1 00:00:05,766 --> 00:00:08,900 >> THE WORLD'S LONGEST GO KART 2 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:10,133 RIDE AND I'M READY TO RIDE. 3 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:11,666 LOUISVILLE'S FOURTH STREET LIVE 4 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:21,733 IS A DOWNTOWN DESTINATION FOR 5 00:00:11,666 --> 00:00:21,733 FUN. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,600 AND AN EQUINE CENTER IS MAKING 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,300 ADOPTION THE OPTION FOR 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,000 KENTUCKY'S AT-RISK HORSES AND 9 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:26,433 I'LL BE ROLLING WITH THE BELLE 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,166 OF LOUISVILLE. 11 00:00:26,433 --> 00:00:28,033 THESE STORIES COMING UP ON 12 00:00:27,166 --> 00:00:28,033 "KENTUCKY LIFE." 13 00:00:47,833 --> 00:00:50,433 HELLO EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE 14 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:54,533 SHUFFET ALONG WITH MY TWO GOLDEN 15 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:55,533 BOYS TOBY AND CHARLIE. 16 00:00:54,533 --> 00:00:56,800 COME ON, CHARLIE, HURRY UP. 17 00:00:55,533 --> 00:00:58,100 IT IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,600 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 19 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,700 OUR STORIES TONIGHT FEATURE A 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,233 FAST TRIP AROUND THE TRACK. 21 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:07,700 HORSES, PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD 22 00:01:03,233 --> 00:01:09,100 TIME, AND A LOUISVILLE LANDMARK. 23 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,800 SO IT IS A SAFE BET THAT 24 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:10,733 TONIGHT'S SHOW IS INSPIRED BY 25 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,100 THE DERBY TRADITION. 26 00:01:10,733 --> 00:01:14,300 WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF 27 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:16,633 RECORDS SET AT KENTUCKY'S HORSE 28 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:17,933 RACING TRACKS. 29 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:18,666 IN SHEPPARDSVILLE, A DIFFERENT 30 00:01:17,933 --> 00:01:20,800 KIND OF TRACK IS A RECORD SETTER 31 00:01:18,666 --> 00:01:23,533 TOO. 32 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,433 THE KARTS COUNTRY FAMILY 33 00:01:23,533 --> 00:01:25,766 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER IS HOME TO 34 00:01:24,433 --> 00:01:26,666 THE LONGEST COMMERCIAL GO KART 35 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:27,900 TRACK IN THE WORLD. 36 00:01:26,666 --> 00:01:31,466 MY SON WILL AND I COULDN'T WAIT 37 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:31,466 TO GIVE IT A TRY. 38 00:01:38,633 --> 00:01:41,100 WILL AND I ARRIVED AT KART 39 00:01:39,966 --> 00:01:41,566 COUNTRY BEFORE THEY NORMALLY 40 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,766 OPENED. 41 00:01:41,566 --> 00:01:43,433 WE WERE READY TO GET OUT THERE 42 00:01:42,766 --> 00:01:45,833 AND RIDE. 43 00:01:43,433 --> 00:01:47,333 BUT THE VIDEO ARCADE CAUGHT US 44 00:01:45,833 --> 00:01:47,333 FIRST. 45 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:01,766 ♪ 46 00:01:59,766 --> 00:02:04,066 >> ISN'T THIS A COOL PLACE. 47 00:02:01,766 --> 00:02:04,866 I'M GOING TO GO OVER THIS WAY, 48 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:05,266 OKAY. 49 00:02:04,866 --> 00:02:07,533 [ LAUGHTER ] 50 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:08,766 >> WE HAD THE ARCADE TO 51 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:12,566 OURSELVES FOR A WHILE SO WE 52 00:02:08,766 --> 00:02:16,500 COULD TRY EVERYTHING. 53 00:02:12,566 --> 00:02:17,166 IT'S 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF OLD 54 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:18,800 FAVORITES. 55 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:24,033 AND THE NEWEST, HOTTEST GAMES 56 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:24,033 TOO. 57 00:02:32,833 --> 00:02:36,766 JUST AS GOOD AS I WAS IN 1977. 58 00:02:34,666 --> 00:02:39,766 I'M STILL IN IT. 59 00:02:36,766 --> 00:02:46,800 ALTHOUGH I JUST LOST. 60 00:02:39,766 --> 00:02:46,800 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PLAY NEXT? 61 00:02:50,066 --> 00:02:53,833 ♪ 62 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:55,966 >> KATRINA JAMES JACKSON ONE OF 63 00:02:53,833 --> 00:02:57,533 THE JAMES FAMILY WHO OWN AND RUN 64 00:02:55,966 --> 00:02:58,966 KART COUNTRY TOLD ME ABOUT SOME 65 00:02:57,533 --> 00:02:59,400 OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO 66 00:02:58,966 --> 00:03:02,400 HERE. 67 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:04,100 >> WE HAVE AN 18 HOLE MINIATURE 68 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,633 GOLF COURSE OUTSIDE PLUS A TENú█ 69 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:07,900 CAGE BATTING SYSTEM WITH 70 00:03:06,633 --> 00:03:10,733 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. 71 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:15,266 ALSO EVER ALSO INSIDE WITH THE 72 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:17,633 ARCADE, A TRAMPOLINE BASKETBALL 73 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:19,300 GAME AND A GYRO RIDE WHICH IS 74 00:03:17,633 --> 00:03:21,500 BASICALLY A NASA SIMULATOR. 75 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:24,166 >> WILL TOOK A SPIN ON THAT GYRO 76 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:27,533 RIDE AND I DO MEAN SPIN. 77 00:03:24,166 --> 00:03:27,533 WOW. 78 00:03:31,833 --> 00:03:36,766 ♪4ú 79 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:38,866 >> ALL RIGHT, AND YOU'RE DONE! 80 00:03:36,766 --> 00:03:41,800 DO YOU FEEL LIKE AN ASTRONAUT? 81 00:03:38,866 --> 00:03:44,333 >> NOW, WE WERE READY TO TAKE ON 82 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:50,500 KART COUNTRY'S MILE AND A HALF 83 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:52,000 GO KART TRACK. 84 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:53,500 KART COUNTRY HAS CARTS FOR ALL 85 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,866 AGES, FOR THE LITTLEST RIDERSú? 86 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,966 THERE ARE TWO SEATERS THAT MOM 87 00:03:54,866 --> 00:03:58,466 OR DAD CAN DRIVE. 88 00:03:55,966 --> 00:04:00,600 AND FOR THE JUNIOR SET, WHO ARE 89 00:03:58,466 --> 00:04:01,233 NOT QUITE READY TO BE SPEED 90 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,000 RACERS. 91 00:04:01,233 --> 00:04:04,500 THERE ARE KARTS THAT TRAVEL AT A 92 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:10,100 SLOWER PACE THAN THE ONES FOR 93 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:12,100 OLDER DRIVERS. 94 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:13,766 THERE ARE PLENTY OF SAFETY 95 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:18,200 FEATURES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE 96 00:04:13,766 --> 00:04:20,166 THAT EVERYONE HAS A FUN RIDE. 97 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,433 THIS ONE GOES OVER THE SHOULDER. 98 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:24,100 >> BRIAN JAMES GOT WILL AND I 99 00:04:22,433 --> 00:04:26,366 INTO OUR KARTS AND MADE SURE 100 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:29,066 THAT WE KNEW THE RULES. 101 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:31,300 >> THE GREEN PEDAL IS YOUR GAS, 102 00:04:29,066 --> 00:04:31,933 THE RED PEDAL IS YOUR BRAKE. 103 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:32,966 ONE AT A TIME. 104 00:04:31,933 --> 00:04:34,400 AND YOU WANT TO GO WITH GREEN 105 00:04:32,966 --> 00:04:36,633 LIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO 106 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,033 STOP, YOU LET GO OF GREEN AND 107 00:04:36,633 --> 00:04:39,233 PUSH DOWN ON THE RED LIGHT. 108 00:04:38,033 --> 00:04:40,433 AND I TELL EVERYBODY THE SAME 109 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:41,766 RULES THERE IS NO WRECK OR 110 00:04:40,433 --> 00:04:43,600 BUMPING AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY 111 00:04:41,766 --> 00:04:45,033 ON THE TRACK AND DON'T HIT THE 112 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,233 TIRE OPENS THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 113 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:47,333 GAS ON THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKE 114 00:04:46,233 --> 00:04:48,933 ON THE LEFT GO. 115 00:04:47,333 --> 00:04:49,733 AHEAD AND GET OUT THERE AND HAVE 116 00:04:48,933 --> 00:04:52,800 A FUN TIME. 117 00:04:49,733 --> 00:04:57,000 >> OKAY, WILL, ON YOUR MARK, GET 118 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,000 SET, GO! 119 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:11,866 >> BRIAN SAID MY THUNDER BOLT 120 00:05:09,766 --> 00:05:13,900 KART WOULD DO 28 MILES AN HOUR. 121 00:05:11,866 --> 00:05:21,166 AND I WANTED TO TAKE IT TO THE 122 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:22,933 LIMIT. 123 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:23,633 I WAS PRETTY GOOD ON THE 124 00:05:22,933 --> 00:05:26,266 STRAIGHT AWAY. 125 00:05:23,633 --> 00:05:31,266 BUT THE CORNERS WERE A LITTLE 126 00:05:26,266 --> 00:05:33,100 CREEKY. 127 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:34,700 THIS CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND IT 128 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:44,866 FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GOING EVEN 129 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:44,866 FASTER. 130 00:06:15,633 --> 00:06:25,600 h█ 131 00:06:25,833 --> 00:06:28,166 MAYBE IT IS HARDER TO STEER WHEN 132 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:38,333 YOU'RE ONLY SIX INCHES OFF THE 133 00:06:28,166 --> 00:06:38,333 GROUND. 134 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:17,000 I WAS WAY OUT IF FRONT AND 135 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,566 FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MY 136 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,733 DRIVING UNTIL JUST LIKE THAT 137 00:07:18,566 --> 00:07:21,666 HAIR AND THE FAMOUS RACE WITH 138 00:07:20,733 --> 00:07:23,000 THE FOR TOYS. 139 00:07:21,666 --> 00:07:24,833 I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT 140 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:32,966 STEADY JUST MIGHT BE MORE 141 00:07:24,833 --> 00:07:44,700 IMPORTANT THAN FAST. 142 00:07:32,966 --> 00:07:44,700 >> 143 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:56,433 GO ON, I'VE SPUN OUT! 144 00:07:54,033 --> 00:07:57,533 >> CREART IS CELEBRATING ITS 145 00:07:56,433 --> 00:07:58,933 30TH YEAR IN BUSINESS. 146 00:07:57,533 --> 00:08:00,900 I'M SURE MY FIRST AFTERNOON 147 00:07:58,933 --> 00:08:02,500 THERE WON'T BE MY LAST. 148 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:04,900 WELL, IF YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR 149 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:06,600 HIGH ENERGY, DANCING, DINING, 150 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:08,133 SOCIALIZING OR SHOPPING, THEN 151 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,700 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COUNT TO 152 00:08:08,133 --> 00:08:10,800 FOUR. 153 00:08:08,700 --> 00:08:13,366 THAT'S FOUR FOR LOUISVILLE'S 154 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,433 FOURTH STREET LIVE AND AN 155 00:08:13,366 --> 00:08:17,066 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER THAT'S A 156 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:18,466 GUARANTEED GOOD TIME. 157 00:08:17,066 --> 00:08:20,000 FOURTH STREET IN DOWNTOWN 158 00:08:18,466 --> 00:08:20,633 LOUISVILLE ONCE LOOKED LIKE 159 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,533 THIS. 160 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:25,200 CROWDED WITH SHOPPERS, BROWSING 161 00:08:22,533 --> 00:08:27,300 STORES LIKE STEWARDS AND 162 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,900 SHOPPING HERE WAS AN ALL DAY 163 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:31,300 EXPERIENCE. 164 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:32,366 AND SOMETIMES, MORE. 165 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:34,366 THESE GRAND DEPARTMENT STORES 166 00:08:32,366 --> 00:08:35,533 NOT ONLY ATTRACTED LOUISVILLIANS 167 00:08:34,366 --> 00:08:36,866 BUT ALSO THOSE OF US FROM 168 00:08:35,533 --> 00:08:38,166 EVERYWHERE WITHIN A HALF DAY'S 169 00:08:36,866 --> 00:08:41,533 DRIVE OF LOUISVILLE. 170 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:43,200 AS A LITTLE BOY IN THE EARLY AND 171 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:45,100 MID-1960s, I REMEMBER COMING 172 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,300 HERE WITH MY PARENTS, DURING 173 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:48,000 CHRISTMAS SEASON. 174 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:49,833 FOR TWO DAYS OR SO, WE WOULD 175 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,733 WALK THE SIDEWALKS OF FOURTH 176 00:08:49,833 --> 00:08:53,666 STREET GOING TO SHOE STORES, 177 00:08:51,733 --> 00:08:56,333 CLOTHING STORES AND OTHERS, IN 178 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:57,800 SEARCH OF PRESENCE PRESENTS FOR 179 00:08:56,333 --> 00:09:01,433 OUR MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. 180 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:02,966 FOR ME IT WAS DRUDGERY. 181 00:09:01,433 --> 00:09:04,766 SURELY THAT'S ME WITH SORE FEET 182 00:09:02,966 --> 00:09:06,133 AND COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES 183 00:09:04,766 --> 00:09:07,000 UNTIL I COULD GET THE HECK OUT 184 00:09:06,133 --> 00:09:08,833 OF HERE. 185 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:12,133 BUT LOOKING BACK, I'M GLAD THAT 186 00:09:08,833 --> 00:09:13,700 I'M ONE OF THE BABY-BOOMERS WHO 187 00:09:12,133 --> 00:09:14,733 EXPERIENCE THE LAST DAYS OF THE 188 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:17,466 OLD FOURTH STREET. 189 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:19,400 BY THE 1970s, THESE DOWNTOWN 190 00:09:17,466 --> 00:09:21,300 STORES WERE DYING A SLOW DEATH 191 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,700 AS MALLS AND CAN SHOPPING 192 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:24,500 CENTERS SPRANG UP IN THE 193 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:26,566 OUTLYING AREAS. 194 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,066 WELCOME TO THE NEW FOURTH 195 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:29,333 STREET. 196 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:29,900 IT IS CALLED, FOURTH STREET 197 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:31,800 LIVE. 198 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:35,266 A GLITTERING ARRAY OF NEON 199 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:36,900 SIGNS, LIVE MUSIC, DINING, AND 200 00:09:35,266 --> 00:09:38,600 DANCING. 201 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:40,000 ALL WITH A BACK DROP OF THE OLD 202 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,433 BUILDINGS THAT I USED TO DREAD 203 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,500 GOING IN OVER THE YEARS 204 00:09:41,433 --> 00:09:44,533 COMMUNITY LEADERS TRIED 205 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:46,366 DIFFERENT SCRAT GIS TO 206 00:09:44,533 --> 00:09:48,200 REVITALIZE FOURTH STREET WITH 207 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:51,000 LIMITED SUCCESS. 208 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,600 IN 2004, WHEN FOURTH STREET LIVE 209 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,766 OPENED, NEW CROWDS OF PEOPLE 210 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,233 BEGAN TO WALK THIS FAMOUS STREET 211 00:09:55,766 --> 00:09:57,833 AGAIN. 212 00:09:56,233 --> 00:10:00,600 THIS TIME ALONG WITH SHOPPING, 213 00:09:57,833 --> 00:10:02,133 THEY FIND HIGH ENERGY, BRIGHT 214 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,666 LIGHTS, DINING AND 215 00:10:02,133 --> 00:10:06,733 ENTERTAINMENT. 216 00:10:03,666 --> 00:10:09,000 IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS. 217 00:10:06,733 --> 00:10:10,100 IF ONLY THE WALLS OF THESE OLD 218 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,766 BUILDINGS COULD TALK, WHAT A 219 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:13,833 STORY THEY WOULD TELL. 220 00:10:11,766 --> 00:10:15,566 FOURTH STREET IS A MICROCOSM OF 221 00:10:13,833 --> 00:10:18,266 THE EVER CHANGING WAY IN WHICH 222 00:10:15,566 --> 00:10:20,633 WE USE OUR DOWNTOWNS. 223 00:10:18,266 --> 00:10:22,566 AND I WONDER, DECADES DOWN THE 224 00:10:20,633 --> 00:10:24,633 ROAD, WHAT MY CHILDREN AND THEIR 225 00:10:22,566 --> 00:10:25,433 CHILDREN WILL SEE ON FOURTH 226 00:10:24,633 --> 00:10:27,300 STREET. 227 00:10:25,433 --> 00:10:28,466 IN THE SUMMERTIME, HUNDREDS OF 228 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,033 PEOPLE COME OUT TO ENJOY 229 00:10:28,466 --> 00:10:31,500 CONCERTS AND OTHER SPECIAL 230 00:10:30,033 --> 00:10:32,966 EVENTS AT FOURTH STREET LIVE. 231 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:34,233 WELL, MANY OF US SHARE OUR 232 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,866 HEARTS AND OUR HOMES WITH 233 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:38,000 ANIMALS WE HAVE ADOPTED FROM 234 00:10:35,866 --> 00:10:39,400 HUMANE SOCIETIES AND RESCUE 235 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,966 ORGANIZATIONS. 236 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,666 TOBY IS A RESCUE AND I DON'T 237 00:10:40,966 --> 00:10:43,766 THINK THAT CHARLIE AND I COULD 238 00:10:42,666 --> 00:10:45,933 IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT HIM. 239 00:10:43,766 --> 00:10:47,633 BUT IT IS NOT JUST DOGS AND CATS 240 00:10:45,933 --> 00:10:49,500 IN NEED OF A SECOND CHANCE. 241 00:10:47,633 --> 00:10:51,066 ALL ACROSS THE STATE, HORSES ARE 242 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:52,700 AT RISK. 243 00:10:51,066 --> 00:10:54,066 NEGLECTED, ABANDONED, OR WITH 244 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:55,600 OWNERS WHO ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO 245 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:57,733 TAKE CARE OF THEM. 246 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,433 THE KENTUCKY EQUINE HUMANE 247 00:10:57,733 --> 00:11:00,933 CENTER IN JES MINUTE COUNTY IS A 248 00:10:59,433 --> 00:11:02,233 REFUGE FOR THESE HORSES WITH 249 00:11:00,933 --> 00:11:03,966 NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. 250 00:11:02,233 --> 00:11:05,233 AND A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE 251 00:11:03,966 --> 00:11:11,066 THEIR FIRST STEPS TO THEIR 252 00:11:05,233 --> 00:11:15,100 FOREVER HOME. 253 00:11:11,066 --> 00:11:16,800 >> THE KENTUCKY EQUINE HUMANE 254 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:18,166 CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE 255 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,766 SHELTER AND CARE FOR ANY 256 00:11:18,166 --> 00:11:21,333 UNWANTED EQUINE IN STATE OF 257 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:22,800 KENTUCKY REGARDLESS OF BREED. 258 00:11:21,333 --> 00:11:25,766 WE ARE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION 259 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,266 AND OUR DOORS ARE OPEN TO ANY 260 00:11:25,766 --> 00:11:29,800 HORSE THAT NEEDS A PLACE TO GO. 261 00:11:27,266 --> 00:11:31,000 WE TAKE HORSES FROM EVERYWHERE, 262 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,433 FROM INDIVIDUALS, THE RACE 263 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,633 TRACKS, AND ANIMAL CONTROL 264 00:11:33,433 --> 00:11:36,600 AGENCIES, WE'RE THE ONLY 265 00:11:34,633 --> 00:11:37,500 ORGANIZATION THAT HAD THE OPEN 266 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,133 DOOR POLICY. 267 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:44,600 WE DID NOT TURN ANYBODY AWAY. 268 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:46,033 VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE UP 269 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,633 THEIR HORSE BECAUSE, THEY ARE A 270 00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:50,533 PART OF THEIR LIVES AND 271 00:11:47,633 --> 00:11:51,700 UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE HAVE 272 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:53,166 FALLEN, HAVE LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES 273 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:53,666 WHERE THEY CAN'T KEEP THEIR 274 00:11:53,166 --> 00:11:54,933 HORSE. 275 00:11:53,666 --> 00:11:56,500 IT IS BEYOND CONTROL WHETHER 276 00:11:54,933 --> 00:11:58,266 THEY ARE SICK OR THEY HAVE LOST 277 00:11:56,500 --> 00:12:02,066 THEIR JOBS, OR SOMETHING IN 278 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:04,100 THEIR LIFE HAS CHANGED. 279 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:06,933 SO NOT ONLY IS THIS ORGANIZATION 280 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:09,500 A GREAT ASSET TO THE EQUINES IN 281 00:12:06,933 --> 00:12:10,066 THE STATE BUT ALSO FOR THE 282 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:13,666 PUBLIC. 283 00:12:10,066 --> 00:12:15,033 WE HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. 284 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:16,566 THEY NEED SOMEWHERE FOR THEIR 285 00:12:15,033 --> 00:12:19,633 HORSE TO GO. 286 00:12:16,566 --> 00:12:21,100 WE OPENED THE DOORS IN APRIL OF 287 00:12:19,633 --> 00:12:24,966 2007, AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE 288 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:27,600 CENTERS RECEIVED ABOUT 530 HEAD 289 00:12:24,966 --> 00:12:30,533 OF HORSES AND ABOUT 70% OF THE 290 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:34,833 HORSE WERE THOROUGHBREDS. 291 00:12:30,533 --> 00:12:36,233 THE EQUINE HUMANE CENTER, EVERY 292 00:12:34,833 --> 00:12:39,066 HORSE WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL 293 00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:40,366 STAFF OF VETERINARIANS CHECK 294 00:12:39,066 --> 00:12:41,100 THEM OUT AND GIVE THE HORSE A 295 00:12:40,366 --> 00:12:42,100 PHYSICAL. 296 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:43,500 WE ASSESS THEIR PHYSICAL 297 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:45,366 CONDITION AS WELL AS THEIR 298 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:46,866 MENTAL CONDITION, WE LOOK AT ANY 299 00:12:45,366 --> 00:12:49,333 EMOTIONAL ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT 300 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:50,700 HAVE, AND DECIDE THE HORSE WILL 301 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:52,533 BE A CANDIDATE FOR ADOPTION. 302 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:53,266 WE DON'T DO ANY TYPE OF 303 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:55,133 RETIREMENT. 304 00:12:53,266 --> 00:12:56,633 ALL OF THE HORSES THAT COME IN, 305 00:12:55,133 --> 00:12:57,400 REALLY OUR GOAL IS TO FIND HOMES 306 00:12:56,633 --> 00:12:59,000 FOR THEM. 307 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,800 >> WE ASSESS EVERYTHING FROM 308 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,900 THEIR AGE, THEIR TEMPERAMENT, 309 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,100 THEIR SOUNDNESS, WHAT THE RIDING 310 00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:08,500 CAPABILITIES WILL BE, ALL OF 311 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:09,766 THAT GOES INTO HOW ADOPT ABOUT 312 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:11,300 THEY WILL BE. 313 00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:12,600 THINK PEOPLE HAVE A MISCON SHIP 314 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:13,566 WE HAVE OLD BROKEN DOWN HORSES 315 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,233 AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 316 00:13:13,566 --> 00:13:18,633 WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG HORSES 317 00:13:16,233 --> 00:13:20,133 WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL THAT 318 00:13:18,633 --> 00:13:22,266 HAVE -- THEY DON'T HAVE ANY 319 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:23,933 ISSUES, THEY NEED TO FINISH 320 00:13:22,266 --> 00:13:25,466 TRAINING THEM OR RETRAIN THEM 321 00:13:23,933 --> 00:13:28,766 AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A 322 00:13:25,466 --> 00:13:29,533 CHANCE AND HELP THEM TO REACH 323 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:32,033 THAT POTENTIAL. 324 00:13:29,533 --> 00:13:33,533 >> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A HORSE 325 00:13:32,033 --> 00:13:34,500 IN JUST ABOUT ANY DISCIPLINE YOU 326 00:13:33,533 --> 00:13:36,566 CAN FIND THEM OUT THERE. 327 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:38,000 SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU LIKE 328 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,133 THE TRAIL RIDING OR IF YOU 329 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,566 WANTED TO DO DRESSAGE OR 330 00:13:39,133 --> 00:13:41,966 JUMPING, YOU KNOW, THERE IS 331 00:13:40,566 --> 00:13:44,033 PLENTY OF HORSES OUT THERE FOR 332 00:13:41,966 --> 00:13:45,833 JUST ABOUT ANY INTEREST. 333 00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:47,000 >> THEY JUST NEED TO FIND THAT 334 00:13:45,833 --> 00:13:48,566 RIGHT PERSON THAT'S GOING TO 335 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,333 LOVE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR 336 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:50,566 THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 337 00:13:49,333 --> 00:13:51,100 >> I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH 338 00:13:50,566 --> 00:13:53,266 THEM. 339 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:54,800 MY DAD AND I WENT, AND FLASH WAS 340 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:57,066 ONE OF THE FIRST HORSES WE MET 341 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,700 AND IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SITE WE 342 00:13:57,066 --> 00:14:01,166 MOSTLY DO TRAIL RIDING AROUND 343 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:04,333 THE FARM, AND IS HOPEFULLY THE 344 00:14:01,166 --> 00:14:05,500 SUMMER WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF 345 00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:06,200 HUNTER JUMPER. 346 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:09,933 HE'S MY BABY. 347 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:12,000 KIND OF A PUPPY DOG. 348 00:14:09,933 --> 00:14:13,200 >> WE HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE 349 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,333 ADOPTION DATE ON THE THIRD 350 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,733 SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH THAT 351 00:14:14,333 --> 00:14:17,400 RUNS FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 352 00:14:16,733 --> 00:14:18,866 3:00 P.M. 353 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,466 THE FARM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 354 00:14:18,866 --> 00:14:23,166 WE ARE SEVERAL OF OUR HORSES IN 355 00:14:20,466 --> 00:14:24,633 THE BARN THAT THE PEOPLE CAN 356 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,033 KIND OF LIKE A MEET AND GREET 357 00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:26,633 SESSION. 358 00:14:25,033 --> 00:14:28,866 WE LET THEM PET THEM AND GET TO 359 00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:30,300 KNOW THEM AND GIVE TOURS OF THE 360 00:14:28,866 --> 00:14:33,900 FARM AND PEOPLE ASK US QUESTIONS 361 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:35,400 ABOUT THE ADOPTION POLICIES, AND 362 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:36,400 WE TRY FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF 363 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,066 HORSES THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. 364 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,533 IT IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO MEET 365 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:42,566 ALL OF OUR HORSES. 366 00:14:39,533 --> 00:14:44,033 >> ALL OF THE HORSE ARE THAT ARE 367 00:14:42,566 --> 00:14:45,400 AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION ARE ON 368 00:14:44,033 --> 00:14:47,600 THE WEBSITE, IN ADDITION TO OUR 369 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,766 WEBSITE WE HAVE THEM ADVERTISED 370 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,666 ON PET FINDER. 371 00:14:48,766 --> 00:14:51,100 WE ALSO HAVE THE HORSE OF THE 372 00:14:50,666 --> 00:14:52,400 WEEK. 373 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:54,100 WE PICK ONE HORSE EVERY WEEK 374 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,533 THAT WE HIGHLIGHT, AND WE SEND 375 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:58,066 IT OUT TO OUR E-MAIL LIST WITH A 376 00:14:56,533 --> 00:14:59,500 PHOTO AND A DESCRIPTION. 377 00:14:58,066 --> 00:15:01,766 >> I WATCH THE WEBSITE TO SEE 378 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:05,000 WHAT TYPE OF HORSES THEY HAVE. 379 00:15:01,766 --> 00:15:08,100 >> WE'RE GEARING OURSELVES UP 380 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,933 GETTING READY TO GO BACK INTO 381 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:11,100 HORSE OWNERSHIP. 382 00:15:08,933 --> 00:15:12,733 THE ADOPTION ISSUE APPEALS TO 383 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:13,733 US, FROM I GUESS THAT STANDPOINT 384 00:15:12,733 --> 00:15:14,666 AND JUST MAKING THE RIGHT 385 00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:15,933 DECISION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT 386 00:15:14,666 --> 00:15:17,666 IS A GOOD FIT FOR US. 387 00:15:15,933 --> 00:15:18,566 YOU WANT TO MAKE ANN FORMED 388 00:15:17,666 --> 00:15:19,966 DECISION. 389 00:15:18,566 --> 00:15:24,266 CERTAINLY, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 390 00:15:19,966 --> 00:15:25,633 AN ANIMAL THAT HAS A EXPECTANCY 391 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:27,066 OF 20 TO 30 YEAR. 392 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:28,266 IT IS NOT A THROW AWAY ISSUE. 393 00:15:27,066 --> 00:15:30,700 IT IS A LIFE LONG DECISION. 394 00:15:28,266 --> 00:15:32,466 >> HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL RACEHORSE, 395 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:34,000 THAT HAS INJURIES AND WAS 396 00:15:32,466 --> 00:15:35,066 BROUGHT HERE TO RECOVER, AND TO 397 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,300 BE READOPTED. 398 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:37,800 AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIS 399 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:38,400 PROGRESSION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL 400 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,733 MONTHS. 401 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,433 THIS IS MY FIRST CHANCE TO GET 402 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:45,400 TO SEE HIM TODAY. 403 00:15:42,433 --> 00:15:46,866 >> THE ADOPTION FEES FOR OUT 404 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,833 HORSES ARE VERY MINIMUM. 405 00:15:46,866 --> 00:15:51,566 AVERAGE IS $100 AND THEY DON'T 406 00:15:48,833 --> 00:15:52,733 GO ABOVE $500 FOR A HORSE THAT 407 00:15:51,566 --> 00:15:53,866 HAS A LOT OF TRAINING. 408 00:15:52,733 --> 00:15:55,066 WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE 409 00:15:53,866 --> 00:15:56,733 HORSE NUMBER ONE AND WE WANT TO 410 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:58,133 PUT THAT HORSE INTO A GOOD HOME 411 00:15:56,733 --> 00:16:00,833 WHERE THEY'LL STAY AND WE'LL BE 412 00:15:58,133 --> 00:16:02,700 HONEST ABOUT THE HORSE, THE 413 00:16:00,833 --> 00:16:03,833 HORSE'S TEMPERMENT, IN A MEDICAL 414 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:04,833 ISSUES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE 415 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:06,333 THE RIGHT MATCH. 416 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:07,933 >> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS 417 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:09,933 A HORSE FROM THAT CENTER THAT'S 418 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:11,566 NOT TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THEM. 419 00:16:09,933 --> 00:16:13,133 >> THE THOROUGHBRED RETRAINING 420 00:16:11,566 --> 00:16:14,700 PROGRAM WE JUST START, ACTUALLY 421 00:16:13,133 --> 00:16:15,400 WE'RE ALL KIND OF EXCITED 422 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:18,100 BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO HELP US 423 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,400 TO GET SOME OF OUR THOROUGHBREDS 424 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:20,566 TO FIND FOREVER HOMES. 425 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,266 WE HAVE A TRAINER THAT IS 426 00:16:20,566 --> 00:16:25,933 WORKING WITH THEM, SO THEY ARE 427 00:16:22,266 --> 00:16:27,733 LEARNING, THEY ARE WALK TRACK 428 00:16:25,933 --> 00:16:28,600 KANTERS ANDEST THAT THAT'S GOING 429 00:16:27,733 --> 00:16:30,166 APPEAL NOR PEOPLE. 430 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,400 AFTER THE RACE CAREERS, THEY 431 00:16:30,166 --> 00:16:34,900 CAN'T HAVE A SECOND CAREER AND 432 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,633 BE WONDERFUL HORSES -- AND CAN 433 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:38,100 BE WONDERFUL HORSES FOR PEOPLE. 434 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:39,400 >> SHE JUST CAME OFF THE TRACK 435 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,866 SHORTLY BEFORE SHE HAD GOT██ 436 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,166 THERE. 437 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:43,600 >> I HAD BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR 438 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:45,866 A NICE GOOD SOLID JUMPING HORSE 439 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,966 THAT I COULD TRAIN MYSELF. 440 00:16:45,866 --> 00:16:49,400 I WENT TO THE EQUINE HUMANE 441 00:16:47,966 --> 00:16:51,233 CENTER, ONE TIME WHEN THEY HAD 442 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:55,166 AN OPEN HOUSE, AND I WAS JUST 443 00:16:51,233 --> 00:16:58,366 LOOKING AROUND AND I SAW MARGEY, 444 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:59,633 AND SHE WAS A BIG THOROUGHBRED. 445 00:16:58,366 --> 00:17:00,900 SHE LOOKED YOUNG AND SHE HAD 446 00:16:59,633 --> 00:17:02,166 PERSONALITY AND I WAS LIKE, I 447 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:03,866 LIKE THIS HORSE A LOT.@█@█ 448 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:05,666 SHE HAD A GOOD SET OF FEET ON 449 00:17:03,866 --> 00:17:07,166 HER SO THEY PEL PULLED HER OUT 450 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:08,600 AND THE MOMENT THEY PULLED HER 451 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:10,000 OUT I DECIDED THAT THAT'S THE 452 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:16,600 HORSE THAT I WAS GOING TO GET. 453 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:21,066 >> THIS IS PRINCESS MARGAURITE. 454 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:22,333 >> I WAS OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING, 455 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:24,033 AND YOU DO HAVE THIS BOND WITH 456 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:25,700 THE HORSE INSTANTLY. 457 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:27,633 WE GO OUT TO SHAKER VILLAGE AND 458 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:31,733 RIDE OUT ALL OF TRAILS AND THEY 459 00:17:27,633 --> 00:17:33,400 DO ADD SO MUCH TO YOUR LIFE. 460 00:17:31,733 --> 00:17:34,833 >> THE NICE REWARDING PART IS 461 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,166 WHEN YOU SEE A HORSE ON THE VAN 462 00:17:34,833 --> 00:17:37,900 OR TRAILER GOING TO THE FOREVER 463 00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:39,566 HOME AND WE HEAR BACK FROM THEM, 464 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:41,966 YOU GET THE PICTURES, WHEN THEY 465 00:17:39,566 --> 00:17:43,566 ARE OUT ON THE TRAILS OR IN THE 466 00:17:41,966 --> 00:17:45,766 SHOWS, WITH THEIR RIBBONS AND 467 00:17:43,566 --> 00:17:46,800 YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE 468 00:17:45,766 --> 00:17:48,266 SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT YOU 469 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,066 HAD A LITTLE PART IN THAT AND 470 00:17:48,266 --> 00:17:53,033 YOU HELPED A HORSE FIND A REALLY 471 00:17:50,066 --> 00:17:53,700 GOOD HOME AND GO ON TO THAT NEXT 472 00:17:53,033 --> 00:17:56,433 CAREER. 473 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:57,733 THAT IS REALLY SATISFYING. 474 00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:58,866 >> FOR EVERYBODY IT IS ABOUT 475 00:17:57,733 --> 00:17:59,600 DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE 476 00:17:58,866 --> 00:18:01,500 HORSE. 477 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,966 AND WE OWE IT TO THEM. 478 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:04,600 WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE DO THE 479 00:18:02,966 --> 00:18:10,300 RIGHT THING AND WE DO IT ONE 480 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:12,200 HORSE AT A TIME. 481 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:14,366 >> NO MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE ORPa 482 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,833 HORSE EXPERIENCE, THE KENTUCKYB█ 483 00:18:14,366 --> 00:18:17,200 EQUINE HUMANE CENTER WOULD LOVE 484 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:19,500 TO HAVE YOUR HELP. 485 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,266 CONTACT THEM TO SEE HOW YOU CAN 486 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:22,633 VOLUNTEER. 487 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:24,833 WELL, WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE 488 00:18:22,633 --> 00:18:25,366 STORIES THIS GRAND LADY COULD 489 00:18:24,833 --> 00:18:27,733 TELL. 490 00:18:25,366 --> 00:18:30,933 AT 96, SHE'S THE OLDEST RIVER 491 00:18:27,733 --> 00:18:32,933 STEAM BOAT IN OPERATION, AND A 492 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:34,233 NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. 493 00:18:32,933 --> 00:18:35,733 BEAUTIFUL BELLE OF LOUISVILLE 494 00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:47,133 CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF 495 00:18:35,733 --> 00:18:47,133 EVERYONE WHO STEPS ABOARD. 496 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:59,433 >> THE BELLE OF LOUISVILLE TODAY 497 00:18:56,033 --> 00:19:02,600 WAS ACTUALLY BILLED AS SHE WAS 498 00:18:59,433 --> 00:19:04,800 BUILT BY THE JAMES FUND COMPANY 499 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,366 OUT OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. 500 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,400 SHE WAS BUILT WITH A STEEL HULL 501 00:19:06,366 --> 00:19:10,466 WHICH WAS NOT UNKNOWN AT THE 502 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:13,166 TIME, BUT WAS JUST COMING INTO 503 00:19:10,466 --> 00:19:15,066 ITS MAJOR FORTE AT THE TURN OF 504 00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:16,433 THE 20TH CENTURY. 505 00:19:15,066 --> 00:19:17,933 ONE OF THE REASONS SHE SURVIVES 506 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:18,400 TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THAT STEEL 507 00:19:17,933 --> 00:19:20,266 HULL. 508 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,133 >> THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS AS A 509 00:19:20,266 --> 00:19:22,200 FERRY BOAT. 510 00:19:21,133 --> 00:19:24,000 THEY BUILT THE BRIDGE IN 511 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,833 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE TO GO TO, 512 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,066 FROM MEMPHIS TO WEST ARKANSAS, 513 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:30,600 AND BUT THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO 514 00:19:29,066 --> 00:19:32,300 FINISH THE APPROACHES. 515 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,966 SO THEY CONTRACTED WITH A 516 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:35,800 COMPANY TO HAVE THE FERRY BOAT. 517 00:19:33,966 --> 00:19:37,666 SHE WAS BUILT AS A FERRY BOAT, 518 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,766 WHICH LASTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS, 519 00:19:37,666 --> 00:19:42,600 SHE OPERATED CARRYING 520 00:19:39,766 --> 00:19:45,166 PASSENGERS, CARS, PRODUCE, BACK 521 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,133 AND FORTH FROM MEMPHIS TO WEST 522 00:19:45,166 --> 00:19:48,533 MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. 523 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:49,000 AFTER THAT SHE BECAME A PACKING 524 00:19:48,533 --> 00:19:51,466 BOAT. 525 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,200 SHE WOULD STAY IN THIS MEMPHIS 526 00:19:51,466 --> 00:19:54,700 HARBOR, GOING UP AND DOWN TO 527 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,833 TOWNS ALONG THE RIVER, AND 528 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:58,466 PICKING UP CARGO PASSENGERS, 529 00:19:56,833 --> 00:19:59,733 FARM PRODUCT, BRING IT BACK TO 530 00:19:58,466 --> 00:20:02,600 TOWN FOR SALE. 531 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:04,733 AND SHE DID THAT UP UNTIL 1947 532 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,633 WHEN SHE BECAME THE AVALON. 533 00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:08,800 >> AND THEN IN THE EARLY 1930s 534 00:20:06,633 --> 00:20:11,133 AS A PACKET WORK DISAPPEARED, 535 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,766 SHE BECAME EXCLUSIVELY AN 536 00:20:11,133 --> 00:20:15,233 EXCURSION VESSEL AND A TRAMPING 537 00:20:12,766 --> 00:20:16,600 STEAMER AND A TRAMP STEAMER IN 538 00:20:15,233 --> 00:20:18,000 THOSE DAYS TRA.D FROM PORT TO 539 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,266 PORT DOING SHORT EXCURSIONS, 540 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,700 MOVING ON, DOING SHORT 541 00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:22,233 EXCURSIONS FOR THE EXPORT AND SO 542 00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:24,566 FORTH. 543 00:20:22,233 --> 00:20:28,133 LIVING THAT AS A LIFE FOR MOST 544 00:20:24,566 --> 00:20:28,566 OF HER EXISTENCE UNTIL THE EARLY 545 00:20:28,133 --> 00:20:30,633 1960s. 546 00:20:28,566 --> 00:20:35,100 HER NAME CHANGED TO THE AVALON 547 00:20:30,633 --> 00:20:36,566 IN 1948, AND FROM 1948-1962, SHE 548 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,433 BECAME THE MOST WIDELY TRAVELED 549 00:20:36,566 --> 00:20:40,166 RIVER STEAM BOAT OF HER SIZE, IN 550 00:20:38,433 --> 00:20:41,466 U.S. HISTORY, AND THAT IS A 551 00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:42,766 RECORD THAT HAS NEVER BEEN 552 00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:45,800 BEATEN. 553 00:20:42,766 --> 00:20:47,500 IN 1961, THE OWNERS OF THE 554 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,066 AVALON HAD REALIZED THAT SHE WA█ 555 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:50,866 COSTING MORE TO OPERATE THAN SHE 556 00:20:49,066 --> 00:20:53,000 WAS BRINGING IN, IN INCOME SO 557 00:20:50,866 --> 00:20:54,533 THEY HAD ALREADY DETERMINED THEY 558 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,766 WOULD DEMOLISH HER THE FOLLOWING 559 00:20:54,533 --> 00:21:00,233 SPRING IN 1962. 560 00:20:58,766 --> 00:21:01,966 A CINCINNATI REPORTER GOT THE 561 00:21:00,233 --> 00:21:03,400 IDEA OF STOPPING THE DEMOLITION, 562 00:21:01,966 --> 00:21:04,666 AND PUTTING THE BOAT UP FOR 563 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,900 AUCTION WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT 564 00:21:04,666 --> 00:21:09,233 NATIONWIDE PUBLIC RELATIONS 565 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:10,100 CAMPAIGN. 566 00:21:09,233 --> 00:21:11,100 HE WAS SUCCESSFUL. 567 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,833 WITH TWO DAYS TO SPARE HE 568 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:13,133 STOPPED THE DEPP LITION. 569 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:15,233 THE BOAT WAS PUT UP FOR AUCTION, 570 00:21:13,133 --> 00:21:18,000 THE HIGHEST BID WAS WAS OFFERED 571 00:21:15,233 --> 00:21:19,500 BY JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. 572 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,600 FROM JUDGE MARLOW COOK WHO WAS 573 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:25,700 THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE AT THE TIME, 574 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,833 AND SUPPORT FROM MAYOR CHARLES 575 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:28,200 FARNSLY. 576 00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:29,333 $34,000 BROUGHT THIS INCREDIBLE 577 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,566 BOAT TO LOUISVILLE, SHE WAS 578 00:21:29,333 --> 00:21:36,966 RENAMED THE BELLE OF LOUISVILLE 579 00:21:30,566 --> 00:21:38,633 THAT FALL, 1962. 580 00:21:36,966 --> 00:21:40,200 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME ABOARD. 581 00:21:38,633 --> 00:21:41,366 >> I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD 582 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,300 TO THIS FOR A WHILE. 583 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:48,333 >> THAT'S NICE TO HEAR. 584 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:49,766 I'LL TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE -- 585 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:51,166 IS THERE ONE STILL ABOARD? 586 00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:52,000 >> NO, IT HAS BEEN REMOVED. 587 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:53,066 >> THANK GOODNESS. 588 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,133 HOW ABOUT A TICKET? 589 00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:54,433 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY 590 00:21:54,133 --> 00:21:56,133 MUCH. 591 00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:58,666 >> THANK YOU, HAVE HAVE A NICE 592 00:21:56,133 --> 00:22:00,766 CRUISE. 593 00:21:58,666 --> 00:22:03,300 >> I'M TRAVELING BACK IN TIME 594 00:22:00,766 --> 00:22:04,800 WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL GRAND DAME 595 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:05,433 OF THE RIVER, THE BELLE OF 596 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,700 LOUISVILLE. 597 00:22:05,433 --> 00:22:08,166 I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 598 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,566 MEETING THE PEOPLE WHO GUARD 599 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:11,366 THIS BEAUTIFUL ONE OF A KIND 600 00:22:09,566 --> 00:22:13,066 LADY OF THE RIVER. 601 00:22:11,366 --> 00:22:26,333 AND IF I'M LUCKY, I'LL GET TO 602 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:27,733 SEE THE PILOT HOUSE. 603 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:28,666 >> HOW ARE YOU? 604 00:22:27,733 --> 00:22:30,100 >> FINE, HOW ARE YOU. 605 00:22:28,666 --> 00:22:30,400 >> YOU'RE THE ENGINEER ABOARD 606 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:30,966 TODAY. 607 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:36,133 >> I AM THE ENGINEER. 608 00:22:30,966 --> 00:22:37,533 >> WELL, IT HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH 609 00:22:36,133 --> 00:22:39,466 OVER THE YEARS, OR HAS IT? 610 00:22:37,533 --> 00:22:40,666 >> NO, IT HASN'T THIS IS THE 611 00:22:39,466 --> 00:22:45,333 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OPEN THE 612 00:22:40,666 --> 00:22:47,300 BOAT, AND IS 1914, THE ENGINE, 613 00:22:45,333 --> 00:22:48,800 THE MAIN ENGINES, THEY CAME OFF 614 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:50,200 OF ANOTHER BOAT, THEY WERE PUT 615 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,233 ON HER BRAND NEW. 616 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,833 >> REALLY. 617 00:22:51,233 --> 00:22:52,300 WHAT BOAT WAS THAT? 618 00:22:51,833 --> 00:22:55,366 >> I DON'T KNOW. 619 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:55,833 >> NOBODY KNOWS HOW OLD THEY 620 00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:57,433 ARE. 621 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:58,966 >> CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT 622 00:22:57,433 --> 00:23:01,533 OF AN IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON? 623 00:22:58,966 --> 00:23:03,666 >> THIS PUMP RIGHT HERE, POWERED 624 00:23:01,533 --> 00:23:05,400 BY THE BOILERS. 625 00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:07,033 IT IS A STEAM PUMP BUT IT PUMPS 626 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,733 WATER OUT OF THE RIVER. 627 00:23:07,033 --> 00:23:11,133 AND IT SHOVES IT UP THROUGH A 628 00:23:08,733 --> 00:23:20,333 HEATER WHERE IT IS PRE-HEATED 629 00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:22,633 WATER, AND OUT TO THE BOILERS. 630 00:23:20,333 --> 00:23:24,566 BY OPENING THIS THROTTLE, THE 631 00:23:22,633 --> 00:23:26,233 BOAT GOES FASTER, OR WE'RE 632 00:23:24,566 --> 00:23:28,433 SLOWING DOWN, AND WE GET THE 633 00:23:26,233 --> 00:23:29,900 ORDERS FROM THE PILOT HOUSE BY 634 00:23:28,433 --> 00:23:31,966 THIS ENGINE ORDER TELEGRAPH. 635 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:34,000 >> ARE WE IN FULL STEAM? 636 00:23:31,966 --> 00:23:35,133 >> WE'RE IN CRUISING SPEED. 637 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,933 >> CRUISING SPEED. 638 00:23:35,133 --> 00:23:39,600 WELL, LET'S TAKE IT ON UP TO 639 00:23:36,933 --> 00:23:42,900 FULL SPEED. 640 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:44,366 >> THAT MIGHT FOUL THEM UP. 641 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:46,200 >> THIS IS FANTASTIC. 642 00:23:44,366 --> 00:23:48,233 I'M LOOKING AT EQUIPMENT THAT 643 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,066 STILL WORKS VERY WELL, AFTER ALL 644 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:52,366 OF THESE YEARS. 645 00:23:49,066 --> 00:24:00,333 >> OH, YES. 646 00:23:52,366 --> 00:24:02,466 >> 647 00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:03,566 >> ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME A 648 00:24:02,466 --> 00:24:04,066 LITTLE BIT OF THIS? 649 00:24:03,566 --> 00:24:05,866 >> SURE. 650 00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:09,633 THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO SEE 651 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:12,000 IS HOW MUCH OF THIS YOU HAVE. 652 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:17,433 THIS IS WHERE WE OPERATE AT. 653 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:22,933 THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE WITH 654 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:27,466 WATER SURROUNDING IT. 655 00:24:22,933 --> 00:24:30,133 >> WE'RE BURNING DIESEL FUEL 656 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:32,700 NOW, BACK THEN THEY WOULD BURN 657 00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:40,266 WOOD ALL, WHATEVER THEY HAD 658 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:53,900 AVAILABLE. 659 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:53,900 THERE'S A FURNACE ROOM WITH A 660 00:24:54,933 --> 00:24:56,766 @█ 661 00:24:55,133 --> 00:25:00,666 FLAME THIS BOILS THE WATER TO 662 00:24:56,766 --> 00:25:01,133 MAKE THE STEAM LIKE COOKING 663 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:07,933 PASSTA. 664 00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:09,900 VERY SIMPLE. 665 00:25:07,933 --> 00:25:10,633 >> HOW ARE YOU, SNIR. 666 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:12,000 >> DOING GREAT. 667 00:25:10,633 --> 00:25:12,500 >> HONORED TO IN THE PILOT 668 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,733 HOUSE. 669 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:16,300 >> WELL, IT IS AN UNUSUAL HONOR. 670 00:25:14,733 --> 00:25:16,700 USUALLY OUR GUESTS DON'T MAKE IT 671 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:18,100 UP TO TOWN. 672 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:25,600 >> WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 673 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:27,300 AND I EXPECTED THIS SEE THIS. 674 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,900 >> DO DO YOU THAT AS THEY DID AT 675 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,566 THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY? 676 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:32,366 >> YES, BUT I CAN STEER THE 677 00:25:30,566 --> 00:25:34,700 VESSEL BY HAND USING THIS, WHICH 678 00:25:32,366 --> 00:25:36,133 THERE IS A CABLE WRAPPED AROUND 679 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,433 THE BACK TO GO DOWN TO THE 680 00:25:36,133 --> 00:25:39,133 RUDDER BUS THIS VESSEL ALSO HAS 681 00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:43,733 POWER STEERING EQUIPPED ON HERE, 682 00:25:39,133 --> 00:25:45,266 AND THESE LEVERS, WILL OPERATE A 683 00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:46,866 CYLINDER THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE 684 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:48,233 RUDDER SYSTEM, SO WE'LL PUSH THE 685 00:25:46,866 --> 00:25:54,366 RUDDERS SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO 686 00:25:48,233 --> 00:25:56,100 ALL OF THIS HARD WORK. 687 00:25:54,366 --> 00:25:58,266 >> HAVING SPENT THE DAY 688 00:25:56,100 --> 00:26:02,266 NAVIGATING THE RIVER WITH THIS 689 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:04,933 MAMA MAJESTIC LADY WHO PER 690 00:26:02,266 --> 00:26:06,466 PERSEVERED THROUGH TRIALS AND IS 691 00:26:04,933 --> 00:26:07,600 HERE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS I 692 00:26:06,466 --> 00:26:13,666 HAVE A GREATER GENERATION FOR 693 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:15,033 THE BYGONE STEAM BOAT ERA. 694 00:26:13,666 --> 00:26:16,100 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PART OF 695 00:26:15,033 --> 00:26:17,066 THE STATE YOU'RE, IN DERBY 696 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:17,500 WEEKEND IS SPECIAL FOR ALL OF 697 00:26:17,066 --> 00:26:18,666 US. 698 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,366 THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE UPON 699 00:26:18,666 --> 00:26:21,766 US, AND IT IS THE PERFECT 700 00:26:20,366 --> 00:26:23,433 OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF THE 701 00:26:21,766 --> 00:26:24,000 BEAUTY OF OUR STATE IN 702 00:26:23,433 --> 00:26:26,000 SPRINGTIME. 703 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,600 OUR RICH HISTORY AND TRADITIONS. 704 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,266 AND OUR FAMOUS KENTUCKY 705 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,000 HOSPITALITY, ALL AGAINST THE 706 00:26:30,266 --> 00:26:33,533 BACK DROP OF THE MOST 707 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,833 PRESTIGIOUS HORSE RACE IN THE 708 00:26:33,533 --> 00:26:34,433 WORLD. 709 00:26:33,833 --> 00:26:35,200 WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED 710 00:26:34,433 --> 00:26:36,866 TONIGHT'S SHOW. 711 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,433 AND THANKS FOR MAKING US A PART 712 00:26:36,866 --> 00:26:40,533 OF YOUR DERBY CELEBRATION.