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Rode today. Siren was an ornery little shithead until we cantered some under saddle and then she was the nicest little horse, just baby jogging with her head down like a stockhorse. I think she has to get the GO FAST out of her system first before she can think about settling down. She was not naughty to canter other than a little head shaking when I tried to grab a little mane to stabilize myself. Really tried her level best, for the most part.

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Andalusian

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🩵🫐 Blue 🫐🩵 and 💜🪻 Lilac 🪻💜

(Updated!)

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Abba, rains, Africa, the opposite of blessing.

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Happy birthday!! Rosie had a boy and a girl!!

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Carriage dog

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I'm growing to like bay mares

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Dutch got to play sheepies tonight 🥰

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This weekend has been a weekend of Collies, Collies, and more Collies! 💕🥰

Only one of these is a study of a real dog. Can you guess which? 😁

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ALICE SISTY, about 1938. May I tell the tale of how a New Jersey gal gained fame for her 2-horse Roman jumping? In 1928 after obtaining her divorce in Reno at age 22, Alice Sisty rode a horse from Reno to her New Jersey home. On her trek of 3,000 miles, she sometimes slept outdoors in isolated locations and endured desert heat, snow at the continental divide, and rains. After the extensive national publicity of her ride, she joined Miller’s 101 Ranch Wild West Show. She later freelanced, riding bulls and broncs and performing trick riding at rodeos.

After months of training, in 1936 she became the first woman in rodeo history to perform 2-horse Roman riding jumps. For 15+ years, she was one of the nation’s highest-paid female rodeo stars and won numerous crowns in bronc riding as well as all-around cowgirl titles. Text and digital restoration by Gary Coffrin. A low-resolution eBay scan of a Ralph R. Doubleday postcard was my source file. Click or stretch image to enlarge.

— Some Curious History —

The car was Alice Sisty’s own Cord, one of only 205 model 810/812 convertibles made by Auburn Automobile Company during 1936-37. Front-wheel drive and retractable headlights were among its innovative features.

I am shocked that Alice Sisty is not in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She had numerous wins in professional rodeos. Her daring feats made her a headline performer at arenas in every state.

At age 17 in 1923, Alice Sisty eloped with Allen Zook, a Harvard graduate, after knowing him only one week. In 1928, she obtained her divorce in Reno, presumably because no state had more lenient requirements for divorce than Nevada.

In 1929, Alice Sisty married Earl Sutton Jr., a rodeo contestant. In 1932, she married rodeo star and western showman Milt Hinkle, who was 25 years older, on horseback in a rodeo arena. In 1942, she married her fourth husband, Henning Sommer, who was nine years younger than Sisty. She died in 1953 at age 47 after an extensive illness.

Alice Sisty was born in January 1906, but later accounts listed 1909 and even 1913. It was not unusual for female performers to claim dates of birth that were later than actual. Her fourth husband, nine years younger, was born in 1915. That may have prompted someone to list Sisty’s date of birth as 1913, closer to that of her final husband.

Alice Sisty grew up in an affluent New Jersey home, not far from a racetrack owned by her grandfather. Her remarkable life has never been chronicled in a book or screenplay, although she had extensive press coverage during her life.

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Sometimes it is what it is. Ride was ok. In-between fighting with her anticipating whatever she thought we were doing and her spooking and bolting four times in fifteen minutes, it was a pretty good work.

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Mimberly!!!

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Happy birthday to these strapping lads!

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I swear to God Beef picks up every little tummy upset that goes around. Are there any immune support supplements or stomach soothing supplements I can put her on to make this less frequent? She has no problem eating everything, no allergies, no nothing, just the worst time whenever we get dog cooties. It manifests as stomach spasms when puking that cause her to almost immediately have diarrhea as well. She is just miserable and loses a lot of weight whenever this happens.

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🩵🫐 Blue 🫐🩵

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I cantered Siren tonight for the first time. She hadn't been ridden in over a week and there was all sorts of traffic in the parking lot, but she was a perfect angel. Initially, I thought she was on the wrong lead, but I was willing to reward the effort. Turns out she WAS picking up the correct lead, just was a little more rough than expected and we soon found our groove.