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What's a Girl's Best Friend, Horses or Diamonds?

Can you answer the question in thebecause they needed to be fed and cared
title?for everyday morning and night.
Some fashion magazines, writers andEquipment and stables had to be taken
movies will tell you that diamonds are acare of and cleaned daily. Horses eat
girl's best friend - but not in my casehay and we had farm land to raise hay.
and here is why…This meant harvesting. When I was in my
Hi, my name is Linda Shute from Newteens sometimes I could be found driving
Jersey, and here is why riding horses isthe tractor raking the hay fields or
one of my greatest passions in life…using the baler, other times I may be on
As a child I think I was born withthe wagon behind the baler stacking the
horses on my brain, they've always beenhay for my horses. Then it would have to
in my life and very close to me in manybe transferred from the hay wagon into
ways.the barn.
Before I was old enough to drive I wasSince then I have bought, sold and
very mobile because of my horses.raised about fifteen horses. One of my
My uncle gave me my first pony Trotter,favorites was Friday's Anthem. As a
his color was chocolate palomino, he hadgirl of sixteen I won the "Rookie of the
no pedigree to speak of just your aboveYear" award for the "Girls Rodeo
average pony.Association" Eastern Chapter. One of
Trotter was very dear to me until I outmy prizes was a free stud fee to a
grew him. He would perform underquarter horse stallion. I bred my mare
saddle or in harness. I started outand the colt was born on Good Friday.
riding western because it was the mostI named him Fridays' Anthem. I trained
popular where I live.him for English and Western riding and
Sometimes I would ride bareback and jumpshowed him at local quarter horse shows
over small obstacles in the yard.I eventually sold him for $2500.
Self made fences like two columns of aThe horse shows taught me to strive to
few baskets or boxes piled up with aachieve more. Observe the competition
broom across the top. Not much to lookand see what they are doing, what does
at, but creative enough for an eightthe judge like, who is being pinned
year old kid and it served my purposehigher than we are. Train your horse
besides Trotter didn't care what itdifferent get him to perform different
looked like.or better.
Mom wasn't to happy a few times when weA diamond can't teach you that.
miscalculated and broke the broom handleI lived in the country and our nearest
then she had to go buy new broom toneighbor was about 3/4 of a mile away.
sweep the floor.My relationship to my Horses was the
Trotter took me all over, sometimes Isame like that of a close friend.
would ride him and we would go outThey each have their own personalities
roaming around for four or five hours weand temperaments just like people.
would travel ten or fifteen miles fromThey show their feelings in their eyes
home.and ears. If they're having a bad day
I would cut through farmers' fieldswhen you go to the stable you may find a
always careful to stay on the edge astail in the doorway instead of a face.
not to harm their crops that wereWhen you enter the stall you may find
growing. My favorite ride in theears laid back on the neck instead of
summer was towards the small town ofpricked forward you learn to read their
Swedesboro through the peach and applebody language.
orchards.They have dreams just like we do. I
A diamond can't take me to the orchardsremember this Standard bred race horse I
or share a piece of fruit with me.was taking care of, a trotter named
As a small girl of eight or ten nothingNoble Tryst. He was good enough to
was sweeter than a fresh apple or peachrace in The Hamiltonian. He would take
eaten on top of my pony. I would takea nap every afternoon he would stretch
a bite and give the rest to him, thenout in his stall and sometimes have
pick another. I felt like the worlddreams. He looked like a big dog he
was at my finger tips.would kick his feet and make noises.
Trotter gave me freedom to explore theYou don't see this very often in horses.
world he fed my sense of adventure.I never saw a diamond with a
Sometimes I didn't feel like riding or apersonality.
friend would go with me, since I didn'tOne day when I was working on the race
want him carrying two us for that long Itrack I was standing in front of this
would hook him up to the cart andfilly and yawned. Then the filly
harness and drive him.yawned, the one in the next stall
The only way a diamond can provideyawned, and so it went down the length
freedom is if you sell it for a highof the barn - just like people do.
price and use the money to escape fromWhen you're riding or working a horse
something.and ask for more they will give you
How can a diamond feed your sense oftheir best and then some. How do you
adventure? Now don't get me wrong, I'mask a diamond for more and receive it?
not saying I don't like diamonds. TheyIf you're having a bad day you can wrap
do have a big sparkle and look nice.your arms around your horse's neck and
They can also be very expensivehang on to something and they can turn
As I got older I out grew Trotter andtheir head toward you and wrap you into
sadly had to sell him for a biggertheir neck like a hug. I'd like to see
horse.a diamond do that!
I still remember the person that boughtThey'll listen until you're tired of
Trotter coming to the house to pick himtalking or crying which ever the case
up. We loaded him into the back of hismay be.
pick-up truck and Trotter was screamingHorses can be expensive, the initial
(whinnying) and kicking he didn't wantcash outlay for the purchase and the
to leave, my heart was being ripped out,ongoing upkeep. Now you can go out and
yet I couldn't keep two animals and Ibuy a grade horse, buy that I mean your
needed a bigger mount.average run of the mill un-registered
It was a hard lesson learned.horse for around $500- $1000.
Horses also taught me responsibility



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