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Breaking Colts

by | Nov 1, 2002 | Art, Guns and Culture

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Breaking a colt, what a sorry expression. Just curious, but have you ever thought of “breaking” your child? Kind of a sick deal if we use the term breaking in that context, ain’t it? I grew up breaking things. If it wasn’t a horse, it was a pickup or shovel handle or about anything else I came in contact with. When I got a little older, I started paying for what I broke, and I started paying for my ignorance with the pain that breaking a colt brings with it. When you get into a breaki


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