A banner taped across the Mallow barn doors for Teddy's twenty-ninth birthday— reused for years, tape marks showing reattachment.

Blake Mallow survived the first hood ride twelve years ago. By the fourth year

survival had become family tradition. Teddy said he was too old. Several people

heard him. His cousins booed. He climbed onto the hood. Blake has since asked

that no one use the phrase birthday ride again.