Straight Up In The Bit
Not too long ago I went to a life skills seminar, and our guest speaker was a former rancher/horse trainer. He said that when we see the pictures of the wild horses we are not seeing the true state of the horses. We see them running free, the dust clouds swirling around their pounding hooves, tails raised and manes blowing in the wind. From a distance they are beautiful and majestic. Truth is, when you catch one, and are able to get close to him, you will see a matted coat, open sores, pest infestation, twisted and deformed hooves, and a myriad of other unsightly conditions. From a distance, what appears to be beautiful, close up, reality tells a different story. This horse trainer talked about the first encounter with this once free creature in an enclosed corral. The horse will run for as long as it takes him to get tired, with his face toward the open range and his rear toward the trainer, who has positioned himself in...