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All right! There, whoops! They're on. When I was five or six, I came to the racetrack and I wanted to learn how to ride because I liked it. And since then, I've always wanted to be a jockey. my family's been with horses for generations my great-great-grandfather he was hung for horse steel i started riding in november when i won five races my apprenticeship started when's

you riding today all right the first and the second i should win in second race i've been in 110 races and i've won 22. what horses are there uh framed bird and gallant chance right put him on the machine take him out back him up a little billy so he loosens himself up good break him off the quarter pole let him work a quarter of a mile he's in tomorrow my father's been with horses all his life he's been a trainer for around 35 years he's coming out of the number one post position so you're gonna have to get him out of there a little better than you did last time because he comes from behind quite a way you want to get trapped in all right i started working horses when i was about 12 years old and i've always watched my weight i weigh 102 pounds i don't want to get any heavier than that luckily i'll stay light

i get on these horses and i exercise them and i work them it's just like someone who runs he has to get fit for a big race it's the same for a horse what do you handle himself pretty good you keep him well within himself all the way yeah the experience that you people are getting here that you have the opportunity to go over these pictures and see what you've done the mistakes there are six or seven other apprentices than i once a day we have video replays of the previous days races and that's where the stewards come in now they get in a bumping contest here now he drops right over on him daniel's clips his heels and he goes down anybody can add anything to this now rick started yelling to him way before that if he had taken out there because he knows rick knows what he's talking about and if he says this horse is getting in if he'd taken out then he could have taken out and gone around and avoided the thing i believe maybe he could have tried to you know with all the huss he had try to split him and go to the lead uh excuse me

when you're in a race there are riders that will try to intimidate you and if you let them know that you're easily intimidated they're going to take advantage of you you know if they if sometimes then you're you're on the fence and you're just coming into contention they'll try to crowd you little bit and they figure if they crowd you a little bit you'll take out of there quick just like you have no heart there wasn't even time for me to ask my horse to run up in there you know but you couldn't send them any more than you have you understand what has happened you're in a bumping contest now the inside horse trying to get out rick's horse is trying to get in and this horse here as you know is kind of a tough horse to ride anyways it's a heavy-headed horse and he tries to get in real bad and you're in a tough predicament so i think you used the only judgment that you possibly could use to be a good jockey you have to have the heart for it and you have to have a little guts and you have to be able to take constructive criticism it takes little brains and you have to want to learn

the key to it is experience when you go into the gate your mind is centered on the race you just think of nothing but the horse and you staying out of trouble you know watching out for the other guy and doing the best you can may comes around I'll be considered a journeyman jockey and I'd like to continue riding for as long as possible. goody, got a good mask. We looked in our mailbag for something to do, but something was missing,

something from you. So go get some paper and something to write with. The mailman will travel all through the night with your letter and then she'll deliver it here. And we will meet it, and we will greet it, and we will read it with cheers. Oh, one thing more, as if you can't guess, that's send your new letter to the same old address. That's soon Z-L-O-M, Fox, B-5-O, Boston, Mast, O-2-1-3-4, Sandy Salome! One, two, three. One, two, three. Uh-oh! Good, Daddy! Amy, how do you keep a turkey in suspense? How? I'll tell you tomorrow. making movies without a camera is easy and all you need is some white leader or some clear leader

some felt-tip pens lots of colors you can get them at any movie supply store or at a photographic store films come in different sizes this is an eight millimeter film and this is up for making home movies this is a 16 and it's bigger these are the kinds you see in school this is a 35 millimeter movie theaters use this in their projectors when you start to film take one of your felt tip pens and mark each side of your film this is this is to see if your pen's right on your film also to see which side of your film soaks up the pen when you start your film you can make stripes, squiggly lines, or anything you'd like. In order to get a good movie you'll need at least four or five feet of film. Most of the animation you see on TV is done by

a single frame. The space between a sprocket hose is a single frame. It takes 24 frames to make one second. You can make any designs you really want, like you make a ball bounce back and forth. You have to draw your design like three or four times. Then you can change it a little, because when it shows up, it shows like it's moving, and you change it It takes a very long time, so you shouldn't rush through it. You can make birds fly or fish or swim. You can make any crazy designs you really can't draw in the space you have. Black lead is regular film with a black coating on it. One side is shinier than the other. On the duller side, scratch the black coating off the film with a sharp object, like a straight pin a needle or even a safety pin but be careful not to poke a hole through the film safety pins are really easy to use and they work well your scratches will appear white when

projected on a screen you can decorate them and give them different colors by filling them in with a different different color felt tip markers To make your design move, make the picture different every few frames so it'll look like it's moving. And you should make your picture in between both the sprocket holes so you'll have the whole picture and you won't have half of it. Here are some films we made. Oh, that is nice to see too much. Oh, that is nice to see too much. That is fantastic. That one's mine. That is so good. Oh, yeah. I like that one. Oh, that one's mine. Oh, this one's good. That's so nice. Good. This is mine. Oh, that's good. Oh.

That's weird. What if he's sucking them in and sucking them out? Yeah. He pushes them in and then pulls them out. That's good. Pulls them in and then pushes them out. Oh, here's John. Split end. Split end job. Titanic. Oh, that's good. It's so funny because it takes you so long to draw these. The scratch takes so long. That's why I have the slime. That's nice. That is great. Oh, I love the color. Isn't it hard to do the scratch? Yeah. No. But it's the best, though. Scratch. That's nice. Oh, that's neat. This is so wicked. That's John. Who's this? Yeah, I like how the colors change, you know? Yeah, I like that. I love the color. Who's that? That's mine. Who's that? You're good at scratch. If you'd like a Zoom card on how to make movies without a camera, write Zoom.

That's Zoom, Z-L-O-M, Fox, 3-5-0, Boston, Mass, O-2-1-3-4, send it to Zoom. And don't forget to say Z. Then, when you're done making your film, send it to Cinema Zoom. How much does that bird cost? Ten dollars. I'll buy it. Can you send me the bill later? Oh, no. You have to buy the whole bird right now. Stop swinging!

Look at John's! Uh-oh. Give it a good swing. Uh-oh! My smell, Tim. Spice walk. Look at cheese. It's a baby! I'm not gonna do it. Caliphany. Long time ago. Dear Zoomers, if you could go on a magic bus and it could take you anywhere in the past, present, or future, where would you go and why? Sincerely, Lori Mill from Sunnyvale, California. Oh, I'd like to, um, this year when we were studying sixth grade history, last year, I, um,

The first civilization we studied was in ancient Egypt, in the Nile River Valley, and they showed all the, in the book, they showed all the treasures and stuff that they had. That must have been cool. I know, that's where I'd like to go. It would be neat if we need to go in like an old pyramid. Yeah, that's why I'd like to be there when they built the pyramids or something. I know. I'd like to go back way, way back, like to ancient Greece, because, like, not only was it a beautiful around the school of the countryside like it is now, but it was also a center for the arts and math and sciences. I think, well, I wouldn't like to go back in the cave this time or the way in the future. I'd just like to go in the past where my mother would, because I think some of it was funny, like you had to go to the outhouse at night in the daytime. Like, today they still have the things. Like, I went over, like, I went over my grandma's house or my aunt, my grandma's aunt,

my grandma's sister's house and i had i had to use the outhouse and i was too scared to go because all the animals like chickens roosters and i was scared of them like they stand in there like they're gonna fight you you know what i'd like to go um in a rocket to the moon no but it would be neat wait they had like an hour every hour to go to the moon yeah First you go through the clouds, and then you go up to the stars. I'd just like to see what it would be like in the future. Just to, you know, when they found out all the scientific answers, like which came first, the chicken or the egg? They might not have. Probably the chicken, because I don't think God would make an egg. I think the egg. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fifty!

One, a two, three, four. Well, a life on the farm is kind of laid back. There's a munchy country kid like me can't hack. It's early to rise and early in the sack. Yes, sir, I'm a country kid. Well, a simple kind of life never did me any harm. Living with my family and working on the farm. My days are all filled with that easy country charm. Yes, ma'am, I'm a country kid. Well, it got me a dog. It got me a fiddle. Baking on the hog and cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Hot dog, I'm a country kid When my work's all done and the sun's thick and low I pull out my fiddle and rots and I'm a bow My friends gather round for a do-si-do It's time for a country dance Well, I play, I'm a fiddle all day

If I could, but my ma and my pa wouldn't take it very good I fiddle when I can, do my work when I should Then I dance, me a country dance Well, they got me a doll, got me a fiddle Biggin' in the hall, take down the grill Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle Hot dog, I'm scared Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels I never was one of them money-hungry fools I'd rather have my fiddle than my farming tools That's right, I'm a country kid Well, city folks glabbing in a big limousine A lot of sad people saying that's the money king Folks, let me tell you now exactly what I mean Boy, howdy, I'm a country kid Well, I got me a doll, got me a fiddle

Bank on a hall, cake on a grill A lot of great numbers, but a funny, funny riddle My fiddle was my dad till the day he died He took me by the hand, told me to go suicide Live a good life, play a fiddle with pride Be glad you're a country kid Well, I got me a dog, I got me a bill Bacon and a hog, cakes and a grill Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle Yippee! I'm a country kiss! Thank you.

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