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Larry Wilkins, the family mule skinner who runs 7W Youth Riding Club, recalled how elders used to say there were no gay people on the trail ride.—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026 This engrossing read is where my rabbit-hole of knowledge about Milton Humason began, a janitor and mule skinner who helped with the construction of Mount Wilson Observatory, then went on to aid Hubble in several major discoveries.—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025 In an era of luxury fetishism, high-end goods must have a story, a narrative, and the tale of Enzo Ferrari rising from army mule skinner to motor sports immortal is as good as anything Fielding ever wrote.—Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2017