The Rural Voice, 1980-06, Page 38Carolyn's horses have taught her
"responsibility. It is my responsibility to
make sure that Gaileyna and Tartan get
ridden and exercised and to look after
them. What I feel my horse has given me,
not tan -fit' mei is friendship. If you have
ridden, worked and fed a horse for years,
it becomes your best friend. You will
have hours of fun. My horse has improved
my horsemanship and my sportsmanship.
You have to be able to come out of the ring
smiling and patting your horse if your
horse has done well and not placed. I have
also learned to be patient, because when
you are working with a young horse for
weeks, it may seem like you're not getting
anywhere, but you must be patient."
Her future plans are set-" I have been
accepted by a horse trainer to apprentice
with him for two years starting this
summer."
He'll be getting a good apprentice. In
the last two years in 4-H, Carolyn has been
Senior Champion Showman, Champion
County Showman, and Reserve Senior
Champion Showman.
Lori Cameron, 15, joined 4-H for the first
time in 1979. Her horse, Cindy, has been
owned by the Cameron s for 51/2 years. Lori
says Cindy is "quite stubborn and likes to
have her own way. She also loves a lot of
attention."
"Due to mistakes made by a professional
trainer, we decided we would start a
re-training program through what 4-H
taught me. Voice commands were the first
on my list, i.e. walk, trot and lope, etc. By
using the lunge line, we tried to teach her
to calm down and to obey my commands. I
found I was quite successful (with a lot of
help) but it took the whole of last summer
to accomplish."
"By doing the training program, she has
taught me to have more patience and also
have respect for her. She has taught me by
loving and yet being firm, you will get
more response from your horse."
Cindy is also a born ham -as are most
horses. Lori remembers the time "we were
getting the horse ready for a show. My
mother had a cup of tea in her hand and
was also holding Cindy. When I turned to
see what was going on, Cindy had her lips
in the tea cup trying to drink the tea."
Lori feels 4-H has been very helpful. "It
helped me with a re-training and
re -feeding program for my horse. You get
the chance to meet a lot of other people and
share their ideas -my parents also learned
more about horses being they are welcome
to sit in on the meetings."
The future for Lori -"My future plans are
to keep showing and maybe someday
breeding horses."
Four talented young women. using
patience, love, but firmness in their
handling of horses. Most children do.
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