My step father used to tell me that as a young man he spent about a year as a jockey, and that "bleeding" served pretty much the same purpose as it did for humans - to reduce the quantity of blood in hopes of correcting related cardiovascular ailments. Perhaps it was a practice to help control blood pressure and bloating or water retention - now controlled with diuretics. KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > KYDAVIES-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 80 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [KYDAVIES-L] Re: KYDAVIES-D Digest [Bonors@aol.com] > #2 Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Re: KYDAVIES-D Di ["Tony Howard" <tony@howards.org>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from KYDAVIES-D, send a message to > > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Re: KYDAVIES-D Digest V00 #79 > Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 10:02:23 EDT > From: Bonors@aol.com > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > I noticed that Davis Douthitt went over to help Mr John Richmond "Bleed" his > colt. > I do know that I once saw an unusual device that was a triangular shaped and > was used to cut a horse right below and behind the horses ancle in order to > make the horse Bleed. The man that owned that device knew what it was used > for but did not know why it was necessary to make the horse bleed. Does > anyone out there know why this was done? Bob Norris > Owensboro,Ky > Bonors@aol.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Re: KYDAVIES-D Digest V00 #79 > Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 12:53:58 -0700 > From: "Tony Howard" <tony@howards.org> > To: KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com > > I look forward to seeing the answer to this interesting (especially here at > Derby time)question. Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Bonors@aol.com> > To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 7:02 AM > Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Re: KYDAVIES-D Digest V00 #79 > > > I noticed that Davis Douthitt went over to help Mr John Richmond "Bleed" > his > > colt. > > I do know that I once saw an unusual device that was a triangular shaped > and > > was used to cut a horse right below and behind the horses ancle in order > to > > make the horse Bleed. The man that owned that device knew what it was used > > for but did not know why it was necessary to make the horse bleed. Does > > anyone out there know why this was done? Bob Norris > > Owensboro,Ky > > Bonors@aol.com > > > > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe to this list in mail mode, send a message to > > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE > > > > in the body of the message. > > Turn off signature file for all commands > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >