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RE: [RC] Pony Express on NPR - Libby & Quentin LlopMy guess on the bleeding is that a lot of them were tubercular. L -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Magnumsmom@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:35 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rides2far@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Pony Express on NPR Angie Wrote: I heard the promo on that. The guy said, "Some of these riders rode so hard they literally bled out the nose and mouth"...and I'm thinking...then why haven't I seen any Endurance Riders doing that? Maybe their horses had some REALLY rough trots! >g< What was the average distance they rode? How different would it be from endurance? Per reference books (my favorite being "Pony Express: The Great Gamble" by Roy Bloss) the pony riders rode 50 miles per stretch. However, they switched horses every 10 miles. The idea was for the riders to ride 5 horses and then the rider would switch out. The riders rode at a hand gallop the entire 50 miles. Such things as express station raids and indian attacks ment some times a rider and horse had to keep going. I believe the longest ride ended up being over 300 miles, atleast most of that on the same horse (the one the rider was on when he got to the first raided station). Years ago I posted the original ad wording looking to purchase the horses for the pony express. It's probably in the Ridecamp archives somewhere. If I remember right they wanted grey mares 14.2 to 15h. :) - Kathy Myers in Santa Fe, NM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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