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November 7, 2013
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![]() ![]() Oscar Wilde's Libel Case Begins (1895)When the marquess of Queensbury became convinced that his son, Alfred Douglas, was having an affair with Wilde, he began to rail against the author and playwright, publicly accusing Wilde of sodomy, a crime at the time. At Douglas's urging, Wilde sued the marquess for libel. He not only lost the case, but was in turn charged with homosexual offenses and arrested. Wilde was convicted in an internationally notorious trial and served two years hard labor. What did he write while in prison? More... Discuss |
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Those are gorgeous. Not exactly PC to ride with these days but I imagine there's less worry about that in Texas ;-)
Outside of rodeos, I haven't seen any "real" cowboys wearing them in a long time. We used to stop f/ coffee on our way out to the rig and some cowboys would come in around the same time wearing their spurs, clomping across the floor with a "jingle-jangle". -grin- We were running late once and pulled into the cafe parking lot and saw the guys putting on their spurs before they came in. We realized they were just trying to impress the two pretty waitresses.
I don't know much about horses, but I always thought they were to be used in more of a gentle manner than the old westerns portrayed, with a savage kick to the horse's flanks. I thought they were used more like a "tickle", but like I said, I don't really know for sure. I'll ask one of my friends who cowboys for a living. (or did, he manages the ranch now)
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