HORSE SENSE; TRIP TO LOCAL RANCH OFFERS LESSONS.Byline: Annette Burget Bailey Daily News Staff Writer The horses - Honda, Chuck, Repo, Jody and Sedona - stood perfectly still as the youngsters took turns with curry combs, gently smoothing over their large muscular frames. Tentative at first, Stephanie Montalvan, 13, warmed up quickly to the imposing animal known as Chuck. ``It's really nice what they're doing here - teaching us lots of things we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about horses, and it's really fun, too,'' she said. Wednesday afternoon was a special one for a group of 50 kids ranging in ages from 7 to 16 - they got a rare opportunity to experience life as a cowhand without even leaving the city limits. Two Winds Ranch owner Alvin ``Bully'' Caddin and his daughter Sally have been hosting young cowhands-in-training for the past three years, introducing them to equestrian equestrian a rider of horses. skills. ``It's something that kids like this don't get a chance to do - it's nice for them to get out of the city and the concrete and learn a thing or two about horses,'' Sally Caddin said. Caddin and his daughter explained proper grooming Combining, consolidating and segregating network traffic using devices such as digital cross-connects, add/drop multiplexers and SONET switches. Grooming is a telephone term that typically refers to managing high-capacity lines between central offices, carriers, ISPs and very large techniques, saddling and bridling in great detail, and the youngsters watched and listened intently to the carefully demonstrated way to handle a horse. Nine-year-old Jennifer Martin Jennifer Martin is an American voice actress who provides the voice of Ms. Sara Bellum, who is the Mayor of Townsville's assistant, in the Cartoon Network animated television series The PowerPuff Girls. approached Sedona as if they were lifelong friends, nuzzling and patting the animal. She hopes one day to have one of her own. ``I love horses. They're different than other animals - you can get on their backs and ride them,'' she said. The youngsters' visit to the ranch was arranged by Many Mansions, the Thousand Oaks-based, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , low-income housing organization. ``Kids are our future, and if we can give them the same opportunity as other kids, then they have a better chance of being successful,'' said Lisa Safaeinili, Many Mansions' director of resources and development. She said that without the ongoing involvement of the Caddins, the event, a favorite among kids, wouldn't be possible. Caddin, a ranch hand from way back, also knows a thing or two about having to go without. Having grown up in East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. during the early 1950s, he understands what it feels like to need a hot meal and a new pair of shoes, and empathizes with the youngsters. He says that without his mother's insistence that he break free from a local gang and visit a friend's horse ranch in Whittier as a healthy diversion A turning aside or altering of the natural course or route of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized change or alteration of a water course to the prejudice of a lower riparian, or to the unauthorized use of funds. , he might not be around today. ``That was a turning point for me - I knew right then, I was going a separate way,'' he said. Today, Caddin opens the doors of his 20-acre ranch to kids who might need a little encouragement from someone whose background is close to their own. He does, however, have a few house rules. ``No smoking, no lying, no drinking and no cussing,'' Caddin said. Caddin sees these simple rules as fundamental and necessary for keeping today's youths on the straight and narrow. ``I want to teach the kids responsibility - hard work equals integrity, and this is one way to do it,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Alejandro Santillana, 11, center, learns how to place a halter halter the simplest form of restraint for the head of farm animals. Comprises a poll strap, a nose band and a halter shank that brings the ends of the nose band together under the mandible. Made of leather or cotton or manila rope. on Honda, a palomino horse palomino horse, American light horse that, contrary to popular opinion, is not a breed but a color type. The palomino is a characteristic golden, creamy tan, with an almost white mane and tail. White stripes on the face and white stockings are common. , during a visit to a ranch in Newbury Park. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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