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Started by Slow2Speak, June 27, 2013, 11:04:57 PM

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Slow2Speak

June 27, 2013, 11:04:57 PM
Some of you know my niece Sydney from the Bedford shoots well.... shes at a big church camp in one of the Carolinas something like a thousand kids there. They have some kind of trivia type deal and one of the questions was what was Paul Revere's horse named of course she told them Brown Beauty the people runnin the camp said they always use that question and no one has ever gotten it right she was even wearing her Appleseed shirt

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June 27, 2013, 11:09:53 PM
Huzzah, Sydney! O0

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June 27, 2013, 11:25:16 PM
Fantastic job Sydney!!! What a great opportunity to 7th step and let them all know where to find the answer  O0 O0 ^:)^
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June 27, 2013, 11:45:24 PM


I have given patches (or bossed the shoot where they were given their patches) to every member of a family three times.  They were the first.  I've got some favorite students, Syd's one of them.   
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Brown

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June 27, 2013, 11:46:45 PM
That. was. AWESOME!
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Rayne

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June 28, 2013, 12:33:09 AM
Way to go Sydney!!! 

When I first read the title of the thread I thought we might be talking about Brown's wife, cause I know we weren't talking about Brown himself.   ;D
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June 28, 2013, 12:58:32 AM
That of course was not Paul Revere's horse but a borrowed mount. On pawn stars they asked what was the name of PR's horse and correct answer was he didn't own a horse. It is good she remembered the name from a seed though.
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June 28, 2013, 01:05:22 AM
that is awesome!  very cool that she remembered and got it right!

I can never forget the name brown beauty.  I was practicing giving my strikes on a lady at work.  when I got to this part and I said his horses name was brown beauty.  She proceeded to chime in with "that is my stripper name!!"  it was hilarious.  Almost every time I give the strike and mention it I want to giggle :)
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June 28, 2013, 04:55:22 AM
nice job Syd!
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June 28, 2013, 09:06:32 AM
How could Revere not have owned a horse, when he spent much of the year before 4/18/75 riding all over the colonies to communicate and exchange documents with Committees of Safety?

It would make sense that he did not take his own horse on the famous ride, as he had to sneak out of Boston in a rowboat.
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June 28, 2013, 11:33:19 AM
Quote from: Rayne on June 28, 2013, 12:33:09 AM


When I first read the title of the thread I thought we might be talking about Brown's wife, cause I know we weren't talking about Brown himself.   ;D

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June 28, 2013, 11:36:25 AM
 ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^
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June 28, 2013, 12:18:27 PM Last Edit: June 28, 2013, 12:32:29 PM by SteelThunder
For what it's worth, in my wanderings of research, I ran across a reference that Brown Beauty was a Narragansett breed.   A Narragansett was a specific American breed...created for the needs of the time, specially bred to "travel long distances on poor roads", known for speed and stamina (but not necessarily beauty)  and popular with known owners such as George Washington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett_Pacer

http://www.horseshowcentral.com/flex/paul_revere_and_brown_beauty/312/1

Me personally, I think it fitting that the horse that enabled Paul Revere's ride was derived from an English breed, with a mixing of other traits, to become uniquely American breed.  A quote from the Brown Beauty article

QuoteInstead of the jarring two-beat trot, the Narragansett offered a smooth four-beat saddle gait, favored for its speed and comfort. In addition the breed had an amiable, courageous temperament vital in times of crisis. The Narragansetts were a direct derivative from Old English Ambler (palfreys) which had been taken across the Atlantic by the pioneers and later became extinct in Britain; and of course are the forerunners of today s American Saddlebred.

Those sound like pretty good qualities of a Rifleman...  ^:)^ :bow: :bow:


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June 28, 2013, 12:31:03 PM
Quote from: SteelThunder on June 28, 2013, 12:18:27 PM

Me personally, I think it fitting that the horse that enabled Paul Revere's ride was derived from an English breed, with a mixing of other traits, to become uniquely American breed.   Sort of like us...  ^:)^ :bow: :bow:

But the breed became extinct around 1880. 

Can't let that simile work its way through--hence, the bailing.   ~~:)
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June 29, 2013, 01:52:31 AM
Way to go Syd. You are a great example of how America is able to be saved from your generation up. Hope to see you at West Baden.
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