Terrible Accident at Lanes End

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the farm said with the time of day, and horses being bays, that they would have been very difficult to see until too late.

that area of Mt. Horeb rd is narrow and turns come up quick....I have no doubt that he wouldn't have seen them until it was too late to do much....and like I said earlier, the posted speed limit is 55 but people (myself included) go 65-70.

[Danzig]

it's really a shame, but any time you're dealing with animals, you never know what's going to happen. and horses really are not smart enough to know not to play in traffic.
back when i lived in maryland, we had a thoroughbred farm down the road. one day, my oldes son ( he was about six at the time) and i were coming back from the store, turned onto our road (a country road-but paved) and cars were backed up. what the hell i thought.

one of their horses had gotten out, and was walking up the road with about 25 cars following it. a lady got hold of his halter, and got him out the road. so we pulled in a drive--she said she wasn't sure where he belonged. i told her i knew exactly where. so mark and i walked him home. got there, no one home...so we put him in a paddock and went back later to let them know he had been loose.