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How To Handle
Horses -- All Kinds*
by
William R. Linfoot DVM as transcribed by Frank J.
Milne DVM1
Introduction by Frank J. Milne DVM:
A year or two
ago, it was my privilege in Las Vegas, Nevada, at 7:00 a.m.
one day to witness an exhibition which I just did not
believe possible, and that was breaking a wild horse from
start to finish in something like 25 minutes. Actually, it
took 30 minutes, but I still consider that an excellent
performance.
I decided
then, since I had learned from that demonstration, that
perhaps our members might learn something, too. It was with
this in mind that I expended a considerable portion of the
budget for this convention in asking Dr. Billy Linfoot to
line up two professional cameramen and to let them start the
camera when he went into the corral and keep it going until
he was finished, because I did not want any editing. I
suppose, in a way, I was putting Billy on the spot because
if I decided to make a motion picture of Bobby Hull playing
for the Chicago Blackhawks or Joe Namath playing football,
the chances are they would have an off day, break a leg, or
something of that sort. I am sorry to say, for Billy's sake,
this horse was one of the worst "sons-of-a-gun". It gave
Billy a terrific fight, as you will see on the film. I am
sure this will spur some controversy, but I ask you to view
it in the spirit in which it was made and because of what we
can learn from it.
I had a
psychologist view this film. He is the husband of the young
lady who does my secretarial work. He said, "I would like to
show this film to my class at the University because they
would learn a lot from it, especially the value of
patience".
The film runs
for forty-two minutes. As Billy moved around, he could not
use one of the trailing microphones, so, instead, I have
asked him to comment on the silent version.
After we
spent all the money on the film, wouldn't you know, some
group made a film with a commentary and sent it to Billy
free of charge! It runs for ten minutes, so you will see it
right after the first one.
Billy, I do
appreciate the effort you made on behalf of this
Association, not only for making the film but for coming to
do the commentary.
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