At 12:37 PM 3/29/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: >I finally went to see _Hidalgo_, which I enjoyed very >much -- horses, horses, and more horses! There were >obvious Hollywoodisms, and a bit of Disneyesque >preachiness, but the basic story is interesting: >former Army Scout and his mustang (already champion >endurance racers in the US) go to the Middle East to >race 3000 miles against the desert's best (Arabians, >and I suspect some Barbs and Turkomenes or >Ahkel-tekes). I'll have to find out more about the >lead character, Frank Horton, who was an early >defender of the American mustang, and according to the >credits died in the '50s.
A good look into the claim of "based on a true story" is here: http://slate.msn.com/id/2096671 Turns out that the author of the book doesn't have much credibility. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
