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    LETTERS

    Jul 24, 2018 2 minutes

    A wild ride

    “Self-Defense for Trail Riders” (EQUUS 489) reminded me of something that happened to my mom while she was out riding in the Santa Susana Mountains in California in the late 1960s. A man approached her and grabbed the reins, trying to get control of her horse. Luckily, the horse we had then, Freckles, was about 16

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