Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2009

Extinct race, "longhorse" reall or not reall?





























 
If you flip through old photos, you might be lucky enough to run into this now-extinct "long horse". It was strong, handsome and could carry up to four people at one time but, because of overwork, the horses tended to die young and, to put it bluntly, the population was eventually used to death.
The long horse extinct because he was getting  weaker at his spines, so they couldn't do their job very well!
So, they stopt breeding of this friendly big creature!
 
Long horses were introduced to Bali by the Europeans in the 16th century. When the Balinese first saw the long horses, walking out onto the beaches, they fell on their faces, trembling. Of the event, it was written by the Dutch explorer, Cornelis de Houtman:"The beasts are noble, powerful, and yet humble. To the natives, the long horses are as Gods and the Balinese worship them as such."

Even today, in Bali, there remains an undercurrent of worship and remembrance of the long horse. The sacred tree, known as Our Long Horse of Temoekoes (first noticed on June 17th, 1993) is a perfect example of this. The tree is "set apart" by a 2' high mark in the shape of a long horse. And even though your average Balinese would deny the belief of such a thing, thousands of pilgrims have continued to flock to the site, ever since it first appeared, to pray for miracles and healing.

Lord Marbury, the one time owner of his noble long horse thoroughbred.
Showed this portrait of jockey P.J. Tarley, sitting astride "Longbody Lightning.
LORD Marbury owned Longbody and, for a short time, while it was fashionable, Longbody was known as "The long horse that almost won the Derby."

"Longbody" was one of the last known long horses around. And he would have won, if he had raced. Instead, he was disqualified. At the last minute, there was an important "new rule" regarding length of flank; Longbody obviously exceeded legal measurements.

There are allot of discussions about the "longhorses" if they really existed or not?
But some pictures are the prove that they existed? ( old pictures )
There are pictures changed with photoshop ( not posted in here),but you can see clear that they are fake, but the old pictures are believable!

Take, for example, the urn, dating from 1400 - 1370 B.C.. it virtually proves that long horses were used in chariot races.
And the longhorse "totem" in the photo.
But also, they have at the National museum in Hautives, France, a "longhorse" skeleton!

In the most of the old pictures, you can see, that they were used, by military and parades, to warship them!

I tried to find more about this extinct race, but I can't find much more about it!
They try to banned the "long horse" from the world, because it was a mistake to create, a horse like this!

But in allot of historical pictures, drawings and story's, they turn up!

In the Netherlands for example there is a children's book, called "puk van de petteflat" the longhorse appears in the story!

It's amazing if they existed, but also strange that they slowly disappear from the world,because they were a mistake!
Who knows????


Okay, I found also a Lipizzaner "longhorse" ;-) :-) funny to see, but I think, this is a example of photoshop, even when they say: it is a real picture!

I think the best way to figure it out, if this lipizzaner was for real, is to ask "Andreas"??? maybe he/you know(s), or can recognize the picture?
The picture is taken at the year 1925, if I/we have to believe the story!

On the old pictures they did research, but there are still big ??????? about the lipizzaner? and the picture from "French army sous-leutenant, jean Gaymard,1938 ".

I only passed the subject "longhorses" and it became a challenge to find the truth, but for days I am searching, with still big ???



 

9 Kommentare:

  1. :-) LOL, I had all the names by the pictures and dates, but they are gone :-(

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  2. LOL :-))))))))
    This is so great!!!!
    Thank you for a really big laugh!!
    Especially, the extra long shabrack on the "Lipizzaner" made me laugh. He is a Quadrille in himself.
    Romy

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  3. :-))) This is how history is made! Within 200 years, when perhaps nobody will know a horse, beside those in the zoo... they discover those pictures.... and Cyber-Wikipedia has a new article :-)

    But I do know a Lipizzaner stallion, who had such long loins, that he could join this series without photo-shopping... ! (No, I won´t add a picture - the former owner wouldn´t appreciate this, I suppose :-)

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  4. The Lipizzaner was Neapolitano Santuzza, caprioleur during the Podhajsky-period.
    The original picture can be found in his books ;-)
    (the horse was a leetel beet shorter, though...)

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  5. So it was real, hahahaha, funny to know! But still it looks a bit weird to see :-))))) I still hope I will never have such a long Lipizzaner, more white hairs to clean :-) no, better, short and less white hair to clean, LOL :-)))))

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  6. Here you can find the original photo:
    http://www.lipizzan.com/morespr.html
    Like I said... a little bit shorter ;-)

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  7. A little bit shorter? there is 10 meter less horse :-)))))) But still, it is so funny to see, the long one! ;-)

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  8. I could see Podhajsky with a horse like this, he loved Dachshunds also!!
    Romy

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