Divorce in middle age: starting with the manor system

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"Brother-in-law, I can sell you three American pintos!"

After a long time, Fu Hong said with a smile.

"American Pinto?" Wu Qingfeng was a little surprised.

Fu Hong has American fancy horses, which makes him quite surprised, but American fancy horses are the most common horses. As long as you have money, channels are not a problem.

"You three American pinto horses, which type are they?" Wu Qingfeng asked curiously.

Fu Hong thought for a while and said, "Hunting horses!"

"I personally like hunting horses." Fu Hong added with a smile.

Wu Qingfeng nodded.

The American Pinto Horse is strictly a hybrid horse, and the hybrid type can be said to be related to most well-known Western horse breeds.

Although most people's impression of American pinto horses comes from the brave Native American Indians, in fact, the American pinto horse originated in Europe.

When the Spaniards explored the New World, they brought Barbs with many European horse ancestry. It is generally believed that the spotted horses are actually descended from Arabian horses, because they appear on ancient Middle Eastern artworks. There have been patches of color.

The appearance of pinto horses on the Russian steppes proves that the spotted horses came to Europe as early as the Roman Empire.

Since Spanish explorers first landed in the New World in 1519, these conquistadors and their retinues brought many Spanish horses to explore the vast land.

According to Diaz del Castillo, a Spanish historian who traveled with the expedition, there was a horse called Pinto with white markings on its feet, and there were many black and white horses with white spots on the black body. .

This is the earliest description of pinto horses in the New World of America.

By the early 1800s, the descendants of these Spanish horses had become wild horses, roaming the deserts and prairies of the western United States in herds, many with white patches.

Because the Indians liked the spots and abilities of these horses, they began to raise and ride pinto horses.From the 1800s to the 1900s, this pinto horse went by many different names, like Pinto, Paint, Skewbald, and Piebald.

So, the American pinto horse is longer than the history of the United States.

In addition, in the United States, pinto horses and American pinto horses both refer to pinto horses, but there is one obvious difference between the two. Pinto horses can be horses of any bloodline, but some places stipulate that pinto horses cannot be heavy horses; To qualify for registration, a pinto horse must belong to the American Pinto Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or the Thoroughbred Racing Association, that is, the horse's sire must be one of these three associations.

In other words, all American Pint horses can also be Pint horses, but not all Pint horses can be American Pint horses.

Generally, although the American Pinto Horse Association accepts registration of any one type of pinto horse, it still divides them into four types.

The first type is riding type.

Primarily British riding breed Hackney, American riding stallion Tennessee Walker, or Missouri Foxtrot.

This pinto horse is very active and suitable for English equestrian, western equestrian riding and cart competitions.

The second type of hunting horse.

Mainly thoroughbreds.

Suitable for hunting activities and western equestrian riding.

The third horse type.

Mainly American Quarter Horse and American Pinto Horse bloodlines, usually horses registered with both APHA and PtHA fall into this category.

Also suitable for hunting activities and western equestrian riding.

The fourth type is leisure

Mainly Arabian and Morgan bloodlines, suitable for English and Western general riding.

There are two main types of suits on American pintos: Tobiano (pronounced two be yah no) and Overo (pronounced oh vair oh), which have a lot to do with genetics.

Things get interesting when the Tobiano is crossed with the Overo, sometimes resulting in a horse of another color called the Tovero (pronounced tow vair oh).

Tobiano: The dark part usually covers one or both sides of the ventral side.

The limbs are usually white, at least below the knees of the forelimbs and the fly knot of the hind limbs.

The plaques are regular in shape, oval or round, from the neck down to the chest, and appear to be wearing scutes.It can be more dark or more white.

The markings on the head are the same as on a single-coloured horse, which may have no, stars, stripes, white spots, or white faces.Tails are usually of two colors.

Overo: The white part usually does not pass through the horse's back between the nail and the tail, and the white patches are usually irregular, scattered or splashed.

It can be more dark or more white.At least one but often all four are dark.

The logo on the head is very obvious, usually a white face, white head or white skirt.

The tail is usually only one color.

Tovero: Mainly dark around the ears and possibly down to the forehead or around the eyes.

One or both eyes are blue.

It is also dark around the mouth and may spread to the sides of the face as spots.

There are plaques of varying sizes on the chest that may also extend to the neck.

The ventral plaques are arranged in a row, usually smaller ones, extending from the lower abdomen to the waist.

There are also plaques of different sizes on the base of the tail.

Anyway, the color of the American pinto horse can be said to be the most amazing genetic map in the world.

Another interesting point is that the American Thoroughbred Association does not recognize American pinto horses as thoroughbred horses. All American pinto horses cannot be registered with the American Thoroughbred Horse Association, although American pinto horses have a longer history than Americans. .

"can!"

Wu Qingfeng nodded, then looked at Fu Hong with a smile and asked, "How much is it?"

"Haha... Brother-in-law, why are you talking about money? I gave you these three American fancy horses." Fu Hong said with a big hand and smiled.

Wu Qingfeng was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

"Okay, when you sell the foal, the money will be deducted from it."

He's not stupid. Fu Hong certainly didn't give him away for free, and he's not a fool or a rich fool.

Although American fancy horses are not expensive, the average price is around 10 yuan, especially imported from the United States. A horse worth 10,000 yuan has a tariff of nearly [-] yuan and a shipping fee of [-] to [-] yuan.

Obviously, this is a deposit.

Sure enough, upon hearing Wu Qingfeng's words, Fu Hong nodded.

"Brother-in-law, when do you want it?" Fu Hong asked.

"I'm free. You can ask someone to deliver it if you have time, or let me ask someone to pull it." Wu Qingfeng laughed.

"Let me send someone to bring it to you!" Fu Hong thought for a while and smiled.

For the sake of the future horse, he must of course try his best to make friends with Wu Qingfeng. In addition, he and Li Xiaoping are very good buddies, and Wu Qingfeng is Li Xiaoping's brother-in-law, so they are naturally close.

"it is good!"

Wu Qingfeng nodded.

He understood that Fu Hong wanted to befriend him, and he did not refuse. Although there was a big age gap between the two, Fu Hong was able to play with Li Xiaoping. Maybe their parents had friendship.

For such a person who is either rich or noble, building a relationship is not a bad thing after all.

(End of this chapter)