Mounted search and rescue

["Kathie" <kathiek@pacific.net>]

why is stuff like this allowed on the site which is supposed to be working 
on a msar standard....who cares!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Green" <muleequestrian@yahoo.com>
To: <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: [MSAR] MSAR "equipment" costs


> [Deleted included digest and HTML duplicate, added relevant
> subject line.  Jim, sorry for the delay.  -Una]
>
>
> I've been curious for a while about some of the other MSAR rider's 
> equipment, thanks for sharing.  Since I've moved to Maine, I've seen that 
> the average price for boarding is about $ 300 and up per horse. 
> Fortunately, Ive been able to find a barn where I can trade work for those 
> services, as with 2 horses it would quickly become prohibitively expensive 
> for me. I 've been around horses for about 22 years, and worked on a few " 
> dude ranches " over the years. If it weren't for caring for them myself, I 
> don't think I could afford to keep more than one. Both of my geldings are 
> grade horses, general purpose mutts 15 hh and 16 hh respectively.
>     As for gear, both are in hackamores. One is mechanical, the other is 
> an 8 plait braided rawhide bosal. He also gets a 22 ' braided horsehair 
> mecate rein as well. When I work him down to a bosalito, the other gets 
> this bosal and gets rid of the mechanical hackamore.  One rides with a 
> roper saddle, and the other has a reproduction 1/2 seat Hope saddle with 
> cut down skirts. It weighs in around 25 pounds or so, minus the saddlebags 
> and canteens. With a breast collar, I find that I can still drag things 
> with a rope dallied around the horn with the lighter saddle, as long as I 
> keep my butt in the seat to hold the saddle down.
>
>
> Jim
>
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