Equestrian fashion through the ages

The Vintage Fashion Guild has a wonderful gallery of ladies’ equestrian fashion through the ages (above: an ad from October 1858). Nothing I love better than a big fancy hat!

RCMP ask for help after finding evidence in wild horse shootings

From the CBC:

Alberta Mounties hope a wristwatch, a disposable coffee cup, a hamburger wrapper and a plastic sausage roll container will lead them to whoever is killing horses in the western foothills.

On Wednesday, RCMP released photographs of the items found in the area, near the town of Sundre, about 85 kilometres northwest of Calgary.

Police also found the carcasses of a moose and a deer, and believe all the animals, including seven wild horses, have been killed by the same culprits since late December.

The Timex watch has an NFL Atlanta Falcons logo on the face and an interlocking bracelet.

As well, police hope restaurant or store staff may recognize the hamburger wrapper and the plastic container that has the words “sausage roll” written on it.

“Those are fairly unique. We think someone can say, ‘Yep, I remember that person buying it at the store.’ And when you look at the items themselves, the writing on the package is from the clerk and that clerk should know their own writing,” said Sgt. Patrick Webb.

Webb said he realizes people may feel hesitant about turning in a friend.

“But you’ve got to think about the crime that was done here. There were seven horses that were killed, along with a moose and a deer with wastage of meat at that time. So this is a situation where we want to find these people.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

A reward offered for information that leads to the shooter or shooters by the Wild Horses of Alberta Society has now reached $10,000.