Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is indeed trivial after hearing about Gerry's wife Pat. I have lived long enough to lose parents, relatives, siblings, and most of my friends so I know how devastating an unexpected death can be. Again, Gerry, you have my sincere condolences. My niece's one eyed race horse, Ruby, died over the weekend of equine encephalitis. Ruby was the granddaughter of Seattle Slew but because she had lost an eye as a colt none of the large stables wanted to buy her. She was destined for a can of Alpo until my niece put in a low bid to claim her. Ruby showed real promise as a race horse. Not too good in the middle of the pack because of her poor depth perception but once she got in front, no other horse could catch her. She won her sixth race of the year on August 27 and was prepping for the next race to be run Saturday, Sept. 21 when she sickened and died. My niece told me she cried almost as much for the death of her horse as she did for her mother. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Ruby.JPG.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Ruby+racing.JPG.html Larry Z