Horses In The Pasture #2
by Kay Novy
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Horses In The Pasture #2
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Kay Novy
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Photograph - Photography
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I found these horses in their pasture this last summer (2018) while visiting Sauk,Vernon and Juneau counties in Wisconsin.
There has been a mutual trust between horse and rider. Over time, as the horse grew in value for herding, hunting, and pulling loads, methods for controlling the horse started developing – the halter, the bit, the bridle. The rider’s comfort was an early priority; fringed cloths or pads were used by Assyrian cavalry around 700 B.C., making them the earliest form of saddle-like equipment. Saddle bags came into use around the same time, as a way to store any necessities for a long ride.
As civilizations developed and clashed, the horse came to be very important during times of war. A mounted soldier had the advantage of improved mobility, as well as greater height and speed, over any opponents on foot. With speed being a factor, stirrups came into use as a much easier way to mount as well as dismount.
There is proof that horses existed in North America during prehistoric times, but became extinct until Spanish and European settlers starting bringing them over in the 1500s. Horses would eventually play a large part in the eventual growth of the United States. Many individual states, particularly in the open plains of the West, owe their settlement and early development to horseback ridin
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May 23rd, 2019
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