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 ???



 

Bloody Shoulder Arabs

Some "bloody shoulder Arabians" and the legend surrounding them. :-)


Once upon a time many years ago in the desert of Arabia, there was a Bedouin warrior who owned a very special Arabian mare - a mare he rode into a battle and to whom he entrusted his life.

Theirs was a very special relationship, a bond of trust, love and mutual respect. Either would have given his life for the other. In fact, their bond of trust was so strong that the mare often "read her master's thoughts," doing exactly what he needed at exactly the right time , allowing them to win many battles and to be the envy of all the Bedouin tribes.

Years passed and one day in a fierce battle the master was severely wounded, falling across the neck and shoulder of his beloved war mare. Although her master was unconscious and she was miles from home, the mare carefully balanced him across her shoulder, carrying him toward home. She went for days without food or water to return her master to his family.

When the courageous mare finally arrived at the encampment, she was exhausted and weak, her master was dead. As the family carefully removed the master's body, they saw that the mares shoulder was heavily stained with his blood, leaving a distinct red mark on her shoulder.

Although they had lost their leader, the Bedouin family was eternally grateful to the mare for delivering his body from battle. They knew that the long journey had been very difficult for the courageous mare, and they were very concerned for her because she was heavily in foal.

Finally the time of her foaling arrived, and there was great concern for the cherished war mare. But when the long-awaited foal was born, he was healthy and vigorous and of exceptional quality. He also bore the identical "bloody shoulder" that his mother had from her master's blood.

It was then that the tribe realized that Allah had rewarded this mare and their tribe for their courage, loyalty and faith and that the bloody shoulder was a reminder of his favor.

Since that time, hundreds of years have passed, but once in a great while there is a mare of exceptional beauty, quality, and courage who foals a very special foal graced by God with the bloody shoulder. The Bedouins have continued to believe this is a sign of Allah's favor. Who are we to disagree?

A few more Centaurs

At the Village Blacksmith

Wilde Jagd

The Wilde Jagd (also known variously as Wild Hunt/Chase, Woden's Hunt, Herod's Hunt, Gabriel's Hounds, Cain's Hunt, the Devil's Dandy Dogs, and in North America Ghost Riders) was a folk myth prevalent in former times across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal group of huntsmen with the accoutrements of hunting, horses, hounds, etc., in mad pursuit across the skies or along the ground, or just above it.
Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to presage some catastrophe such as war or plague, or at best the death of the one who witnessed it. Mortals getting in the path of or following the Hunt could be kidnapped and brought to the land of the dead. Even just hearing the sound of the Wilde Jagd was enough to cause madness or death.