Today, Max and I went back to school...in a manner of speaking! :-) Actually, I was helping a friend of mine put on a program at a local private school on horses and the American Revolution. The audience was made up of 4-6 graders so the presentation was fairly simplified. The school was close enough to the stables and my friend's house so we wound up riding over.
My friend did most of the talking and then occassionally I would discuss various things such as the role cavalry in the American Revolution and what sorts of weapons were used. What was pretty neat was that we were actually able to fire a couple of blanks from one of friend's flintlock pistols (this was a private school- no way you could have done this in a public school). The horses, and especially Max were very good and for the most part very patient. Better yet, the shooting barely affected Max.
To cap things off, we had a competition where the kids would run in competition with my friend on his horse- the kids are convinced that they can run as fast as a horse and this is a popular feature ever year (my friend has been putting on presentations at this school for some time). Naturally all safety precautions were observed. It was pretty cool to watch- some of those kids are pretty fast and for a few moments, I wasn't too sure...and my friend's horse is an Arabian! :-)
Naturally, to end things, we let the kids feed carrots to the horses. Talk about hitting the lottery! Max was in heaven with a long line of kids handing hin carrots. Talk about a "Carrot ATM machine"! :-)
Overall, it was pretty neat and the kids asked some pretty intelligent questions. Perhaps there's still hope for America's youth. :-)
My friend did most of the talking and then occassionally I would discuss various things such as the role cavalry in the American Revolution and what sorts of weapons were used. What was pretty neat was that we were actually able to fire a couple of blanks from one of friend's flintlock pistols (this was a private school- no way you could have done this in a public school). The horses, and especially Max were very good and for the most part very patient. Better yet, the shooting barely affected Max.
To cap things off, we had a competition where the kids would run in competition with my friend on his horse- the kids are convinced that they can run as fast as a horse and this is a popular feature ever year (my friend has been putting on presentations at this school for some time). Naturally all safety precautions were observed. It was pretty cool to watch- some of those kids are pretty fast and for a few moments, I wasn't too sure...and my friend's horse is an Arabian! :-)
Naturally, to end things, we let the kids feed carrots to the horses. Talk about hitting the lottery! Max was in heaven with a long line of kids handing hin carrots. Talk about a "Carrot ATM machine"! :-)
Overall, it was pretty neat and the kids asked some pretty intelligent questions. Perhaps there's still hope for America's youth. :-)
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Very cute! Glad Max is a good ambassador :)
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