Street Racing It is the primal urge amongst male teenagers; put the pedal to the floor and see who wins. It is street racing and it has caught on in the U.S. over the past decade as one of the worst influences on young impressionable minds today. The feeling you get when your going fast cannot be replaced by any other stimulant known to man. It’s flashy‚ fun‚ and exciting until it goes wrong. The need for speed is increasing along with speed related deaths and accidents. Could modern culture have
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History of the Przewalski’s Horse Paula J. Gedman English 101 November 26. 2012 Matthew Haynes History of the Przewalski’s Horse The first species of wild horses was documented to exist 55 million years ago. The Tarpan horse and the Przewalski’s (Sheh-val-skee) Horse were the last subspecies of wild horses. Today the Przewalski’s Horse is the only true subspecies of the ancestral
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Horse jumping Many people may say that it’s a dangerous sport and that you have to be crazy for doing it but‚ after they try it once they won’t leave it. Risking your life is worth it when you find passion on and over the horse‚ finding lots of new‚ rich and encouraging experiences that will make you grow as a person and as a rider; as‚ when you jump‚ you need to be focused‚ you even forget about problems you may have‚ it helps you not being a rancorous person. When you jump once
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Horizon Horses The history of the horse is a long and fascinating one. It starts before any humans even walked the planet and goes on to the present and future. They’ve been used in countless ways throughout history including being a prized possession to many American Indian tribes. About 60 million years ago‚ the history of the horse in North America began. The first horses were small creatures about the size of a fox that belonged to the genus Hyracotherium or the more common‚ Eohippus. Eohippus
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Drag Racing Rebeccah Morris Colorado Technical University Individual Project Phase 2 September 2‚ 2013 Abstract For this project I chose the sport of drag racing. I could have chosen one that is so familiar to everyone‚ but I don’t know a lot about those. Drag racing is a sport that my entire family enjoys and you would think that we would be NASCAR fans because of it‚ but we’re not. They are two totally different sports. There is nothing like standing at the starting line‚ feeling the rumble
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Merlin I walk into his stable; my heart sinks as I see no progress in the depressed and temperamental horse in the corner. His stable is true comfort. It is deep with sweet smelling wood shavings and a huge bowl of luscious green teff. A small wooden window lets in the crisp winter air and the bright morning light. How can this not appease his rotten mood? His eyes are still miserable; his head is low with his pendulous lip brushing the bedding. His disconnection with life is questionable; is he
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Horses on the Camargue ‘Horses on the Camargue’ is written by Roy Campbell who was a South African poet and was said to be one of the best poets of the period between the first and Second World War. In this poem we are given large amounts of vivid imagery which shall be discussed in the following analysis. The first thing that strikes me as I start to read the poem is the fact that it lacks structure‚ it is only made up of one stanza‚ due to this the poem is continuous and very flowing which is
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Falls in Horses By Veronica Spaulding What is a rotational fall‚ and what can we do to prevent them? There has been a lot of discussion among the eventing community about how to prevent rotational falls — a fall where the horse hits a fence with its front legs or chest and its body somersaults over the fence‚ with the fence acting as a pivot point. In such tragedies‚ the rider is thrown out of the saddle and flies over the jump before the horse. In a worst case scenario‚ the horse can land on
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less violent. There is nothing so quick‚ nothing more patient.” Writer‚ poet and playwright‚ Ronald Duncan penned these lines in his poem “The Horse”. These excellent words bring into perspective exactly how I feel about horses; in fact‚ my best friend might be a short‚ ornery‚ little blue roan named Cinder. Cinder and I have had the privilege to go horse camping with an incredible group of people with whom my parents are members. Such occasions I will not
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order to show or suggest that they are similar. Literary Work- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Example: “That night he dreamt of horses in a field on a high plain where the spring rains had brought up the grass and the wildflowers out of the ground and the flowers ran all blue and yellow far as the eye could see and in the dream he was among the horses running and in the dream himself could run with the horses....” (161) Explanation: The challenges and the hardships John Grady faced
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