Re: Falling horses

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Most likely the horse was well on its way to recovery long before the
rider was able to do anything. It talkes you as long if not longer to
react and pull on the reins as it does to react and step on you break
peddle in a car.  Go out at 60 mph some day have some one beside you
yell "break" and you yell "done when the breaks are applied and then go
measure the distance you have traveled.  You will be amazed.

Truman  

BMcCrary27@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/21/98 9:15:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> navion@lightspeed.net writes:
> 
> << It always bothers me to hear somebody say  " My horse almost fell, I
>  really had to pull hard to keep him up"  This is akin to pulling ones self
>  up by your bootstraps.  Sounds good but never seem to work. I can't lift
>  myself off the ground by my shoelaces and you can't lift your horse off the
>  ground by his reins. >>
> 
> My husband believes as you do, but I have seen it work.  I would describe it
> not so much as pulling the horse up by his reins, but by giving the horse a
> cue to collect himself, whereupon he manages to get his balance again.  It
> doesn't really sound like it has any scientific basis, but I have seen, and
> have known it to work on most occasions. So, scientific basis or not, I shall
> continue to attempt to collect a horse that has stumbled and is trying to go
> down.
> 
> BMc

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