quotes etc.

["Field, Shannon" <Shannon.Field@alliedsignal.com>]

Hi all:

In response to the request for quotations, jokes etc. on horses, I found
these recently.  Thought you all might enjoy something fun and light.

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QUOTATIONS

When your homing carloads swing
 Past us down the crisping lanes,
 and your dazling headlights fling,
 snow white roses on our reins,
 would you choose your sheltered flight,
 would we take your cushioned ease,
 for the wide and scented night
 and the horse between our knees?
			 W.H. Olgivie

There on the tips of fair fresh flowers feedeth he; how
 joyous is his neigh, there, in the midst of sacred pollen
 hidden, all is he; how joyous is his neigh.
                                                                    Nava
jo Song

"In riding a horse, we borrow freedom."
                                                               Helen
Thomson, b. 1943

"There is something about riding down the street on a
 prancing horse that makes you feel like something,
 even when you ain't a thing."
                                                                    Will
Rogers

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DID YOU KNOW?...

  If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle; if
  the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle; if the
  horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.

  Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.

  The Following Statutes Are Still on the Books:
  In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, all horses must be equipped with horns
and headlights.
  In Wilbur, Washington, it is against the law to ride down the street
on an ugly horse.
  If you live in Omaha, NE, you are required to place a hitching post in
the front of your house.
  In Virginia, it is illegal to permit an unhaltered horse - age one or
older - to appear in any public place of worship.
  Horses cannot be turned loose in a burial ground in Vermont.
  In New York City, you can go to jail if you open your umbrella in the
presence of a horse.
  Racing horses is banned on Good Friday and Easter Sunday in Delaware.
  In Kentucky: No females shall appear in a bathing suit in any highway
unless she is escorted by at least two
  officers.
  (An amendment reads):
  "The provision of this statute shall not apply to females weighing
less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds,
  nor shall it apply to female horses."
  In Marshallton, Iowa, it is against the law for a horse to eat a fire
hydrant.
  These and more can be found in: Looney Laws and Silly Statutes, Sheryl
Linsell-Roberts, Sterling Publishing, NY 1994, ISBN 0-8069-0472-0
  Your horse can not fall asleep in the airport in Peewee, West
Virginia. (source: Private Pilot, November 1987)

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AND FINALLY, A PIECE OF TRIVIA  (answer to come)

Do horses have a short side that can be easily determined? (If so, how?)