Ahh, Days Of The Old West'

[Greenwald]

From time to time, I enjoy a nostalgic trip back to yesteryear, when adventure could be found in front of the TV on evenings long before I was old enough to ride a motorcycle.

Enjoy.

http://www.oldfortyfives.com:80/thoseoldwesterns.htm

[KGT1200]

From time to time, I enjoy a nostalgic trip back to yesteryear, when adventure could be found in front of the TV on evenings long before I was old enough to ride a motorcycle.

Enjoy.

http://www.oldfortyfives.com:80/thoseoldwesterns.htm

Greenwald,

Thanks for the great trip down memory lane! I still watch these great old shows whenever i can find them!

One of the things I have started doing as an adult is to watch the horses hooves. NONE of the old ones have shoes because back then, horses were only shod when to hoof needed rehabilitation, healthy horses were trimmed, but for the most part, the hoof wore down naturally and because of that was hard as a rock, and required no shoes!

Go back through this clip, you won't find shoes on any of the horses that you can see!

Once again, thanks Greewald! I needed a little dose of Western yesterday! Those guys remind me so much of my Dad, who used to ride his horses like the wind...

Dale

[rcliffor]

Direct TV has a western channel (529) that shows old movies as well as old TV shows like Maverick, the Rifleman, the Big Valley, etc. The old movies are great!

[hlothery]

All these folks live again daily on my TV...........Encore Western channel has them all, all the time. One of my favorites. Love the Gene Autry show, The Rifleman, and Roy Rogers. Love many of the old John Wayne westerns.........never get tired of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence".

[108625]

TVland has Bonanza!
I always wanted to live at the Ponderosa.

[rocketman]

Greenwald,

Thanks for the great trip down memory lane! I still watch these great old shows whenever i can find them!

One of the things I have started doing as an adult is to watch the horses hooves. NONE of the old ones have shoes because back then, horses were only shod when to hoof needed rehabilitation, healthy horses were trimmed, but for the most part, the hoof wore down naturally and because of that was hard as a rock, and required no shoes!

Go back through this clip, you won't find shoes on any of the horses that you can see!

Once again, thanks Greewald! I needed a little dose of Western yesterday! Those guys remind me so much of my Dad, who used to ride his horses like the wind...

Dale

I always figured that shoeing horses started as road became paved and they were pulling heavy loads. So am anyway close on that since you're a horse person?

RM

[rocketman]

All these folks live again daily on my TV...........Encore Western channel has them all, all the time. One of my favorites. Love the Gene Autry show, The Rifleman, and Roy Rogers. Love many of the old John Wayne westerns.........never get tired of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence".

I always loved the ending of the Cisco Kid, poncho was always a scream when I was a kid! "Oh! Poncho! Oh! Cisco!" and they would laugh and ride off...

The Rifleman was always a real hard nose, fess Parker on the other hand seemed to take everything in stride. :lol

RM

[SIBUD]

I always loved the ending of the Cisco Kid, poncho was always a scream when I was a kid! "Oh! Poncho! Oh! Cisco!" and they would laugh and ride off...

The Rifleman was always a real hard nose, fess Parker on the other hand seemed to take everything in stride. :lol

RM

Yah, I always wondered if Cisco and Poncho were a little too close. :dance

[KGT1200]

I always figured that shoeing horses started as road became paved and they were pulling heavy loads. So am anyway close on that since you're a horse person?

RM

True on the pavement idea (think streets of San Francisco pre-fire days) when European and American industrialism and urban cities (think Chicago meat packing pre- worlds fair/white tower days) came to be before the days of internal combustion engine replaced the four legged equine.

But more so getting shoes on your horses became an everyday thing when people started riding them for pleasure, not for basic transportation which meant they only got ridden for a couple of hours every so often, the rest of the time setting in a paddock somewhere.

Horses also used to be expendable, like buying a cheap bicycle somewhere, and were cheaper and faster to just shoot it and get a new one. Nowadays horses are pets with personality, and we care for them and work them through a hoof injury. I have an appaloosa right now that is painfully growing out an injury caused by stepping on an old rusty spike. $2000. worth of farrier, medical x-rays and infection fighting drugs and 15 months of rehab. This horse would have been shot in the head in the 1920s...

His name is "Cheyenne" and my kid loves him!

[Greenwald]

True on the pavement idea (think streets of San Francisco pre-fire days) when European and American industrialism and urban cities (think Chicago meat packing pre- worlds fair/white tower days) came to be before the days of internal combustion engine replaced the four legged equine.

But more so getting shoes on your horses became an everyday thing when people started riding them for pleasure, not for basic transportation which meant they only got ridden for a couple of hours every so often, the rest of the time setting in a paddock somewhere.

Horses also used to be expendable, like buying a cheap bicycle somewhere, and were cheaper and faster to just shoot it and get a new one. Nowadays horses are pets with personality, and we care for them and work them through a hoof injury. I have an appaloosa right now that is painfully growing out an injury caused by stepping on an old rusty spike. $2000. worth of farrier, medical x-rays and infection fighting drugs and 15 months of rehab. This horse would have been shot in the head in the 1920s...

His name is "Cheyenne" and my kid loves him!

Geeezz, man...I'm glad you did mention that it was an appaloosa.

Otherwise, from the 'staining' of the coat, it looks like you already shot him in the head!

[Gilly]

Any Johnny Cash fans? Check this video out, cowboys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzOjN5CHn0
(I like the "Mean as Hell" part)

Gilly