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| Arrival at the Mounted Unit, San Francisco Police Department Golden Gate Park |
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| Mounted Unit Station |
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| Our officer gives us a tour of the Tack Room Historic Memorabilia and Photos Document some of the rich history of the Mounted Unit Second oldest unit in the country (1874), after NYC (1872) |
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| Officer Jeff Roth of the San Francisco Mounted Police. Tour of the tack room. |
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| "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." Somehow, I doubt these seasoned officers of the SFPD are ever scared to death, but I'm sure they would saddle up anyway. |
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| Touring the Stables With Terri and Officer Jeff |
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| Each horse in the Unit has his own blanket and plaque on his stall. |
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| Everything neat and organized. |
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| Desensitizing Obstacle Course Police horses have to be "bomb proof". |
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| One of the SFPD mounted unit horses. |
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| Terry, a volunteer who helps care for the horses. |
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| Officer Jeff tells me "there is a 27 year wait list" to get on the mounted patrol. |
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| We were honored to be allowed to wear the "colors" of the Mounted Patrol. We also were given "badges", and bought Sweatshirts with the logo of the Unit. Midnight would make a good police horse, don't you think? |
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| Midnight bows to Officer Jeff. |
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| Classic barn of the Mounted Unit, SFPD |
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| Fred Egan Memorial Police Stables |
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| The old logo for the Golden Gate Stables |
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| Separate from the Mounted Unit, The Golden Gate Park Riding Stables is now out of business. It was kind of sad to see it all boarded up. |
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| An officer and his trusty steed return from duty. Officer Roth told me he "smiles ever day" he comes to work. |
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| This woman has led Therapeutic Riding in Golden Gate Park for many years. |
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| "There's a lot of need. People need us for therapy, and we need financial support to survive". |
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| Terri and Midnight on one of the fabulous bridle trails in Golden Gate Park |
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| The trail leads all the way to Ocean Beach! |
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| Ready to hit the beach? |
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| We were very popular.... |
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| Thousands of people on the beach on a nice warm Saturday. |
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| We called ourselves honorary Mounted Patrol Members. |
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| Lots of city kids got to pet the horses... |
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| Moonlight is a great ambassador! |
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| Well behaved kids.... |
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| Fun on the beach... |
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| lets go! |
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| Terri and Midnight "on Patrol" |
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| One of the Dutch Windmills at the Western edge of Golden Gate Park |
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| Another great bridle path in Golden Gate Park |
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| Time for refreshments after a long day in the saddle. Yelp said Durty Nelly's was the place to go. |
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| Enter as strangers, leave as friends. |
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| Terri is heading to Cork, Ireland, in May for work... |
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| Irving Street, Sunset District, San Francisco |
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| I have no idea what kind of business operates here. Maybe cosmetics? Maybe groceries? |
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| Time to eat some yummy Thai Food! Marnee Thai, Irving Street, San Francisco |
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| Our delicious food. We had the specials. My favorite was the Green Mango with Shrimp and Avocado. |
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| Terri says "YUMMAY" |
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| One of my favorite places in San Francisco Used to be a huge Bath House right on the cliffs of Ocean Beach. Now it's a famous restaurant recently upgraded. Great stop for a sunset view. |
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| Another glorious day fades from view.... |
Love how organized everything is. Wow.
ReplyDeleteSuper jealous of people who get to beach ride :-P
Very nice pics,I was pleased to see you next to the fred c egan post.I can't find anywhere where they give info on whom the stables were named after and that is a shame.Fred Egan was my great uncle and for awhile I lived with he and his two sisters on edge of Ingleside terrace. They were wonderful,loving and caring and there will never be a man like Uncle Fted.At times he would take me and my siblings to visit the horses.favorite was black bill.This was around the mid 1960 s.Fred injured his back retired around 1965.He was the head trainer.A big strong man but very gentle.every won liked and respected him.They would tell me that when he retired a horse that Fred would have tears in his eyes.He passed away on nov 22nd 1979 on his birthday.At his funeral mass in san Raphael the had a very hard time not crying.Fred had an interesting and full life before he joined the dept.If your interested in hearing about his life feel free to call me,Bill at 775 443 2566
ReplyDeleteSorry spelling not accurate,the priest who said Fred's Mass had a hard time not weeping.For many years Fred gave Communion.
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