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The early editions of the AQHA Studbooks offered
a number of articles that were omitted when they later went
to the green hardcover versions. The NQHBA also included some
interesting things in their books. These are image files,
and although compressed, are still a little slow to load completely.
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Read
articles from 1941 AQHA Studbook No.1, Vol,1
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Read
articles from 1947 NQHBA Studbook No.1
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An article from The Western Horseman, 1945 - The
Well Reined Stock Horse, by Luis Ortega.
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My King
(P-234) page could be more complete, but has info and pictures
that might help in piecing together his story. (Prefaced by
a brief rant about nostalgic B.S.)
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There are Peppy
San and Paula
Chex pages, the Doc O'Lena
and Lucky
Blanton pages are minimal - mainly photos, a little info.
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Short page on Osage
Red - a good son of Question Mark, outstanding on the track
in the late 40's, did some rail & miscellaneous later, and
sired some good foals.
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Now, to interrupt with some recent bad news - NAIS (National
Animal Identification System) amounts to little more
and nothing better than a Soviet style attack on civil rights
and liberties making the "Patriot" Act pale by comparison.
Liberty Ark Coalition offers
a good discussion, and I certainly hope you will give that page
a careful read.
NAIS is part of something far larger - I have studied the "darker
side" of politics for many years now, and the key to its
actual deployment may (usually) be summarized as "the banal
face of evil". The reasoning behind NAIS is childlike at
best, (which buys them some easy converts)
utterly specious, and at its point of origin, chillingly Orwellian.
I really didn't want to, but apparently the time is coming that
I should say more on that subject.
For instance, did you know that Orwell himself was spoon fed
ideas and underwritten financially by... mmm...
I'm trying to recall... I think it was the Fabian
Society. Because, by these and similar means they could instill
complacency, an unconscious "programming", a familiarity,
which encourages fatalistic acceptance of "the inevitable".
Similar organizations developed symbiotic relationships with
Freud, Pavlov, Kinsey - the list goes on endlessly. These puppetmasters
secretly create our icons and "perceived" authority
figures for their reasons. If those were wholesome and
agreeable, why such elaborately deceptive methods? History is
a fascinating thing, and you'd better learn what it is, 'cause,
buddy, you are living it.
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This group of pages is offered
as "reasonably capable" opinion, as opposed
to "expert".
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A few thoughts on evaluating
horses, there is plenty to add there in the future.
Its intended focus is physical mechanics, although,
as always, I wander into related topics here and there.
There are a few myths about
collecting semen that I "editorialize" on, but on
the constructive side, there is also some info that
might be of interest if wondering about doing this yourself
- or just wondering how it is done. (Of
course, like all of this, different people, different
views, maybe.)
If dealing with a "problem shipper" the tactics
described on this page might (or
might not) be useful - something to try,
at least.
The hauling and maintenance
of trailers, mainly for those relatively new to
the game. There is also a page about
the electrical system - the descriptions of troubleshooting
need better clarity, but the part about splicing is
as good as it gets. Lost your keys? Replace
the locks - that's fairly easy.
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| One of broader importance: A
few years ago back I spent a year or so of spare time digging
through back issues of medical research journals which could
be viewed free of charge online. This led to several conclusions
which others might like to investigate for themselves.
We usually do less than we could to preserve or recover our
health, and often accept poor medical care/advice because we
simply don't know better. I offer my opinionated views on the
subject, and links to some of the info that made me that way. |
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