‘ NANCY MCRITCHIE

Which is probably just as

well,

There’s a lot more to
caring for a horse than meets
the eye. The horse should be
groomed daily and ridden at
least for an hour. Two feed-
ings at a minimum and the
stall has to be cleaned out
every day. In the winter
when the water troughs
freeze over, water has to be
carried from the house to the
amount of several buckets
full. When you’re late for
class, these chores can leave
you cursing.

The average riding horse
weighs somewhere between
900 and 1200 pounds. That’s
heavy, as you will notice if he
hops on your foot. Also, you
should try getting half a ton
of horse into a horse trailer if
he doesn’t want to go. Fair
and firm will get you a lot
farther than cursing and

ushing. If all else fails, few
forse: will pass up the bribe
of a pail of oats.

 

 

 

 

There are many places in
the city where you cannot
keep horses. It’s also against

the law to ride on sidewalks,
in parks and on school pro-
perty. You can face a fine of
$500 if you’re caught so
when you see those boys in

blue closing in on you, just
leap the nearest ditch and
gallop through the neigh-
bours’ yards and into the

 

 

 

tyone gets a little stiff the

 

 

sunset. They won’t have a
chance.

It is getting increasingly
harder to find places to ride
your horse. Everyday fields
and trails are lost to new
housing subdivisions. When
riding on roads, be careful of
traffic and stay off the pave-

ment, it’s very hard on the
horse’s hooves.

Dec. 6, 1977

Last year at the PNE the
$1,000 prize for the final
jumping event was won in a
tie by Goldfinger and The
Answer. These horses as-
tounded the audience by
each clearing a seven foot
high fence, much taller than

either of them. It is excru-
ciatingly exciting to watch
this and to be on the horse

Cindy Hiebert and
her friend Shiloh {

 

that is going over a large
fence is more than a rush,
it’s scary, (I’m not talking
about seven footers either,
my limit is about three feet).

A horse is very agile and

can climb anything that a
man can climb without using
his hands. That is steep.
Winter time can be a lot of
fun with a horse. A friend is

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building a horse sleigh this
winter and we have a har-
ness already. We still need
some runners for the sleigh

and if you know anyone who
has an old pair of water skis
or snow skis, we’d gladly
trade it for a sleigh ride. If
you can help, call the Other

Press office, or Cindy at
588-3512.