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Leathertown Cutting Show Aug 11 Talk about horse sense Wednesday July 25 BjPAULDORSEY If recoOecttats of the Old West appeal to you or if you Just plain like horses then cutting horse competition is something not to be missed Getting in a little practice Sunday for a meet coming up at his area farm Aug Acton chiropractor Tom Thompson looks for all the world like he Just moseyed in off the range Hes wearing a cowboy hat old Jeans and boots hes chewing tobacco and hes a horsefly off his mare while a radio speaker perched atop a corral fence blares out a song about the good old days of Hank Williams and Patsy dine From the clouds of dust to the cackling of hens nearby this has got to be as close to the roots of competitive cutting as anyones likely to get this side of the Continental Divide Out there where the buffalo roam more than a century ago cutting was something that simply had to be done A cowboy horse had to be specially trained to work with the rider pick out the cow thats ready for branding cut it loose from the herd and keep it running separately until it could be roped Speed stamina and an inborn cow sense set the cutting horses apart from the thoroughbreds equestrians and plain workhorses Compared to most thelr once lets the reins drop are nothing short of amazing And if cutting horse is the true star of todays increasingly popular competitions then the rider must be the awestruck magicians assistant guiding a little with the reins here a bit with the knees there and then sitting back to watch and admire along with the crowds lining the corral It realty addictive Thompson serving as one of two mounted turn back men while Ingle wood veterinarian Jim Henderson does some fancy cutting nearby Founder of the annual Cutting Slow Thompson plays host to the free Aug meet for which a number of local businesses have donated prize money About SO competitors from a wide area ore expected to attend bringing with them years of see horses cutting cattle just like they did in the old days but the competitions stop short of roping and branding With a host of judges looking on the horses must cut two or three different cows away from the herd during a two and a half minute time period Exactly how the horse goes about keeping the cut cow away from the herd is something to marvel at The horse relies on instinct to anticipate the cows every move rapidly switching the position of its front hooves darting to and fro to cut off the cows escape routes and even turning In midair every hop skip and Jump in conjunction with Its rider The cutting horse owners have looked for the best stock bred them accordingly and groomed and rehearsed them to the point of perfection They know the horse that carries its head low and moves furtively toward the Haton chooses Flynn to carry banner Cutting downright say Acton bull runs man Tom Thompson of the increasingly popular sport that pits apeclally cutting against a shy and slippery cow Other area riders back Thompson claim and at area ranch August to show their learn from the pro free competition open to the public herd is the best bred for the Job Two turn back men wait nearby astride their own mounts to keep the cow from dodging off to the for end of the corral thus keeping the pace rapid While Thompsons farm will see some of the finest cutting horses in Canada and the northeast US Aug 11 the cream of the crop spend most of their time on the cutting circuit of the southern states Cutting has lis own Fort Ho S3 Chatter and regularly sees hundreds of thousandsof dollars change bands for one horse Thompson says hes seen individual cutting horses so valuable they need an armed guard round the clock Local businesses helping out the Leather- town Cutting Show this year ore Tyler Travel Willow Lane Natural Foods Acton IGA Acton Photo and Camera Acton Pharmacy Beardmore the Hide House ShortuTs Tack Shop Country Mart Biltmore Stetson Hats Design Dynamics and Thompson Chiropractic Clinic Town approves new homes for Park Ave site Last night Council op proved a zoning bylaw change so developer Ben si a con build four twostorey semidetached units on the northwest corner of Park Avenue and Mill St The lands currently have a threeunits onestorey residential building which is aged and in disrepair according to planning director Ian Keith in a report to council Skoko proposed to tear down that building and replace it with two buildings with att ached garages The public meeting last night was held to see if there were any public objections to the rczoning There were none The change to Bylaw 1358 will allow an 3 Special zone for the lands to have a re lot frontage requirement from 35 feet to feet as well as smaller front and rear yards The proposed docs not change the residential zoning The touch ALL YOUR Jw lighting a ELECTRICAL NEEDS UNDER ONE ROOF bafMjERRIE ELECTRIC Lighting Centre 8772264 twlJ A ARMSTRONG AVE GEORGETOWN 98t Official Opening PARTY HEADQUARTERS at 38 Ml Street East Acton THURS JULY 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