Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Lyons letter: The passing of Chance

IdahoStatesman.com - Full Story

by Joan Lyons, Eagle, Idaho

AUGUST 01, 2017 10:49 PM

About 27 years ago the Idaho Statesman ran a story about a man and his horse. The man is Bob Lyons and the horse was Chance, an Arabian Stallion. The original story told of Bob and his favorite pastime, endurance riding. Bob was a very experienced endurance rider who has completed thousands of miles on his horses, and won many awards doing so.

If you have ever ridden a horse or gone on a long drive through the Eagle foothills, you may have passed by Chance in his pasture. The Lyons moved into their Eagle foothills home 41 years ago. Then, this was one of the very few houses in Eagle. Five years later, they brought baby Chance home to join them in this Eagle residence. Now Eagle has grown and the house where Chance lived is one in a sea of houses...

Read more here:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article164904542.html

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