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Re: [RC] To breed or not to Breed - Kristene SmutsBut when one puts them side by side with modern photos, one wants to go back and embrace the old ones, faults and all, because their faults were far less glaring.>> ....snip.... But we are going farther from it in today's show horses, whereas the older horses were less extreme, as a group.>> Heidi, I bought the Crabbet book (not with me, so can't quote the title or author), and in it it gives the history of the Crabbet stud, together with a heap of (then) professionally taken photos. When you see the "look" of those horses and you compare the earlier pictures to the later ones, I know exactly what you mean. The earlier horses - foundation stock - were pretty "ugly" by today's standards and wouldn't even be allowed onto the show grounds today! However, what struck me about them was that they must have been good riding horses - they were solid and looked much shorter than our modern Arabs. I'm a sucker for that old look! Kristene South Africa ===========================================================It is how we "feel" deep inside that matters, cause each of us knows the truth, regardless of how we try make it complicated. It just isn't. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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