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Re: [RC] Arabs and water - Joe LongOn Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:46:32 -0700, mrsd@xxxxxxxx wrote: Very old and possibly true tale regarding Arabian Horses and water.... These horses were raised in the desert for several thousand years... It seems as though the last theing you would want to see happen would be for your horse to jump into the first pond of water that they came to,thus destroying it for everyone else. So if the horse jumped into the water they would just kill it and after several thousand years of this, the word got out to the horses....JUST DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER====== I think that most of those that we have had since 1965 were real desert horses.../ This reminds me of a bit of historical trivia. If you were being chased in the desert, a way to escape was to foul a waterhole and move on. The posse would arrive at the waterhole to find no drinkable water, and have to turn back or die. I understand that Indians would foul waterholes with the carcasses of coyotes, to foil pursuing cavalry. I remember reading a Western novel once where "our hero" was fleeing the bad guys on horseback. He was making a heroic run -- I quote, "in three days he was a hundred miles from [the town where the chase started]." I fell off my chair laughing. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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