The Horse Trader's Son

Horse traders are not generally known for their honesty.  In fact, they have a reputation for being low-down liars, cheats, and thieves (my Mom excluded).  I once new a horse trader who took a bet that he could not sell a horse that he absolutely guaranteed would not hurt anyone.  He led the challenger (and a bunch of us on-lookers) into the barn and showed us a horse that he in fact could guarantee wouldn’t hurt anyone.  He won the bet, because the horse in the barn was dead as a doornail, having passed away in the night.  While he may have won the wager, he didn’t do anything to improve his reputation, or that of horse traders in general.

Which is why I was so surprised to see this Craigslist ad for a horse for sale (text copied from the original ad):

Big grade gelding. Been used as a pickup horse until he got hooked by a bull. Think he has a split personality, some days he’s great, some days he’s a real prick. No secrets here, you need to tranq him to shoe him or he will try and kick your head off. He has been used for branding, moving cows, ranch roping ect. And like I said, some days he is great, we have had beginner riders on him and they have done fine, I have ridden him in the hills or gathered on him and he was fine,He is not great to catch, although we have him turmed out on 140 acres so he can leave if he wants, but in a smaller pen he is much better. he just needs someone that isnt going to take his shit on a regular basis. He needs to be taken and used. If you are looking for a horse that you can ride twice a year, well then this is not the horse for you., But if you use your horse as often as you change your pants then he will probably suit you perfect. We bought him with the intention of selling him and because we have more than enough horses he has gone to the bottom of the priority barrel. He is not a horse for the faint hearted, if you are handy and need a project or if you think you are handy and need to try and prove it. Please call 406-239-8634. I think he is about 11 years old. 15.3 hands. Anwsers to the name of Dick. Ok, he doesn’t anwser, thats just what I call him. $2,500 obo.

You have to give this guy credit, he tells it like it is.  What a refreshing change of pace!

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