Horse Power
by Ruth Ottoway, Jill Preston, and JR Robbins
Buck Hill didn't stable the likes of Secretariat, War Horse, or Trigger, but horses of a more modest lineage have played a role in our community from its very inception. Here, we take a step back in time and recollect some charming equine events: It was 1900, and a typical "Pocono mountain wagon" was dispatched to meet the train in Cresco when the Jenkins party came up to the mountains to see Samuel Griscom's newly inherited Buck Hill Falls. And it was just one year later that a beautiful park-drag coach, complete with a footman and french horn, brought guests to the Buck Hill Inn its first summer in operation. Then, during the Independence Day celebration of 1912, there were
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Later, a horse-drawn sleigh ferried guests to skiing, sledding, tobogganing, and ski scootering at Birch Lake (where it once lived on the Blue Course) in the twenties, when Buck Hill pioneered the modern winter resort. The first advertisement for riding appeared in The Breeze in 1922: “Horseback Riding is a sport most alluring. It is exercise par excellence. It is the exercise suitable for all weather conditions. My stable of trained riding horses from Germantown, Philadelphia, PA is at your command. Lessons given by a competent instructor—John A. Foley. Make arrangements for riding at the Inn desk.” Beginning in 1929 and continuing for eleven years, the Pocono Mountain Horse Show at Mount Pocono's Arena in the Clouds was a highlight of the riding and social season. Posted results show that Buck Hillers made major contributions to these shows and in 1929 they participated in 20 of the 26 classes, with 78 entries and 35 winners. Cottager Jane Hoxie Colket received first place for horsemanship, winning the cup. The show was an extraordinary success, drawing approximately 5,000 spectators each …show more content…
As far back as we remember, it was Betty Karges Jenkins (the wife of Ted Jenkins) in the thirties or forties who took her old school bell and galloped through the community on July 4, waking the inhabitants with a cry of “the British are coming!” Over the years, many a Buck Hiller has participated in this tradition, including generations of the Robbins and Miller families, Susan Reilly, Ann Mitchell, and Maxine Rusbasan, among others. Who will wake you up this
These men seemed to know something that nobody else knew when it came to forming a racing and sales complex. They established policies that have existed for the past 50 years, they made predictions that have come true, and they built a horse facility that has lived up to every expectation. But, of course Keeneland was never intended to be just another racetrack. Twenty different sites were looked upon, but Hal Price Headley and company kept com...
Newton knight was a farmer in mississippi who fought for freedom and secession of Jones county. Knight and the people of jones county put their lives so they could be free from the grip from the confederacy. The confederacy took many of non-slave farmers and put their lives on the front line to fight for what they didn’t even believe in. Knight opposed the state seceding from the United States, saying that white farmers like himself did not support slavery. He was a man of individual rights and equality, which was what the united states did not have at the time.
December of 1863, to a family in the Ogalala band of the Sioux. Black Elk's
One Tree Hill is an American television show filled with drama, romance, murder, mayhem, and milestones. The storyline follows the lives of two-half brothers, Lucas and Nathan Scott who both share a father named Dan. From birth, Dan Scott tried to keep the two sons drifted apart from each other. As the series progress, Lucas and Nathan rekindle their relationship. This season series is about small town kids who navigate their way through life. As the story goes on, this show proves to be more than just a teen melodrama. Teeming with extended life lessons and the importance of gender roles, One Tree Hill becomes a hit TV series.
Don Bell had the west in his eyes and heart. He was twelve when he entered his first rodeo contest. Until 1943 he competed in rough stock events, such as calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, and saddle bronc, and appeared at such venues as Soldier Field in Chicago and the Boston Gardens. Don was part of the Clyde Miller Wild West Show, the Bill King Rodeo Co., and Rufus Rollins’ Wild West Show. In the Western movie Shane, he rode a bucking horse in a muddy street scene. Don was an original Gold Card-holding member of the Cowboy Turtle Association, the first professional rodeo association, and an honorary cardholder of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The rodeo gear he wore is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute.
On April 3rd, 1860, the first rider Johnny Fug headed west bound for Sacramento. Every rider road for 75 miles and they would switch horses every 10-15 miles. The very first letter traveled the 2,000-mile journey from St Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California in only 10 days to the hour of departure. This journey used 27 men and 133 horses. The Pony Express cut the normal 20 days of travel into 10 days, nearly cutting it in half.
Horse racing, with chariots as well as riders, was an early form of competition in the early Olympic games in Greece. As well as the Greeks, the Roman empire enjoyed watching horse races. This sport became widely popular around the rest of Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa as well. In the 18th century, the first open field races were held for the public to see. In the United States, as horse racing became more and more popular, weights the horses could carry were standardized to the age of the horse. This assured that the younger horse with less muscle would not be carrying as much weight as the 5 year olds with a much larger muscle mass. Racing soon evolved from these long 4-12 mile races, to dash races where the horses were raced for shorter distances. Thus came the triple crown which included the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness Stakes, and arguably the most recognizable modern race, the Kentucky
As a child, many of us remember forcing our parents to let us go on a pony ride at a fair, and many more may have wanted a horse after that but unfortunately our fantasies were short lived.
It is the 60’s in Jackson, Mississippi in this time era there is obvious signs of racism and segregation. Hilly Holbrook is a white privileged mother and wife of a wealthy Politian. Why is Hilly the president of the Junior League? She said that being president gives her a sense of control. Why does Hilly create the bathroom initiative, which would require all Mississippi families to have an outdoor bathroom for their black employees? Hilly said she truly thinks black people carry dieses that can harm white people. Which I believe is very absurd and ridiculous to even think that. I also wondered why Hilly was not following the Jim Crow Laws? She responded saying that she was trying her best to but “misunderstood”. Why does she tend to make
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To start a horse in this method, a cowboy would bring a horse into a pen. The horse would then be roped and snubbed up to a large post that was set in the middle of the pen. Two other men would hold the horse down while the cowboy threw his saddle on the horses back and cinched it down. The horse was then fitted with a rope Bosal. The cowboy climbed aboard and the horse was turned lose. The cowboy was then supposed to stay with the horse until he quit bucking. It was a rare thing for a horse not to buck when started this way. (Miller 25)
Twenty-five of the stations were for the riders to change horses. These twenty-five stations were called “home” for the riders. Some 500 fast, wiry horses were bought and 80 riders were hired. The riders had to be at least 18 years of age, not weigh too much or too little. They had to be strong. They sworn to be sober, descent in speech and gentlemanly in conduct. They had to be brave, because if they got attacked by Indians, and weren’t brave, they would try to escape and get killed. The famous sign for the Pony Express read: “Wanted- young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over 18. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 a week” Seventy five horses was used in each direction for a run. At every station, the rider would have two minutes to throw his saddle bags with the mail in it onto his next mount and race again. The first rider left St. Joseph on April 3, 1860 to Sacramento. The young riders usually survived attacks by Indians, blizzards, raging rivers and wild animals. The Pony Express ended in Oct of 1861. The reason of the ending was because of the completion of the first transcontinental telegraph line.
Throughout history, humans have depended on the horse. Horses have contributed to the growth of humankind as transportation, farm workers, and battle steeds. They have been trained to support humans in many ways. When did this relationship begin? At what point did the horse become a vital part of human society? Exploring the evolution of the horse can help to answer these questions.
The circus is said to have originated in the 1700s, with a one-time Sergeant Major in the 15th Light Dragoons, Philip Astley performing on horseback, demonstrating equestrian expertise in London based shows, (Broonman & Legge, 1999; Stoddart, 2000). It was Astleys’ equestrian performances that influenced many others to establish similar shows over Europe in the nineteenth century, with new permanent buildings being built for the performances later developing in the early twentieth century to circuses tents to allow the shows to be taken to audiences that would otherwise not have seen the show. Other developments allowed European based circuses to travel from the Far East to South America, Africa and Australasia, (European Circus Association , 2014).
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