JACKSON COLLEGE
CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-SPRING HILL
Notice out in the center is the sighting of a red horse. He thought he was quite
a vicious fellow.
I first heard him in the distance about 200 hundred yards away out to the east
in front. When
he realized I was there he started
snorting and stamping his feet then proceeded to gallop toward me continuing to
snort and bob his head in disgust. Hearing but not having seen him at first I glanced up
nervously thinking maybe I was in the sights of a mad bull. He came
on at me in a full gallop until he was about where he now stands and abruptly
stopped some 20 yards away. He and I squared off in a staring contest to see who was afraid of
whom. I stood my ground and he stood his. Well, anything less than 20 yards and I
would have resumed my staring from across the fence located safely behind me to
the west. In the end he lost interest and so did I and all was well except for
one thing. I was right and he was clearly in the wrong for it is illegal for
livestock to be in a cemetery in Tennessee. The fence to the east is clearly not being
maintained leaving the horse to run free in the cemetery.
So in the end the attitude of Mr. Horse is fine. It is the owners
fence maintenance that is in need of attention. Photo & information by
Wayne Austin 10-11-03.
