--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3100002 Date: 02/27/97 From: DEBBY TAYLOR Time: 11:20pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Tom Dorrance -> Bless you bless you.. please confirm any and all dates.. The clinic will be May 16, 17, & 18 and you need to call Joyce Mattos at 209/722-3899 if you want to ride. If you bring your horse(s) and stalls are a problem at the clinic location let me know and I'll make reservations for you where my horses are. Debby --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/2 * Origin: The Knights End BBS (1:208/606) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3100003 Date: 02/24/97 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 11:33pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: question on Western tack I've just received the new issue of _This Old House_ magazine (March/April 97). At first I thought I had gotten two horse magazines, _Practical Horseman_ and some new Western riding magazine I had never seen before, but it turned out to be Norm and Steve from TOH playing cowboy. ;-) The new house project is in Tucson, so if you want to see lots of pretty desert pictures, check it out. But anyhow, about these horses. If I describe the picture, can somebody explain to me what I am looking at? Steve's horse has what looks to be a Western-style bridle. It has a colored browband and no noseband and a bit with two really long pieces sticking out on the sides (yeah, I should know what they are called but it's late and I can't remember). Underneath the bridle is a thing which looks like a halter, made of red webbing. And his horse has a white rope or heavy cord around his neck. There's a knot at the juncture of neck/chest and a loose piece which is attached to a swivel-clip which is attached to the halter, if that's what it is. Norm's horse has the same kind of thing, only fancier. His bridle is the kind which has little loops that go around the ears but no other visible means of support. The bit has doohickeys on the side which only come out below the bit and are sort of S-shaped. The heavy cord around the horse's neck is turquoise, and so is the halter-looking thing on the horse's head, but instead of webbing, the part around the head is made of a finer multicolored cord (turquoise and some other color). The part which goes around the back of the horse's head, and the part which goes over the horse's nose, are both doubled cord, and the other visible parts are single cord. The only other time I've seen anything like this is in the movie _Sense and Sensibility_. If you look at Emma Thompson's screenplay/diary book, there's a color plate of Colonel Brandon (played by Alan Rickman) and his magnificent black horse. The horse is wearing one of these loops around his neck; there is one piece going up which seems to be connected to the bridle somehow, but I can't quite see how. And there's another loose end coming down from the bridle which is probably being held by a wrangler out of the frame. (It's a great picture; the horse has turned his head and pricked up his ears and posed very prettily for the camera -- there aren't many actors in the world who can draw attention away from Alan Rickman, the world's greatest ham, but this horse has done it.) Oh, and funny thing, Erin McChesney's horse Cougar's Fete, the 1996 winners of the Tevis Cup, are featured on the cover of the new (March 97) issue of PRACTICAL HORSEMAN), and Cougar's Fete is wearing the same sort of arrangement there, too. So my question is, what's all this extra stuff for? Is it common to put bridles on over the tops of halters? What's the thingamajig around the horse's neck called, and what's it for? Is it supposed to discourage your horse from stopping to graze on the trail? And those long bars on the bit on Steve's horse, are they called 'shanks' or is my mind completely gone? ;-) Oh, and in case anybody is curious, both Steve and Norm's horses are reddish colored (Steve's is like a dark cherry wood and Norm's is more rust-colored -- what color do you call this if you don't say chestnut?) and Norm's has a white blaze and a white blanket on his rump with red spots here and there. Steve's horse has just a smidgen of a white star on his forehead. I can't tell you exactly how the legs are marked because aside from the interference from the mailing label and cover graphics, both horses are standing in a nice dense patch of what looks to be prickly-pear cactus. But Steve's horse has solid-color legs and Norm's seems to have some kind of socks or stockings. Norm's horse has a very alert expression and is clearly giving the cameraman the Eye, as in "what's this damn fool going to do next", which is what I would do to a maniac who posed me in a cactus patch. Yeow! Anyway, I doubt the cover pic will be up on the Web, but if you want to look, try www.pathfinder.com/TOH/ or maybe there's a link off the main PBS web page at www.pbs.org. Thanks for any info. --- QM v1.31 * Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3100004 Date: 03/01/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 01:57am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: soon happenings! Well Tush was out playing today with me in the arena.. and she was loping around looking very fancy.. almost like she was "posturing"... Of course that all came to an end when she slipping and went down on her side and slide along the sand.. ROFL! She got up.. and had the "That didn't happen" look on her face, and took off in a huff when I started laughing... On a more serious note.. the old sweet TB mare next to CJ has started doing some very very strange things.. She's start spinning in her stall REALLY FAST till she connects with the pipe (usually with her head). Gums are yellow.. blood has been taken.. I'm nervous about it. No idea so far from the vet.. I didn't take it to seriously until she did it twice today.. once in the AM opening up a fairly large gash on her head above the eye.. and once tonight when I was riding CJ.. no serious damage. It was anstoshing that she didn't hurt herself the way she hit her head on the pipe. Not good and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.. I hope to God it's not a contagious problem.. so far CJ is fine. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3100005 Date: 03/01/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 01:02am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Tom Dorrance > -> Bless you bless you.. please confirm any and all dates.. > The clinic will be May 16, 17, & 18 and you need to call Joyce Mattos at > 209/722-3899 if you want to ride. If you bring your horse(s) and stalls > are a problem at the clinic location let me know and I'll make > reservations for you where my horses are. Ride? Bring horses?? hell I'm going to bend the budget just to bring me. ;) Thanks alot Deb! :) BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3100006 Date: 03/01/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 01:24am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: a reminder Folks.. a basic reminder since I'm sure everyone has priorities right now.. But if the traffic in any given echo falls below a certain point.. it gets kicked off the backbone.. ;) BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3200000 Date: 03/01/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 01:07pm \/To: MEG ALFONI (Read 1 times) Subj: 2nd Parade ... Well, we just got home from X's 2nd parade -- he was even better this eek than at his 1st parade last Saturday! He would look up when he heard a siren, locate the sound and then put his head back down ...... same way with the bands and music ..... he stood very calm and quietly for about 45 mintues until it was our turn to go .... The parade was in Moore Haven, Fl ...... that's about 22 miles north of LaBelle. Moore Haven is an old "Florida Cracker" town ...... I have no idea how many people live in Moore Haven but I CAN tell ya' that it's not many -- EVERYONE was at the parade -- either IN it or watching it!! There were TONS of Volunteer Fire Trucks (I wondered what would happen if there happened to be a fire someplace X was EXCELLENT (of course) ..... but, what made things different was that X was all by himself at this parade (none of his stable mates went with us). He kept looking around for "a friend" and he whinned now and then ....... but he was really very calm ...... I am SO proud of hiim!! Before the parade started we heard sirens screaming -- we looked on the other side of the park and a blue car was racing down the street -- the police were in HOT pursuit -- 2 police (sherrifs dept) cut him off -- jumped out of their squad cars guns pointed at the driver of the blue car -- they were shouting "PUT YOUR HANDS UP -- KEEP YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD" ....... WOW Meg ..... it was just like in the movies. I didn't know if we should get out of the line of fire or stay where we were at. There were a lot of other people on horseback around too .... X just stood there and watched -- neither moving nor looking excited -- in fact, X looked rather BORED with the entire episode (ho hum). Anyway, they arrested this guy (don't know why) -- handcuffed him and THREW him in the back of the squad car -- then a wrecker came and towed off the car. I still don't know what it was all about. BTW, there were well over 50 horse and riders PLUS us (we were the only carriage). It was fun ..... next parade is in a few weeks down in Clewiston, FL. --- * Origin: Home of X 'Xradinaire & PATTICAKES! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3200001 Date: 02/28/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 08:15pm \/To: MEG ALFONI (Read 1 times) Subj: Driving Mr. X > JP :>charging $150 per hour with a 2 hour minimum -- > PLUS, a $50 > JP :>travel expense because we have to go over 25 > miles to get > JP :>there (actually, it's about 35 miles total). The > lady I > JP :>spoke with was tickled to death and didn't baulk > about the > JP :>prices at all. > JP :> Our "business" has now officially started > > You selling stock in this company? I'm buying!!! > (VBG) Hehehehehehe ........ not yet . The lady that wants the carriage for the QUINCE (Spanish 15th b/day celebration) has called me twice and has come by my office and again over here to our house ..... I finally gave her come pics of X and the carriage ..... --- * Origin: "Baby" - Gone But NOT Forgotten!! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3300000 Date: 03/02/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 06:58am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: cc to Vicki -> > Is she able to get up and around yet Bob? -> -> Well... not as good as everyone would like.. :/. Especially her I would bet! Well hopefully she starts to improve soon now. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3300001 Date: 03/02/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 07:05am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: a reminder -> Folks.. a basic reminder since I'm sure everyone has priorities right ow.. -> -> But if the traffic in any given echo falls below a certain point.. it gets -> kicked off the backbone.. ;) Ok here is one for seed then. ;-) --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3300002 Date: 03/02/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:36am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: soon happenings! > Well Tush was out playing today with me in the arena.. > and she was loping around looking very fancy.. almost > like she was "posturing"... > Of course that all came to an end when she slipping > and went down on her side and slide along the sand.. > ROFL! > She got up.. and had the "That didn't happen" look on > her face, and took off in a huff when I started > laughing... Hehehehehe ....... X has done that from time to time when he was younger -- I know what you are talking about and it IS funny . > On a more serious note.. the old sweet TB mare next to > CJ has started doing some very very strange things.. > She's start spinning in her stall REALLY FAST till she > connects with the pipe (usually with her head). Gums > are yellow.. blood has been taken.. I'm nervous about > it. No idea so far from the vet.. Oh noooooooo ...... > I didn't take it to seriously until she did it twice > today.. once in the AM opening up a fairly large gash > on her head above the eye.. and once tonight when I > was riding CJ.. no serious damage. It was anstoshing > that she didn't hurt herself the way she hit her head > on the pipe. > Not good and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.. I hope > to God it's not a contagious problem.. so far CJ is > fine. Keep us posted as to what's happening ..... I'd be nervous too if my horse were in a stall next to a horse who obviously had something not quite right .... let us know when you find out what it is. --- * Origin: Home is Where the Horses Are!! (1:371/33)