We are born, and life as we know it begins
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horse category
I’ve passed the point of no return. Do you know what that is? That’s the point in a journey where it’s longer to go back to the beginning.
In 1923, Frank Hayes, jockey, suffered a heart attack during a horse race. The horse, Sweet Kiss, went on to finish first, making Hayes the only dead jockey to win a race.
photo { Patrick O’Dell }
The definition of ‘human’ as ‘rational animal’
Amid pressure from animal rights groups, horse slaughter virtually ended in the United States last year, as courts upheld state laws banning it in Texas and Illinois, home to the nation’s last three horse slaughterhouses.
But there have been unintended consequences, including more grueling travel for tens of thousands of horses now being sent to slaughter in Canada and Mexico, where, animal advocates say, they sometimes face more gruesome deaths.
photo { Olivia Malone }
And I Mean a Real Fan
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Red Sox Special
Date: 2007-10-28, 9:02PM EDTMy horse, who happens to be a huge Red Sox fan (his favorite player is Big Poopie), has created a delightful pile of crap and we are looking for a good home for this treasure.
I will be glad to load all the manure you want into your truck or trailer and you can come back again and again for more.
The manure is mixed with clean pine shavings and is partly composted already.
Don’t miss out on such a great deal.
Go Sox!
photo { Ryan McGinley }
A 19th-Century Conveyance in 21st-Century Manhattan
After the death of a mare in Manhattan, a call to ban the city’s famous horse-drawn carriages has sparked a national debate. The New York Horse and Carriage Association, which represents the city’s 68 carriages, 293 certified drivers and 220 horses (all privately owned), issued a safety plan that requires additional harness straps on the horses, and driver training. { Newsweek | full story }
And Then He Opened a Horse Butchery
An Oxford man has filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, claiming he can’t sell his house because of the smell of horse manure from next door.
In court documents filed in Superior Court, Gino Sciortino claims Helen Catlin is permitting significant quantities of horse manure to accumulate in piles on her property and the foul odor can often be smelled at his home.
Helen and David Catlin have lived on Park Road more than a year and own three horses. Sciortino said that at times, the smell is overpowering.
“When the wind blows, everything smells of horse manure,'’ Sciortino said Thursday, saying the odor has made it difficult to sell his house for the past year.
Sciortino is asking for monetary damages as well as an injunction ordering Helen Catlin to relocate the horse manure and other debris and to re-grade the soil near their property line.
“Once this is resolved, I will try to sell again,'’ Sciortino said.
David Catlin, the husband of the woman named in the lawsuit, said Thursday that he mixes the manure with other material to create compost, which he sprinkles with lime to prevent the scent from wafting across the property. “Nobody else seems to be able to smell it,'’ Catlin said of his other neighbors. “He’s misleading a lot of people.'’
‘The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.’ — Yiddish Proverb
One of the horses that pulls carriages around Central Park died Friday after it became startled and ran into a tree, police said. The carriage was attached to the horse, but it was unoccupied.
The operator of the horse was standing outside the carriage about 4 p.m. when the horse suddenly bolted away and struck a tree near 42 Central Park South. The horse, a 12-year-old gelding, was pronounced dead at the scene. No people were injured.
The horse and carriage business at Central Park has been a focus of concern for animal advocates and public officials in recent months. An audit from City Comptroller William Thompson advised that the city should strengthen its oversight of the industry, and recommended establishing an active advisory board to look at issues relating to these horses. Those concerned about the animals have said the carriage horses have limited access to water and are at risk of heat exhaustion. There is no maximum age limit set for the horses used, and last year a 17-year-old horse collapsed while pulling a carriage.
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photo { Horse butcher in Birmingham, UK, 1940s }
‘It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall’ — Mexican proverb
Two horses are dead and three women are injured after an accident in central Kansas during The Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race.
McPherson County deputies said two women riding at the front of the group failed to stop at the day’s finish line Tuesday and continued for a half-mile until they collided with a car. Undersheriff Jim Johnston said the women were unable to stop the horses on the blacktop road. Both horses were killed.
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The Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race is an 800 mile endurance ride completed over a 13 day period. It is open to all breeds. The ride started in Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 3, 2007 and ended in Missouri on September 15, 2007.
Bad Ass America
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