RE: Hell bent...

Well done David as it's a first class action photograph! Good on you!

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Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:06 PM
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Subject: Hell bent...

 


Last Sunday our town hosted the Little Britches Rodeo ... a rodeo for kids
who either want to become "real" rodeo cowboys when they're older, or just
want to have some fun.

Barrel Racing is the girls sport of choice,and some of them are very, very
good at it.  It's a timed event, with the riders having to circle three
barrels laid out in a "T" shape, and then dash for the finish line.  It is a
sport of both speed and control.

To gain maximum speed from their steed, the riders often use their legs
(still in the stirrups) to slap the sides of the horse, to urge the horse
on.  Carried to an extreme, this can lift the rider's butt a few inches off
the seat of the saddle. 

Riding in such a fashion is known, in this part of the west, as riding "Hell
bent for leather" - an expression which dates back to the 1890's and
Kipling's tales of the British Army in India. 

But, never before have I seen a rider going "Hell bent for Leather" like
this girl!

http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/barrel-1.htm

Comments, criticism welcome, as always.

Cheers!


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Logan Lake, CANADA 

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