--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <snip> [VT wrote:] > > > I'll keep you posted if this goes anywhere. > > > > Please do! <snip> > All I have is from the TV station. > > http://www.kgun9.com/story.asp?TitleID=3401&ProgramOption=News > > DIRT BIKER LASSOED OFF HIS BIKE by Terry Gonzalez > (10/14/03) > > A 33-year-old Tucson man is recovering after > being lassoed off his dirt bike! > Brian Corell, his step-son, and another boy > were riding their dirt bikes > here in the Pantano wash Sunday afternoon. > Corell says the next thing he remembers is > waking up in the middle of a > CAT scan at University Medical Center. > The two boys with Corell say the three were > riding along at about 30 > miles an hour, when two men on horseback galloped up > behind them. 14-year-old > Bobby Badertscher is Corell?s stepson, "The man > lassoed Brian causing him to fall to the ground." > > [I suspect this is not the truth. If horses only > gallop at 20 mph.]
Actually, Thoroughbreds have been clocked at 40mph according to The Jockey Club, and the Irish Horse Society says 45mph. http://www.jockeyclub.com/thoroughbredHistory.asp http://www.irishhorsesociety.com/horsedata/horsefacts.htm I couldn't find the top speed for Quarter Horses, but a friend thinks it's ~36mph; what QHs are the best at (of horses) is hitting top speed in 3-4 strides, while other breeds take many more to reach full speed. But for a horse to _catch up_ to a motorbike going at 30mph would take a top sprinter starting very close to the bike, and it would have to be done in under a quarter-mile (as horses cannot sustain top speed for any longer). <snip> Horse Facts And Fancies Maru :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
