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Two fantastic titles paired for Christmas giving!
Think Harmony
An in-depth study of Horse/Man relationship
by Ray Hunt
edited by Milly Hunt Porter
“When you ask your horse to do something it should be his idea….He wants to do it, he likes to do it, and he does it.” These words are typical of the way Ray Hunt expresses his philosophy of the ideal relationship between man and horse
That philosophy is discussed in this book, in a manner that makes the reader feel as if he is listening to Ray talk. It is persuasive talk- gently persuasive; this man’s ideas make a lot of sense, and the success he has achieved with those ideas is impressive.
Ray Hunt traveled around the country-and into other countries-working with groups of riders who are interested in his philosophy of harmony with horses. As Gene Lewis says in his Foreword to the book, Ray’s theory is “to unite the hoers and rider into one working unity of both mind and body. He has developed a language that most western people can understand and has become a wonderful teacher, demonstrator, and philosopher.”
Included in the book is an interpretation of the “Ray Hunt method of schooling a horse,” written by Vincent W. Carpenter, who attended one of Ray’s clinics He tells amazing stories that Ray might not tell about himself and summarizes the whole philosophy in a clear and objective way.
Also included is a question and answer section, in which a number of the questions most often asked of Ray are answered in detail. And throughout the entire book runs the simple, basic idea: think harmony.
The Horse Gods
Old Mama’s Story
by Milly Hunt Porter
Milly Hunt Porter gives us a rare glimpse of subtle and not so subtle changes in the world of communication over the past fifty years – communication between people and horses, and people and people. Her first work was the editing of Think Harmony With Horses written through the eyes of foremost horseman, Ray Hunt. Her poignant poetry in Hey Elko is a collection that spans a time of personal healing. And, of course, there is True Unity, a description of the ethereal understanding between man as expressed by master of the art, Tom Dorrance.
One wonders whether The Horse Gods is truly fiction – or is it a longing of life’s search for itself. A lesson of ethics and love set to a background beginning on the wild 1950′s Elk County range in Nevada to the 1990′s San Joaquin Valley in California as seen through the eyes of a flashy little sorrel mare.
The story will be enjoyed, remembered, and reread by readers from nine to ninety, the characters will live on well past the last paragraph, and most of all, the author will become your best friend.
The Horse Gods opens with an aged mare marking time on an early Fall afternoon. Half dozing, she flicks her tail at the pesky flies waiting patiently for her last foal and her owner’s son to return from a most prestigious horse show. AS the waiting continues, the mare relives her past, the pages in her memory book turn slowly from the time she ran free on the high desert of the untamed Nevada range and how dramatically that changed when she was roped by a determined rancher.
Each new person who enters her world leaves her with a definite impression as to that person’s character. Her observations are surprisingly insightful and one will learn to read expressions of deep emotion, not through the pages of this book, but my looking beyond the written word and into their own heart and soul.
The pages of our little mare’s memory book take unexpected twists and turns spread over a quarter of a century of horse and human history. And although times change, it becomes crystal clear to readers the importance of patience and understanding between human and horse, and human and human, are utmost in our journey through life.
The Horse Gods is an endearing tale that takes the reader on a thirty-plus-year journey, told through the mind of an aged mare. It touches on many of the theories that influenced the horse industry from the mid-1950′s into the late 1980′s
The Horse Gods is Milly’s first work of fiction.
5 1/4″ x 8 1/4″ soft cover, 264 pages