We had to do some project in English where we had to make a Pod Cast on some subject from Regency England...
My partner and I got horses! How wonderful!
Ironically enough, Kylie is a person in RL, so she is the K, and I'm the D.
Though, it doesn't really matter anyway...
This is horribly horrible, and please only read it if you're really freakin' bored...
You might learn something.
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K: So Darlene, I didn't talk to you all weekend? What was going on with that?
D: Well, my mom was a little off her rocker and decided to go to the horse races to relieve some stress.
K: Really? Horse racing was one of the most popular sports back in the day.
D: Yea, but wasn't horse racing reserved mainly for the rich folk?
K: Yes, it was very expensive to own and maintain a horse. It was considered a luxury. You even had to pay a tax if you owned a horse.
D: Oh yea, I heard of some Prince Regent that had to pay annually 30,000 pounds to keep up his horses.
K: Wow, considering that people lived comfortably on 2,000 pounds a year, that's insane.
D: But his horses were all thorough bred, like any fancy race horse at the time.
K: Well were all horses thorough bred and that expensive?
D: Well no, not exactly, there were fashion horses for carriages, hunting horses, work horses and then donkeys.
K: Oh I see. wasn't there some certain kind of horse that was a have to have almost like a trend?
D: Yes actually the Cleveland Bay made you prime meat at the market.
K: Did owning four make you prime rib?
D: Yea just like owning 4 donkeys makes you an ass lover.
K: Besides being a fashion statement, horses were also used for hunting right? Like what did they hunt for with horses back then?
D: Mostly foxes.
K: How interesting. Well to me it seems like mostly men were involved with horses other than women riding in carriages. Did women ever ride horses themselves?
D: Actually women did ride horses, they rode them side saddle alternating sides each day.
K: Oh right, to keep them from developing an overly enhanced buttock on one side.
D: Precisely. And horses did normal things that we'd expect them to do today.
K: Yea a normal transportation or field horse was also a lot less expensive to manage.
D: Only about 400 pounds a year.
K: That still sounds pretty expensive. Did they have like rent-a-horse?
D: Yes actually they did. It was called jobbing. If a person needed a horse they would go to their local jobber who would rent the horses out.
K: So what about people who still could somewhat afford to own their own horses and didn't want to rent every time they needed a horse?
D: Many would resort to donkeys because their price range was only 5 pence to 3 pounds.
K: So if I bought the more expensive donkey I would have a high class ass?
D: I guess so.
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