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    Saddle Bronc Riding Essay

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    parts to saddling and riding a bronc: saddling the horse, climbing on the horse in the shoot, and crawling off onto the pickup man. Before one can enter the saddle bronc riding they need to know more about the event. Many people thing saddle bronc riding and bareback riding are the same event. However,…

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    people have told me what makes an epic hero. Strength, courage, and achieving immortality. When I heard about all of these traits one person came to mind when they said them, Odysseus. Odysseus is a Greek soldier that fought in the war against the Trojans, and because of him, the Diomedes were victorious in the war. Yet, that wasn't the end for Odysseus, he and his men faced many challenges on their way back home. In some cases, because Odysseus was cunning and resourceful, he saved his men,…

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    for his fierceness in the Trojan War. Achilles was the son of a greek god and goddess that were a King And Queen, Peleus and Thetis. His mother, Thetis wanted him to be immortal so she dipped him in the waters of the river Styx. This made him immortal. One thing she did not notice was that she was holding him by his heel when she put him in the water, thus resulting in a small spot where he is mortal. Achilles was a strong, fearless, smart and brave fighter. In the Trojan war, Achilles has…

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    to demonstrate the degree of which the horse is responding. Each pattern obtains five main maneuvers. The maneuvers are undoubtedly complex and requires the horse and rider team to be extremely precise in the execution of them. Patterns consist of galloping circles, dizzying spins, and abrupt sliding stops. The horse needs to be responding immediately to the inclination of their partner. The patterns are designed to exhibit the athletic ability of the horse. The patterns are composed of rapid…

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    Horse Abuse: A Short Story

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    it have to be this way? Why can’t people just treat horses like real living things!” I screamed at my riding instructor. “Because, some people just don’t think that way,” she replied to my outburst with surprising calmness. Before I knew it, I grabbed a fistful of my new horse, Zeus’s mane and swung onto him bareback. We galloped for what felt like hours, but was only a few minutes. I ended up at a place I didn’t know existed, another horse farm. A boy maybe 5 years older than me came…

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    it is ethical for the horses. In actuality, they are making it worse for the horse. There are three spots that the chain can be placed: under the jaw, over the nose, and use to under the lip. For the calm horses the chain will either go under the jaw or over the nose, those areas are less sensitive to the horses and to get them to mind with the chain there the exhibitor has to be more aggressive. With the chain under the lip it is very well known that you do NOT touch the horse in an aggressive…

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    The Trojan War is one of the most remembered and iconic wars from ancient times. Thought to be fought between 1194 BCE to 1184 BCE, lasting ten years, this war is one that most consider the most thrilling and dramatic from the Greek times. While a great deal of the information we have on the Trojan War is obtained from Homer 's The Iliad, most of it is based in mythology. Zeus hosted a banquet to celebrate the union of Peleus and Thetis, and invited every god, goddess, and demi-god with the…

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    The Runt's The Charioteer

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    The Chariot (The Charioteer) is at once The Mind as a vehicle drawn by two horses (into four) and The Runt (small “e”), called “The Electricity”: The polar forces of The Lovers times the 4 elements made manifest as The Charioteer. In this line of Operation: Mind as The Chariot, is the female, and ‘The Current’ flowing through the mind, as male is The Charioteer. The female/male relationship is always and everywhere at work as The Lovers. That is why Justice must and does reside with The Mind.…

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    The Trojan War was an epic siege carried out by the Achaean kingdoms against the Trojan city of Troy, spanning through the 12th and 13th century, approximately 1250 BCE. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the 2004 film adaptation “Troy” was supposedly inspired by the text of the Homer’s Iliad, a poetic variation of the events, which incorporated both historical and mythological aspects into said poem. With this, the film falls short historically; having excluded all religious notions involving gods…

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    There are so many marvelous poems out there, but two of the best are the Iliad and the Odyssey explaining the Trojan War with an outstanding story. No one knows exactly how true these poems are because the first written documents on the Trojan War have been lost or destroyed. The stories of the war have both some true history but also have some myth to them. Which is why we don’t know how reliable these sources are. These great stories have been written some time after the actual war took place…

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