Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
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Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
This one should provoke some discussion.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
He should let that little horse ride him!
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
That looks like the same short necked horse that took a beating in another of your posts. Interesting shirt..!
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
That was almost my first thought. Pretty small horse.bogus bill wrote:He should let that little horse ride him!
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
One of the best horses I ever had was a 14.2 hh grade mare, which could weigh 950 lb. drippin' wet. There wasn't a mountain you could put in front of her she wouldn't get to the top of, if that's what you asked of her. Many hunting seasons, I rode her day after day, guiding, with only a day or so of rest between hunts. She lived to be 22 years old. Pulled a hip in the corral one Winter, and we had to put her down.
I now have a little mustang gelding, 14.1 hh, and tipping the scales at near a thousand pounds. No "quit" in him either.
Conditions in Wyoming are no better or worse than in S.D., but I learned a long time ago, for the most part, the size of the horse ain't all that important.
I now have a little mustang gelding, 14.1 hh, and tipping the scales at near a thousand pounds. No "quit" in him either.
Conditions in Wyoming are no better or worse than in S.D., but I learned a long time ago, for the most part, the size of the horse ain't all that important.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
WHY DO I NOT SEE A SADDLE HORN ON THAT HIGH CANTLE RIG !!!
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
I reckon it's been erased or obscured in the photo...???
Or maybe it got busted off, snubbin' up some big, heavy cow-critter on the little pony.
Heavy roping is the only time I've seen much advantage to a bigger horse.
Or maybe it got busted off, snubbin' up some big, heavy cow-critter on the little pony.
Heavy roping is the only time I've seen much advantage to a bigger horse.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
I was just gonna ask what kind of saddle that is. Kinda looks like an old side saddle but yet it doesn't..
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Professor, looks like a slick fork with square skirts and a Cheyenne rolled cantle or a really thick straight cantle. Also appears to have tapaderos, although I can't really see them well enough to tell. Terry, I looked for the horn too, but can't again can't see the picture well enough to see it.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
In my younger days I had a little white mustang mare that went about 14 hands. She had a bar D bar brand on her left front shoulder. She was sure ornery on a cold morning, but she did like to work cows. I was told that she came from Montana. Small cow ponies were common when I was young.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
That boy musta just oiled his leather.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
the horn is there, there is a flaw in the photo on and above the saddles horn.Terry Murbach wrote:WHY DO I NOT SEE A SADDLE HORN ON THAT HIGH CANTLE RIG !!!
if you blow up the pic, you can see the rear edge of the horn .
that is a very interesting saddle. kinda a mix of styles, full double rig and deep dish
cantle usually will be found on a swell fork even to a bear trap, unusual on an a fork.
that deep dish will pinch the back of your thighs if you run your stirrups long like a
range rider, not so much if you keep 'em short like an arena rig or breaking saddle.
careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
the cantle has no roll, but is deeply dished, giving it a look of thickness.kimwcook wrote:Professor, looks like a slick fork with square skirts and a Cheyenne rolled cantle or a really thick straight cantle. Also appears to have tapaderos, although I can't really see them well enough to tell. Terry, I looked for the horn too, but can't again can't see the picture well enough to see it.
nope no taps, just shadows. look to be fairly wide bell stirrups, maybe wooden.
careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
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Re: I thought horses were big; they seem to be in the movies
Lead dog on my sled team is only slightly smaller than this horse.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Cantle doesn't appear to be too deep (dished) for comfort. Rode one like that for many years.
Hope the varmint who stole it likes it as much as I did...
Hope the varmint who stole it likes it as much as I did...
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Shame on him riding that little THREE LEGGED horse
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
I just thought that "how long you been mounted on sheep" was just a line from a movie!
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Some damage to the emulsion of the original plate or print has faded portions of the photo that make it look like there's shadow where there should be more detail.
Besides trimmin' the lil' hoss needs a curry comb, or is still haired up from the winter! Saddle appears as though it could be a half seat trail saddle, no taps, full double rigged.
Besides trimmin' the lil' hoss needs a curry comb, or is still haired up from the winter! Saddle appears as though it could be a half seat trail saddle, no taps, full double rigged.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
That's snow on the ground, under that pony, so I reckon it ain't quite full Spring yet, mebbe...?
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
How would a horse pull a hip in a corral? Maybe get it's hoof/leg stuck in the fencing?Buck Elliott wrote:Pulled a hip in the corral one Winter, and we had to put her down
Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Charles wrote:I just thought that "how long you been mounted on sheep" was just a line from a movie!
ha!
yup, true grit.
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Re: Another old photo of Cowboy and horse?
Those ole time mustangs weren't much horse to look at.
Part of why we've bred horses "up" to what they are today.
Part of why we've bred horses "up" to what they are today.
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