Mark, I had an older cousin in Mississippi whose horse my sister was riding. Long reins, one dropped, horse stepped on it at a run and threw sister off onto road and gave her a concussion. After returning from the hospital visiting her I hopped on the horse and went out jumping creeks. This horse knew the run under the tree trick too but I leaned way down next to his neck and only got a few scrapes and then ran and jumped him a lot more. This mount was a handful for a kid but was a real performer for my cousin. I fared better than my older sister.

I recall an old horse with about 4-5 little kids on it, bareback, just walking around the yard, parading for the parents. It walked out into a farm pond and layed down. Lucily It wasn't my turn yet.

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