A Wish And a Wedding
“He couldn’t wait for cooling rivulets of water to stream over his stressed, dehydrated body. He had even contemplated falling fully clothed into a billabong along the way, but hadn’t thought he’d be able to drag himself out. Even his favourite workhorse, Fleetwood, was bone-weary.
“Only a kilometre to go, boy!” He patted the gelding’s long satiny neck, offering encouragement. Fleetwood responded with a nodding motion of his proud, handsome head. Once Fleetwood had run with the wild horses—until... he had been captured. He had broken in Fleetwood himself, though “broken” wasn’t a term he used. A station rule was that none of the horses was to be treated roughly. Only recently he had to let an otherwise good stockman go because of the man’s cruel streak.
Over the years he had developed a very different technique from the “breaking” favoured even in his father’s day. No spurs, no whips. He didn’t so much “whisper” a wild horse into tameness, though it helped.MoreLess
“Only a kilometre to go, boy!” He patted the gelding’s long satiny neck, offering encouragement. Fleetwood responded with a nodding motion of his proud, handsome head. Once Fleetwood had run with the wild horses—until... he had been captured. He had broken in Fleetwood himself, though “broken” wasn’t a term he used. A station rule was that none of the horses was to be treated roughly. Only recently he had to let an otherwise good stockman go because of the man’s cruel streak.
Over the years he had developed a very different technique from the “breaking” favoured even in his father’s day. No spurs, no whips. He didn’t so much “whisper” a wild horse into tameness, though it helped.MoreLess
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