Horses in warfare

dotted pajamas and furry houseshoes, I jogged to my trailer. All of my rodeo outfits were in the closet of my dresser. The gravel shifted and scooted under my feet as I walked. My trailer sit quite and untouched with the truck only feet away. The horses in the barn neighed almost as if they anticipated what would come later in the day. A smile appeared on my face as I saw Maggie walk out of the main house and towards the cabin. She carried a basket in her hands. "Aurora!" She shouted to get…

English show jumping is a very complicated sport that requires skill, patience, and bravery from both horse, and rider. It takes several years of practice and sweat to master the complicated sport. Show jumping is played when a rider is to jump a course of fences on horseback in an acute amount of time. The jumps can vary in size from one foot to five feet. The rules of show jumping are very strict and require a large amount of skill. Consequently, faults can be given to competitors for…

Scheer, Alstat, & Van Zant (2016) performed ASTYM treatment on a young eight year old girl with the neurological disorder cerebral palsy in an attempt to treat her achilles tendinopathy and lack of hamstring flexibility. Cerebral palsy is known to impair the muscular function, strength, range of motion (ROM), and reflex speed. Because of the accompanying brain injury, cerebral palsy cause tendinopathy or a breakdown of of the soft tissues that make up tendons. ASTYM therapy is a noninvasive…

Five morphological observations were made from looking at the unknown fossil specimen. See the list of the observations that were made. Figure 4 Fossil Cladogram was then redrawn into the lab journal and a prediction was made on the fossil placement on the cladogram based on the observations. Next, an explanation of the reasons for the prediction was then recorded in the lab notebook. The four gene file were then downloaded onto the computer by going to the website listed below. Since the gene…

It was a sunny day in January of 2016. I eagerly drug my good ole pal Ashley along on a muddy adventure. We were on a mission to change the course of my life. I had been dreaming about adorable little dairy calves for quite a while. I come from a dairy background, but while we do have milk cows, we don’t have dairy calves. So we set out to find me the most adorable one out there. We began our journey by driving to meet Mrs. Dvorak, the teacher of agricultural endeavors at a nearby school, at a…

Chayse crouched behind a wild tangle of brush with Stonebender. They peered between spring buds and leaves at a camp in the upheaval of moving. Marley touched his shoulder, his mouth twisted as if he had eaten something bitter, his brow raised in askance. Chayse shook his head, he shrugged, his hands spread in bewilderment. The last time he saw the camp it only consisted of six or seven nilmorg. Now the camp bristled with a score of battle ready nilmorg, a pack of rsakmorg handlers, and…

In D.H. Lawrence’s compelling and tragic short story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the author discusses the relationship between a mother depressed by her lack of wealth and success, and her son, Paul, who desperately attempts to gain the affection of his distant mother. Lawrence’s story revolves around a family of a status in society that is neither rich nor poor, they possess and desire the luxurious way of life, but neither one of the parents obtains an income large enough to afford it. The…

Today was bittersweet, since I saw the last mythical creature on my journey, but it was my favorite. My final stop was in the same forest where the dryads lived, but it was to see a very different mythical creature. The first pegasus was brought by Zeus to live on Mount Olympus, because it got taken by so many people because of its purity and beauty. Now that the original animal had reproduced, and it’s offspring live in small herds in the forest. I knew I had to be hidden and very quiet to…

Gift” has three central characters. Carl, who is a stern, unemotional man, Billy Buck who is a warm person and spends most of his time teaching Jody how to take care of the ranch, and Jody who spends most of his time going to school and training his horse. This first story centers on a red pony, Gabilan, that Carl gives to Jody. Jody takes care of Gabilan everyday before and after school. Before school he brushes him and after school he trains him. When Jody is ready to teach Gabilan to let…

Bring the Horse Home Julie Bruck after Philip Larkin Is all I’ve wanted past wanting since I was six and delirious with fever, an infinitive forged from a night when giant ladybugs with toothpick antennae patrolled my wicker nightstand. Yes, I’ve been with horses since, travelled illegally with them in trailers, known certain landscapes only framed by alert ears, and with one in particular, spent whole afternoons with her big jaw heavy on my shoulder. Still, I hatched plots to bring a horse to…