WILDWOOD FARM CLIPS & CLOPS OAK HARBOR Issue 15 Wildwood Farm CLIPS & CLOPS Oak Harbor SEPTEMBER 2020 YOUR NEIGH-BORHOOD HULLABALOO The Badass Black embedded with them for a year and a Here is a recent interview with Cowboys of Compton, half. His reporting became the Thompson-Hernádez: remarkable book The Compton California Cowboys: The New Generation of When did you first find out about A new book honors the Compton Cowboys in America’s Urban Black Cowboys in Compton? I was six. It was a Sunday afternoon Cowboys and the Motto they live Heartland, published by HarperCollins and my mom and I were driving down by: “Streets raised us. Horses in April 2020. Thompson-Hernández tells the stories of 10 black cowboys – Alameda Street heading toward the saved us.” from Charles Harris, a rider who opts Compton Swap Meet. I saw these two Black men on horses. It was the first Richland farms, a zoned agricultural for Air Jordan and a Yankee’s baseball time I saw Black folks on horses. It was area in the city of Compton, south of Cap, to Keiara Wade, the only woman the moment when I realized that there Los Angeles, has long fostered a in the group who has been riding since are a lot of different sides to history. vibrant equestrian community. In 1988 she was a toddler. The history I was learning in school Mayisha Akbar created a horseback A central figure in the book is wasn’t the only factual story. It was riding club for local black youth to keep Mayisha’s nephew, Randy Hook, who something I never forgot about. As a them away from gangs and violence. dreams of developing a sustainable child, I was in complete awe of the As members grew up, many kept business model that can inspire the cowboys and how cool and beautiful riding, continuing a long and rich creation of similar ranches elsewhere. they looked. As an adult, I came to history of black cowboys in the “We’re connected to Black cowboys in realize that the horses act as a shield American West. Today, a close-knit Philadelphia, cowboys in Chicago, and and even armor. group known as the Compton Cowboys also with cowboys overseas”, he says celebrate this legacy on the very same at his aunt’s retirement party, which The Richland Farms Property is ranch Akbar developed. Their motto: Thompson-Hernández attended. “We clearly more than just a ranch. “Streets raised us. Horses saved us.” just need the resources to do this in a It’s a place where the cowboys and Journalist Walter Thompson- big way and put ranches like this one in community residents can go to feel Hernández grew up in nearby inner-city environments where there’s free. There’s a lot of dangers outside – Huntington Park. On weekend drives a lack of nature, because we see that police violence, gangs – but inside the to Compton, he would see Black riders this model works. These horses”, he ranch, it feels like a sanctuary. People on the streets and along train tracks. added, “Changed us, and we think can ride horses and be at peace in a Years later, as a journalist, he They can have the same effect on at- way that is doesn’t happen outside. risk youth everywhere.” Continued on Page 9 WILDWOOD FARM CLIPS & CLOPS OAK HARBOR | Issue 15 2 Equine Acupuncture Acupunctureo detect this is problema procedure using in whicha tiny needles are insertedmotion at detection specific locationssystem called of the body for therapeutic purposes.the “Lameness This procedure Locator”.This was originally developed by thedevice ancient re Chinese,two dogs: who An believedEnglish that these anatomic locationsMastiff andwere an portals English in the Spaniel. skin. Through these portals, theAlthough ancient acupuncturistnot specifically could access meridians, or energymentioned channels, it was that most communicated-likely that with internal organs.they had chickens and pigs too. decreased fertility may be having difficulty clearing fluid The first cattle arrived on the ship Experiment-based research has since shown us that from her uterus. Acupuncture can help lead to smooth Anne in 1623 and more on the these points are actually anatomic locations particularly muscle contractions of the uterus, thereby helping the mare ship Jacob in 1624. clean herself out. rich in nerve endings and/or blood vessels. When needles are placed in these locations, neurotransmitters Or, if your horse has allergy problems (hives, skin rashes, and other local factors are released, starting cascades or a chronic cough), acupuncture, in combination with that ultimately lead to body-wide therapeutic effects. An medical therapy, can help control symptoms and improve acupuncture treatment involves placement of needles his response to other medications. Acupuncture may even into the points appropriate for your horse's specific be used to relieve jaw pain following a dental procedure, or problems. to help quiet intestinal spasms that occur during an acute Acupuncture is a very effective treatment option to help colic. minimize performance-related muscular soreness or to Three primary programs are recognized for acupuncture manage compensatory soreness secondary to other training, and each has a slightly different emphasis. All injuries. It's especially likely to be recommended as a three require that students be licensed veterinarians, with first line of treatment for your horse if he suffers from the exception that third-and fourth-year veterinary students back pain. and veterinary technicians can participate in some courses. 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