Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:25 pm
I would also think you'd need to find a number of places along the route that provide such things as feed and ivermectin, in case of worms.
On a more serious note, I am no horse expert, but if you ride a horse on blacktop, concrete, or other hard surfaces for several thousand miles, I'm guessing you're probably going to need a few horseshoes before you get to Florida.
If you are starving or thirsting to death at some point along the road, you may find that Americans, for the most part, are friendly and generous, and will give you a little something to help you finish your journey. But if you knock on some stranger's door and ask for two pairs of horseshoes, you might get the kind they throw in the backyard.
Don't try installing shoes on a horsie without having been trained, them horsies kick!
You can graze a horse along verges in many places, but it's not always safe, and it's also not usually enough to sustain a horse in hard work.
Yes, a horse travelling that far along roads WILL need shoes, and here at least, a full set of shoes costs $150-$175. Might be cheaper elsewhere, but a horse in hard work would need all four feet to be shod every four weeks or so. Not even Arabians, renowned for their hard feet, would manage to remain sound. In fact, it is a requirement for the Tevis Cup that horses be either shod or wear hoof boots.
For those wondering, by the way, the reason that 'ball and cap' revolver was mentioned specifically is because there is a loophole in the GCA which allows felons to own and possess ANTIQUE firearms, i.e., blackpowder.
HOWEVER, it is also illegal for felons to own or possess these same ANTIQUE firearms if the firearms can be converted to be used as firearms using cartridges, and almost all of these ANTIQUE firearms (or replicas of same) CAN be converted with just a bit of tinkering. Notice that Elmer doesn't give us a manufacturer or model number? Yeah, that's why, because we'd look it up and know he's possessing illegally (it's also illegal for felons to possess the converter kits). Lastly, what he has may be legal under Oregon's STATE laws, but illegal under FEDERAL laws, and vice versa.
I honestly don't think Elmer is planning on riding to Florida. So I am wondering who he is hiding from that he had to take himself and his horse to Gilliam County fairgrounds!