Fwd: horse laws again

[Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>]

--- Dave Bentzen <dbentzen@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:10:49 -0700
> From: Dave Bentzen <dbentzen@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>
> Subject: horse laws again
> 
> Did you get this?  I am riding a bit, mostly trail
> nothing serious.
> What are you up to?
> 
> C
> 
> Subject: Horse Laws
> 
>                          Horse Laws
> 
> Here is a collection of some of the wildest horse
> laws ever passed. This
> is
> a
> compilation of approximately 41 loony laws. Hope you
> enjoy!
> 
> A great many of these laws were aimed specifically
> at horses and riders.
> 
> No one knows how they got there and no one living
> has a memory of anyone
> 
> arrested under them.
> 
> 
>                          -------------
> 
> 
> * In Omega, New Mexico, every woman must "be found
> to be wearing a
> corset"
>   when riding a horse in public. A physician is
> required to inspect each
> 
>   female on horseback. The doctor must ascertain
> whether or not the
> woman
> is,
>   in fact, complying with this law!
> 
> * In Hartsville, Illinois, you can be arrested for
> riding an ugly horse.
> 
> * In Pattonsburg, Missouri, according to the Revised
> Ordinances, 1884:
> "No
>   person shall hallo, shout, bawl, scream, use
> profane language, dance,
> sing,
>   whoop, quarrel, or make any unusual noise or sound
> in such manner as
> to
>   disturb a horse."
> 
> * A Wyoming community passed this one: "No female
> shall ride a horse
> while
>   attired in a bathing suit within the boundaries of
> Riverton, unless
> she be
>   escorted by at least two officers of the law or
> unless she be armed
> with a
>   club." And continues with this amendment to the
> original: "The
> provisions
>   of this statue shall not apply to females weighing
> less than ninety
> pounds
>   nor exceeding two hundred pounds."
> 
> * A misworded ordinance in Wolf Point, Montana: "No
> horse shall be
> allowed
> in
>   public without its owner wearing a halter."
> 
> * A Fort Collins, Colorado Municipal Code: "It is
> unlawful for any male
>   rider, within the limits of this community, to
> wink at any female
> rider
>   with whom he is acquainted."
> 
> * West Union, Ohio: "No male person shall make
> remarks to or concerning,
> or
>   cough, or whistle at, or do any other act to
> attract the attention of
> any
>   woman riding a horse."
> 
> * Abilene, Kansas, City Ordinance 349 declares: "Any
> person who shall in
> 
>   the city of Abilene shoot at a horse with any
> concealed or unconcealed
> 
> bean
>   snapper or like article, shall upon conviction, be
> fined."
> 
> * 1899 vintage law from Waverly, Kentucky: "Any
> person who shall ride a
> horse
>   in a public place while wearing any device or
> thing attached to the
> head,
>   hair, headgear or hat, which device or thing is
> capable of lacerating
> the
>   flesh of any other person with whom it may come in
> contact and which
> is
> not
>   sufficiently guarded against the possibility of so
> doing, shall be
> adjudged
>   a disorderly person."
> 
> * A 1907 Cumberland County, Tennessee statute reads:
> "Speed while on
>   horseback upon county roads will be limited to
> three miles an hour
> unless
>   the rider sees a bailiff who does not appear to
> have had a drink in
> thirty
>   days, then the horseman will be permitted to make
> what he can."
> 
> * Figure out this 1913 Massachusetts law: "Whosoever
> rides a horse on
> any
>   public way-laid out under authority or law
> recklessly or while under
> the
>   influence of liquor shall be punished; thereby
> imposing upon the
> horseman
>   the duty of finding out at his peril whether
> certain roads had been
> laid
>   out recklessly or while under the influence of
> liquor before riding
> over
>   them."
> 
> * Male horse buffs in Basalt, Nevada, are prohibited
> from eating onions
>   between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. while out
> riding. Law specifies
> 
> only
>   men!
> 
> * Ice cream lovers beware in Cotton Valley,
> Louisiana. Citizens aren't
>   allowed to eat an ice cream cone while on
> horseback in public places.
> 
> * An antiquated city ordinance in Quartzite,
> Arizona, prohibits anyone
> from
>   playing cards with a pregnant woman, a child, or
> an Indian, "lest they
> 
>   acquire a taste for gambling!"
> 
> * In McAlester, Oklahoma, it's taboo for a woman
> over 235 pounds and
> attired
>   in shorts to be seen on a horse in any public
> place.
> 
> * It's illegal in Marion, South Carolina, to tickle
> a female under her
> chin
>   with a feather duster to get her attention while
> she's riding a horse!
> 
> * It's a violation of the law for a married man to
> ride on Sunday in
>   Wakefield, Rhode Island. Married women aren't
> mentioned, so it must be
> 
> okay
>   for them.
> 
> * A newly married man in Kearney, Nebraska, can't
> ride alone. The law
> states
>   that he "can't ride without his spouse along at
> any time, unless he's
> been
>   married for more than twelve months."
> 
> * It is strictly against the law in Bicknell,
> Indiana, for a man to
> leave
> his
>   new bride alone and go riding with his pals on his
> wedding day. The
> penalty
>   is a week in jail.
> 
> * In Bismark, North Dakota, every home within the
> limits of Bismark must
> 
> have
>   a hitching post in the front yard.
> 
> * Budds Creek, Maryland, has an antique law which
> prohibits horses from
>   sleeping in a bathtub, unless the rider is also
> sleeping with the
> horse.
> 
> * In Headland, Alabama: "Any man on horseback shall
> not tempt another
> man's
>   wife. An unmarried horseman should not stop
> overnight when the woman
> is
>   alone."
> 
> * Bluff, Utah's legislation regarding the Sabbath:
> Women who happen to
> be
>   single, widowed or divorced are banned from riding
> to church on
> Sunday.
>   Unattached females who take part in such
> outlandish activities can be
>   arrested and put in jail.
> 
> * Citizens are prohibited from buying, selling or
> trading horses "after
> the
>   sun goes down" in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, without
> first getting
> permission
>   from the sheriff.
> 
> * In Schurz, Nevada, they have an old law which
> prohibits the trading of
> a
>   horse after dark.
> 
> * In Pee Wee, West Virginia, people are prohibited
> from swapping horses
> in
>   the town square at noon!
> 
> * A unique law in Pine Ridge, South Dakota where
> horses are banned from
>   neighing between midnight and 6 a.m. near a
> "residence inhabited by
> human
>   beings."
> 
> * And in Pocataligo, Georgia, horses aren't allowed
> to be heard neighing
> 
>   after 10 p.m.
> 
> * Paradise, California, retains a most unusual law
> that says it is
> illegal
> to
>   let a horse sleep in a bakery within the limits of
> the community. What
> 
>   about goats, cows, etc.?? Only horses are
> mentioned.
> 
> * In Sutherland, Iowa, a law governs how horses may
> be seen when on the
>   streets during evening hours. The animal must
> always have a light
> attached
>   to its tail and a horn of some sort on its head.
> 
> * No rodeos in this town! No man is allowed to ride
> his horse "in a
> violent
>   manner" if he happens to be in Boone, North
> Carolina.
> 
> * Female riders in Clearbrook, Minnesota, be aware
> of this one governing
> the
>   heel length of a horsewoman's shoes. Any such
> woman can wear heels
>   measuring no more than 1-1/2 inches in length.
> 
> * A loony clothing ordinance in Upperville,
> Virginia, bans a married
> woman
>   from riding a horse down a street while wearing
> "body hugging
> clothing." A
>   $2 fine can be imposed on any female rider who
> wears "clothing that
> clings
>   to her body."
> 
> * An attorney can be barred from practicing law in
> Corvallis, Oregon,
> should
>   he refuse to accept a horse in lieu of his legal
> fees.
> 
> * Trying to find a wife? Watch out in Tranquility,
> New Jersey that you
> don't
>   violate this law. The law states that a person
> can't distribute
> handbills
>   while on horseback as a means of advertising for a
> wife.
> 
> * It is against the law in California for horses to
> mate in public
> within
>   five hundred yards of any church, school or
> tavern! The penalty can be
> a
>   $500 fine and six months in jail. This law isn't
> clear as to whether
> the
>   horse or the owner is fined and jailed.
> 
> * McAllen, Texas, has outlawed citizens from taking
> pictures of horses
> on
> the
>   Sabbath. Any person who "disturbs" or "otherwise
> antagonizes a horse"
> in
>   this manner will be subject to a fine of at least
> $1.50 and can be
> jailed
>   for as much as "three full days and nights."
> 
> * In Burdoville, Vermont, it states that "no horses
> are allowed to roam
> loose
>   between March 1 and October 20!
> 
> * In case you have an accident in Hortonville, New
> York, here's their
> antique
>   law: "The rider of any horse involved in an
> accident resulting in
> death
>   shall immediately dismount and give his name and
> address to the person
> 
>   killed.
> 
> * Watch out in Rhinelander, Wisconsin if you are
> riding a horse while
>   intoxicated! An old ordinance takes care of the
> problem. Such a
> horseman,
>   per the law, must be given a "large dose of castor
> oil." Who doles out
> the
>   penalty? The horseman's wife! Refusal to take the
> castor oil results
> in a
>   fine!
> 
> In closing, a summation of Clergyman Henry Ward
> Beecher's view on the
> art
> of lawmaking holds so much truth. "We bury men when
> they are dead, but
> we
> try
> to embalm the dead body of laws, keeping the corpse
> in sight long after
> the
> vitality has gone. It usually takes a hundred years
> to make a law; and
> then,
> after the law has done its work, it usually takes
> another hundred years
> to
> get rid of it."
> 
> 
> 
> 

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