Re: [RC] The Old Way (was: Spanish Mustangs) - Trailrite
In a message dated 4/2/2008 2:35:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In
the old days, useless, unmanageable, ill-tempered or unwanted horses >
were just shot and eaten (or fed to the dogs
I just talked to my Father (he is 78) and quoted this to him. He
looked surprised! He said that horses that were claimed to be "Man
Killers" were treated pretty rough and that there were some pretty mean horse
handlers in those days to turn even these horses around. Most horses were
very valuable on the farms and my Dad couldn't remember to many horses that were
unmanageable in those days. He said horses worked hard, and most of them
worked to hard to be acting a fool. He never once heard of anyone eating a
horse in those days or hearing about his Father or Grandfather saying anything
like that. Maybe the Indians or the Calvary riders in time of
starving...before My Great Grandfathers time but now were going back
to early 1800's - 1700's. So what is considered "The Old Days?"
Never, not even the Indians would feed a horse to the Dogs, unless it was some
left over scraps......
Tammy Robinson (16,000 AERC miles) Trail-Rite
Products 18171 Lost Creek Road Saugus, CA 91390 661/513-9269
office 661/713-3912 cell 661/513-9206 fax www.trail-rite.com
