{"id":2534,"date":"2012-09-25T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T19:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2012-09-29T09:50:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:50:28","slug":"21st-century-of-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/21st-century-of-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Century of Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2534 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/21st-century-of-horses\/tiffany\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tiffany-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 portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/21st-century-of-horses\/arabian-horse-cover-2jpg\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Arabian-Horse-Cover.2JPG-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our dear friend Tiffany Allie Tankersley passed away recently. Her family and ours share many common interests &#8211; horses in particular and helping others in general. She had a great passion for life and it was a shock for all of us that knew and love her. She assisted\u00a0 with the Horse Tales Literacy Project and lived a life that made a difference in schools, natural resources and especially involved one of her strongest desires that she held dear to her heart, helping animals. She will be missed by everyone whose life she touched. The photos above are of her and my father riding one of her farm&#8217;s horses, &#8220;Al-Marah Luzon&#8221;. The great trainer Captain Heyer is also featured on this old Arabian Horse magazine cover.<\/p>\n<p>The story;<br \/>\n<em><strong>\u201cYep, and I want to tell you a little more about this kind of life. It just might be that horses are goin\u2019 out of fashion.\u201d Henry\u2019s eyes weren\u2019t on Alec but on the oval-shaped hoofs buried in the straw. \u201cSome of the things that have happened to horses might be forgotten with the world movin\u2019 fast like it is.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> A strange, excited note came into the old man\u2019s voice as he asked suddenly, \u201cDid you ever hear of a professional horse-tamer, Alec?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cTrainer, you mean, Henry? Like you are?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cNo, Tamer.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cNo, then. Lion-tamer, yes. Horse-tamer, no. Did he use a long whip and snap it in a ring?\u201d Alec asked with attempted lightness.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cSometimes,\u201d Henry answered seriously. \u201cThe whip was one of the tools of his trade and occasionally he had good use for it. There was a need for such men just before the turn of the century. The big trouble was that there weren\u2019t enough of them to go around. Most everybody had a horse, y\u2019know. It was about the only way of gettin\u2019 from place to place. Yet few owners knew anything about horses except how to ride or drive \u2019em. When trouble arose, it was hard on both man and horse. That\u2019s when they started lookin\u2019 around for a horse-tamer.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Henry paused and Alec said, \u201cThey could have called him a trainer. A tamer makes you think of wild animals.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cTraining takes time, Alec, as you know, and these men had no time. They did a job in a matter of hours\u2014a few days at most\u2014and then went on to the next case. Some of the horses, too, were worse than wild animals\u2014vicious, mean horses. Most often, of course, they were the result of bad handling by their owners. But come to think of it, what kind of a job would you and I do on that plane outside? We\u2019re no mechanics and, as I say, so many owners in the old days weren\u2019t horsemen. They just needed a horse to get around. They made mistakes, plenty of \u2019em\u2014and they suffered for it. So did their horses.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Alec chewed thoughtfully on a piece of straw. He was beginning to understand what Henry was getting at. He could imagine thousands upon thousands of horses developing bad habits and vices, most of them going from bad to worse because their owners had no professional ability or help. One horse kicked; a second balked; a third pulled against the bit and ran away; a fourth would not stand still to wait or to be shod or to be mounted; another would not back up; still others would bite or rear or throw themselves over backwards or refuse to work. Then again they would be afraid of umbrellas, blankets, carts, wagons, cows, baby carriages or something else. With all this happening in crowded city streets where horses were the sole means of transportation, people could be hurt or killed and property destroyed.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cWere you ever a horse-tamer?\u201d Alec asked Henry.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cNo, but my oldest brother was. I watched him at it. He was good.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cHow good?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cOne of the best,\u201d the old man answered, his eyes bright with memories. \u201cBill was about thirty, I guess, when my father sent me off one summer to live with him. That was back in Pennsylvania. I was just a kid but not too young to learn a trade.\u2026 \u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> \u201cYou mean that horse-taming trade?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/21st-book-chapter.pdf\">Here&#8217;s more -:21st book chapter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it seems you need a whip. Not that you want to use it &#8211; or do &#8211; but the fact that it is there makes the movement go forward without so much resistance. Speak softly. This book was the first time &#8220;horse whisperer&#8221; was used in a story, years before the film of that name. Anytime Robert Redford wants to talk about it let me know. Take a look, you might learn a few tricks yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Shop\" href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/shop\/\">You can find a Bucephalus at the Horse Gift Store to smooth things out if you&#8217;re looking for something to give that special friend &#8211; we&#8217;re here for you!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great week and Ride On &#8212; tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our dear friend Tiffany Allie Tankersley passed away recently. Her family and ours share many common interests &#8211; horses in particular and helping others in general. She had a great passion for life and it was a shock for all of us that knew and love her. 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