oh how the mighty have fallen...
I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD IMPRESS YOU ALL WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FACT THAT JANINE.. PURCHASED A WESTERN SADDLE.....TO PEOP LE WHO RIDE ENGLISH, WESTERN RIDING IS THE UNCOOTH'EST OF THE UNCOOTH. --- PERSONALLY..... THERE ARE OBVIOUS COMPARISONS TO BE MADE..WHEN ALL THOSE FOLK FROM BRITIAN ARRIVED AT "THE ROCK" THEY ONLY HAD ONE KIND OF SADDLE-- ENGLISH------ TTHERE HAD NOT BEEN A REASON TO CHANGE IT--- NO PONE HAD YET REALIZED YOU COULD FIT ALL OF BRITAIN IN THE TOP CORNER OF WEST TEXAS -----SO.... IN ALL TH PHOTOSS I EVER SAW. ... PAUL REVERE HAD AN ENGLISH -- OR FLAT---SADDLE/-- DEVELOPING A WESTERN SADDLE WAS BORN OF NECESSITITY....EACH CHANGE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT.... USUALLY INVOLVING WORKING AND CHASING COWS AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE ------COW CHASING HAD NOT YET PRODUCED TEH BRONZED, ATHLETICALLY FIT SPECIMINES OF TEH MOVIE INDUSTRY-
THE LARGER SADDLE SPREAD TEH WEIGHT BETTER OVER TEH BACK OF THE HORSE- AND WAS MORE IN KEEPING WITH RIDING AT LEAST 8 HOURS A DAY...
TEH ENGLISH FORM WAS MORE ASSOCIATD WITH NEW ENGLAND AND RIDING FOR AAN HOUR OR TWO AT A TIME ..LEAPING STONE WALLS ON OCCASION --- IN NEW ENGLAND..... YOU MIGHT WANT TO RIDE TO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE--- A SIMPLE 3 HOUR RIDE TO GET ALL TEH WAY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND.... BUT AS WE GREW-- AND .... FORTUNATELY. IN THE WEST,,... THE DISTANCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS GREW TO BE MEASURED IN WEEKS... YOU WOUL D HAVE TO HANG A FEW THINGS ON TEH HORSE--- LIKE A BED ROLL--- OR A ROPE FOR CATCHING THINGS.----- A FEW CHANGES GREW..... MOST NOTEABLY A VERY SHORT POLE BECAME PART OF TEH SADDLE-- CENTER FRONT... AND TO THAT, YOU COULD TIE A 1500 POUND COW. AND THE HORSE WAS TRAINED TO JUST STAND STILL AND HOLD ON TO THAT COW IN TEH MIDDLE OF SOME PRAIRIE...---BECAUSE IF THE HORSE DID NOT... IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG WALK HOME.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RIDING STYLES GOT VERY SNOBBISH----- AND I HAVE WATCHED THAT SNOBBARY FOR SOME 80 YEARS.... THE WESTERN RIDING REQUIRED A SUPER TRAINED HORSE WITH A UNIQUELY DESIGNED SADDLE. ON WHOM YOUR LIFE AND COMFORT COULD DEPEND--- WHILE THE WESTRRN HORSE COULD SEEK OUT ONE CaLF IN A HERD OF 1000 AND HANG ON TO THAT CALF SO YOU COULD GET A BRAND ON IT... THE SUPER TRAINED ENGLISH RIDER WENT IN FOR DRESSAGE-- A VERY SPECIFIC WAY TO WALK TROT AND CANTER IN A 100' X 60' "DRESSAGE RING... IT IS POETRY IN MOTION ... WITH A HORSE-- TAKING YEARS OF TRAINING- IT IS LIKE WATCHIG A HORSE BECOME A BALLERINA-- THE ULTIMATE IS TEH "SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL OF VIENNA" WITH THE WHITE LIPPIZANER STALLIONS PERFORMING UNDER THE CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS. THOS E SADDLES ARE "ENGLISH" SADDLES. AND THE MEN'S UNIFORMS DEFINITELY MILITARY...FANCY
SO FOR SNOB APPEAL-- THEY CERTAINLY HAVE IT NAILED DOWN PAT.----- MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO COMPARE THOSE RIDERS TO THE BUNCH OF COWBOYS SITTING AROUND A FIRE EATING BEANS AND TELLING OFF COLOR JOKES...
THE LIPPIZANER RIDERS MAY LIFT THE SOUL WITH THEIR BEAUTY- IT IS TEH BEAN EATING COWBOYS WHO WILL SEE THT YOU HAVE SOME FOOD TO EAT WHILE THIS SOUL IS SO LIFTED.
I AM NOT SURE HOW THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES DEVELOPED---BUT I DO SEE SOME SIMILARITIES...
COV 19 TAUGHT US THE BEAUTIY OF A PERSON LOADING THE SUPERMARKET SHELVES WITH TOILET PAPER...PLUMBERS CRACK OR NONE..... . OR THE OVERWORKED EMERGENCY MEDICAL STAFF WONDERING ALOT OF THINGS....
