>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > But for a horse to _catch up_ to a motorbike going > > 30mph would take a top sprinter... <snip> > > ...But the major change is this: > > The horseman asked the dirtbikes to leave. The man > refused. Then he was lassoed. > > This sounds more like resisting a ciizen's arrest.
>From a later post: "You have a nice color picture of the burn, and the smug set jaw of the dirtbike rider. And two totally different stories. :-)" http://www.dailystar.com/star/thu/31016ROPING2f2frjs2fsib.html "...The owner of the stables told officers there has been a problem with off-road vehicles spooking horses and that he has been concerned that a horse rider could get seriously hurt, according to a police report..." I've had cars honk when crossing streets (at marked crosswalks and stoplights, mind you), idiot high schoolers *swerve at us* when walking on the side of the road, and various motorized vehicles gun their engines at us... <curls lip & snarls> Thank goodness the horses have learned to take such goings-on calmly. While I always wave&smile to the courteous drivers who slow or stop appropriately, I've frequently dressed down those who endanger us - yes, people *do* stop/slow when you bellow in best drill sergeant fashion and shake your whip... > Book I bought, X-lib, for $1... The Indian and His > Horse. By Roe. > (Cheepest copy on the net. $44. I dood good.) > > I'm going to see if I can't turn Alvin into an > indian--maybe. > > Anyway, I'll actually read this book before putting > it up for sale. > > William Taylor > --------------------- > Too many hands wide. <grin> Did you know that one old rodeo expression, said of a good bucking horse, is that he "bucks high, wide and handsome?" Debbi Lead Mare Maru UU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
