colts three of which are used on the Budweiser teams ... μηδείς (talk) 16:21, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Were the perps caught? Falstaff mercenaries, perhaps? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have been unable to find any other news item at all on the murder of the horses. Although there is this which mentions a fatal shooting by a family member that same year. μηδείς (talk) 20:49, 6 September 2012 (UTC)