Crowds come out for Montana Mule Days

Spectators and participants from all over the Western United States made their Whitehall last week for the Montana Mule Days event.

Tara Price of the Montana Long Ears Association estimated the attendance for spectators through the gate was between 950 and 1,000.

The local event and Montana's only mule and donkey show featured not only halter, packers, equitation and fun gaming classes, but popular events like log pulls and chariot racing.

Bridget Morse with the Whitehall Saddle Club said she thought the event was excellent and there were three days of a lot of people.

"It was wall-to-wall cam...