{"id":2264,"date":"2012-08-17T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T19:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2012-08-21T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T20:11:54","slug":"black-stallion-stories-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/black-stallion-stories-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stallion stories &#038; contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2264 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/black-stallion-stories-contest\/sulky-fance\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sulky-fance-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sulky-fance-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sulky-fance-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sulky-fance.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/black-stallion-stories-contest\/dad-writing-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dad-writing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/black-stallion-stories-contest\/dad-sulky\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dad-sulky-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may have read them all before but, just in case, I&#8217;m going to post a chapter from each Black Stallion book everyday here on the blog. If you write a message and guess which book the chapter is from&#8230; you can win a FREE prize at the end of the contest!!<br \/>\n<a title=\"chapter contest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackstallion.com\/cgi\/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=12&amp;topic_id=1345231926\">You can add your comments as we go along or all at once by the time we finish<\/a> &#8230; in about a month. There are a lot of Black Stallion books so put on your reading glasses and get a cozy spot in the hayloft where no one can bother you with those darn chores.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackstallion.com\/shop\/\">You can find all the books at your local library or right <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HERE.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #339966;\"><em><strong> first chapter<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alec Ramsay was on the train that had left New York City\u2019s Pennsylvania Station at 7:05 P.M. and would arrive at Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island, by eight o\u2019clock. This would be a half-hour before the first race of the evening, giving him time to locate Bonfire, the second son of the Black Stallion.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>He wondered about this three-year-old colt, whom he had never seen. Had the Black stamped Bonfire as his own in body, head and temperament? Or had that small, quiet harness-racing mare been the more dominant in marking her son? Soon he\u2019d know, and he looked forward eagerly to meeting Bonfire and watching him race beneath the lights in a sport Alec had known previously only at county and state fairs.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>He turned away from the window, where the suburban apartment buildings were giving way to more and more areas of spacious green. He was thankful he wore only a light sport shirt, for the July day had been extremely hot and the coming night promised little relief.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The car was crowded, with every seat taken and men standing in the aisles. The stranger sitting beside him was absorbed in reading a long typewritten statement, but suddenly he looked up, caught Alec\u2019s eyes, and said, \u201cSometimes I think a trainer does a better job of training the owner than he does the horse.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BS-Sulky-Colt-first-chapter.pdf\"> more first chapter<\/a> (pdf)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading &#8230; and writing!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the Ride!! &#8211; tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You may have read them all before but, just in case, I&#8217;m going to post a chapter from each Black Stallion book everyday here on the blog. If you write a message and guess which book the chapter is from&#8230; you can win a FREE prize at the end of the contest!! 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