In this book, you look at both the preparation for trail riding and how to handle many common on-the-trail problems. The bottom line of having a good time on the trail is being able to control your horse - and that requires training.

Training horses is easier than most people think. Because horses are so forgiving and adaptable, they adjust their behavior when training becomes consistent. However, in order for the requests and rewards to make sense to the horse, the trainer needs a lesson plan. Topics covered: Choosing a Round Pen, Getting Started in the Round Pen, Sacking Out o First-Saddling Essentials, Spook in Place , First Ride o The Dont́ Shy Cue o A Horseś Attention,...

Covers every critical aspect of training, from the first saddling and ride to ground training and trail work

Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his four-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as Spring turns to Summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain, and death, to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one...

Throws the covers back on California's adult entertainment industry in the swinging seventies. A touching and humorous portrait of a most unusual family of filmmakers, brought to life by an all-star cast and seventies soundtrack.