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A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to back up the natural aids (the leg, seat, hands and voice). The spur is used in every equestrian discipline. There are rules in most equestrian organizations about spur design, use and penalties for using spurs in any manner that constitutes animal abuse.
The very old word derives from Anglo-Saxon spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. Medieval High German Sporn, modern German Sporn, Dutch spoor, Frisian spoar. The generalized sense of "anything that urges on, stimulus" is recorded in English from circa 1390.
The parts of a spur include:
Spurs are usually held on by a leather or leather-like strap, called a spur strap, that goes over the arch of the foot and under the sole in front of the boot heel. Some western designs have a leather strap that goes only over the top, with a heel chain or a rubber "tiedown" instead of a strap under the boot. There are also styles with no straps where the heel band simply is very tight and slips on wedged between the sole and heel of the boot. Some spur designs have a slot for running the spur strap through, others have "buttons," sometimes on the heel band itself and sometimes attached to the heel band by hinges, that allow a strap with buttonholes to be attached.
Actors: Bill Erwin (miscellaneous crew), Jefferson Moore (director), Jefferson Moore (producer), Jefferson Moore (actor), Jefferson Moore (writer), Christopher Morrow (producer), Tom Luce (actor), Rodney Cox (actor), Brian Bowman (actor), Stephanie Vickers (actress), Matt Wallace (actor), Pate Walters (editor), BJ Davis (composer), Tim Kelty (actor), Pattie Crawford (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jack Thompson (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Chris Haywood (actor), Simon Wincer (producer), Bill Gooley (miscellaneous crew), Sigrid Thornton (actress), Tony Bonner (actor), Bruce Rowland (composer), Gus Mercurio (actor), George Miller (director), Tommy Dysart (actor), Adrian Carr (editor), Terence Donovan (actor), Jan Tyrrell (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin brothers who haven't spoken for years, one of whom was Jim's father's best friend and the other of whom is the father of the girl he wants to marry. A 20 year old feud re-erupts, catching Jim and Jessica in the middle of it as Jim is accused of letting a prize stallion loose.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th-century, american, aristocrat, australia, australian-outback, australian-western, based-on-poem, boy, brawlYou left your black gloves on my table
You left your dying horse in the stable
Thinking of a way to get you to stay
And up I was to fight the wind and waves for you
I?m an owl with giant eyes
I?m the scarecrow in the skies
The ultimate goal out facing the north
I wanted to stay inside and look down below with you
You never said then when I was in your arms
That was the moment that you lost your charm
[Incomprehensible]
And the trees, they never grew any leaves
Shake my arms, shake my head
I fell asleep when you got well
And I?m turning for the lights tonight