The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who persuaded the Epeius that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Epeius impregnable. Did the Read more…
While horse remains and related artifacts have been found in Late Harappan (1900-1300 BCE) sites, indicating that horses may have been present at Late Harappan times, horses did not play an essential role in the Harappan civilisation, in contrast to the Vedic period (1500-500 BCE). Did Indus people domesticate horses? Read more…
Saddle Seat riding is an English style of riding (as are Hunt Seat and Dressage), but it is a uniquely American style of riding used primarily on Morgan horses, American Saddlebred horses, and Arabians. What are Saddlebreds good for? American Saddlebreds also excel in western, hunt, dressage, combined driving, eventing, Read more…
The plight of the Tennessee Walking Horse This is thanks to one specific class that rewards an exaggerated movement known as ‘the Big Lick’. The Big Lick is primarily achieved by putting the horse in padded shoes that make them look as though they are wearing platforms. What do people Read more…
15 January 2013. The issue came to light on 15 January 2013, when it was reported that horse DNA had been discovered in frozen beefburgers sold in several Irish and British supermarkets. When was the horse meat scandal UK? January 2013The scandal broke in January 2013 and threw the vulnerability Read more…
the St. Jerome’s Indian Residential School. He then recounts his childhood, beginning with the stark statement: “All that I knew of Indian died in the winter of 1961, when I was eight years old.” That was the year Saul was taken to the St. Jerome’s Indian Residential School. The residential Read more…
northern Ontario. Saul Indian Horse is a member of the Fish Clan, an indigenous tribe from northern Ontario. He grows up with his parents, John and Mary; his brother Benjamin; his sister Rachel; and his grandmother, Naomi, in the late 1950s. What culture is Saul in Indian Horse? Saul Indian Read more…
Saul is found by the authorities and is taken to St. Jerome’s Indian Residential School in White River. At St. Jerome’s, headed by Father Quinney and Sister Ignacia, Saul witnesses daily abuse of the children; some die, commit suicide, or are traumatized. How did residential school impact Saul Indian Horse? Read more…
“Hockey is like the universe, Saul,” he said one day. “When you stand in the dark and look up at it, you see the placid fire of stars. But if we were right in the heart of it, we’d see chaos. How does Saul learn to play hockey? The way Read more…
Family and Tradition. Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse takes its title from the protagonist Saul Indian Horse’s family name, so it’s no surprise that family (and the traditions that families preserve) is one of the book’s central themes. Is hockey a theme in Indian Horse? Set in Northern Ontario in the Read more…