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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gentlefern, post: 2697826, member: 16438&quot;]I don&#039;t have any cards with horses on it, but this photo immediately took me back to my first ever classic book, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. My Mum read it to myself and my little brother on Sunday evenings after our baths.</p><p><br /></p><p>In chapter&#039;s 22 and 23 Black Beauty recounts vividly the detrimental effects of the over check rein on himself and his highly strung friend Ginger. In the UK we call it a bearing rein and it was the height of fashion to hold the carriage horses head as high as possible. I remember crying my eyes out at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think of it, I spent quite a lot of time crying at events that happened throughout the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t it amazing how a random horse picture can bring so many happy memories back? Cwtched up with my mum, dad, little brother and Glen our border collie dog, on the couch. Thanks for posting this. Terrible as the cruelty was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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