<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Very cool...we'll have to get started making ours!</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure if this has been discussed, but will there be adult and children's races? As almost-official Chancellor Minor, I'd love to have specific races for the kidlets too. Maybe one of our craft activities could be decorations for our hobby horses!</div><div><br></div><div>Just a thought for the wee ones.</div><div><br></div><div>~Lady (!!) Annika</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 26, 2011, at 8:29 PM, "Tom B" <<a href="mailto:gmt53@ravenstreet.org">gmt53@ravenstreet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Greetings Pontoons!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">As you know – the Baronial 20<sup>th</sup> Birthday even for February 2012 – it will have the palio races – using hobby horses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Mistress Belphoebe found a number of links to websites with instructions on how to make hobby horses. There is even one that has instructions on how to make them with socks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://whipup.net/2011/09/20/guest-post-series-hobby-horse-pattern-tutorial/">http://whipup.net/2011/09/20/guest-post-series-hobby-horse-pattern-tutorial/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://createeveryday.blogspot.com/2008/11/make-your-own-hobby-horse-stick-pony.html">http://createeveryday.blogspot.com/2008/11/make-your-own-hobby-horse-stick-pony.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.ivillage.co.uk/making-a-hobby-horse/92145">http://www.ivillage.co.uk/making-a-hobby-horse/92145</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This should give you some ideas for making a fast steed for the race!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tirloch<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ponte-Alto mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Ponte-Alto@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">Ponte-Alto@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/ponte-alto-atlantia.sca.org">http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/ponte-alto-atlantia.sca.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>