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On 30/08/2025 00:22, Titus G wrote:

On 23/07/25 13:04, Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

Verily, in article <105p7lv$lq3m$1@dont-email.me>, did wthyde1953
@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

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Only later did I discover that the previous tenants had also left behind >>> "Brat Farrar", an infinitely superior book. It pays to be observant!

I agree! I'd rather have Brat Farrar than twelve Gorn books.

This grabbed my interest and I have since read and enjoyed this book so
thank you both. Such a difficult topic but she made a brilliant job of
making it seem plausible with the possible exception of the final death.
Are there really trained competition horses which will intentionally
harm their riders?
(In the book there are two instances. Galloping under a low branch and swerving into a gate post.)

I heard a short serial BBC radio adaptation of the
story this year. According to that, I think the
horse just wasn't fully resigned to having a human
on top of it. And was there something about the
family money being in trust - so they couldn't just
give the horse to the milkman and get another one.
Also, part of the business in the story is when
a rider isn't told this sbout the horse.
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On 28/09/25 23:28, Robert Carnegie wrote:

On 30/08/2025 00:22, Titus G wrote:

On 23/07/25 13:04, Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

Verily, in article <105p7lv$lq3m$1@dont-email.me>, did wthyde1953
@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

snip

-a

Only later did I discover that the previous tenants had also left
behind
"Brat Farrar", an infinitely superior book. It pays to be observant!

I agree! I'd rather have Brat Farrar than twelve Gorn books.

This grabbed my interest and I have since read and enjoyed this book so
thank you both. Such a difficult topic but she made a brilliant job of
making it seem plausible with the possible exception of the final death.
Are there really trained competition horses which will intentionally
harm their riders?
(In the book there are two instances.-a Galloping under a low branch and
swerving into a gate post.)

I heard a short serial BBC radio adaptation of the
story this year.-a According to that, I think the
horse just wasn't fully resigned to having a human
on top of it.

The horse was a trained competition jumper and obedient to its owner.

-a And was there something about the

family money being in trust - so they couldn't just
give the horse to the milkman and get another one.

The brother who owned it was successful in competitions because he was
aware of the horses nature.

Also, part of the business in the story is when
a rider isn't told this sbout the horse.

Yes, an important clue. But the book was quite clear that the horse knew
that the rider would be injured if hand acted deliberately. I thought it
was anthropomorphism.

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On 8/29/2025 7:22 PM, Titus G wrote:

On 23/07/25 13:04, Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:

Verily, in article <105p7lv$lq3m$1@dont-email.me>, did wthyde1953
@gmail.com deliver unto us this message:

snip

Only later did I discover that the previous tenants had also left behind >>> "Brat Farrar", an infinitely superior book. It pays to be observant!

I agree! I'd rather have Brat Farrar than twelve Gorn books.

This grabbed my interest and I have since read and enjoyed this book so
thank you both. Such a difficult topic but she made a brilliant job of
making it seem plausible with the possible exception of the final death.
Are there really trained competition horses which will intentionally
harm their riders?
(In the book there are two instances. Galloping under a low branch and swerving into a gate post.)

I cant speak for training a horse like that, but it can be a real problem.

My mother was a keen equestrian, and I wound up doing a lot of
riding with her. More than once, trotting on a forested path, I had
to lay down along my mount's neck, least I be swept off by a low
branch.

Sometimes, it actually hit me, but my helmet prevented me from
emulating Absalom.

pt
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