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<H1><IMG SRC="logo.gif" ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=10 WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=144 BORDER=0><FONT COLOR="#800000">New
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Player Hint Guide: HORSES </FONT>
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<P>Horse Isle is the home to literally thousands of horses of many
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different breeds, sizes, types and colors. Once you have arrived on
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Horse Isle, the first thing you'll want to do is get a horse of your
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own. Before you can do this, though, you will need money to buy it,
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tack it up, get it groomed and shod and keep it fed, watered and
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healthy. Just as in real-life, horse-keeping is not inexpensive!
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</P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>Acquiring
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a Horse</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P>There are several ways to acquire a horse on Horse Isle.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="leasing_pen.jpg" NAME="graphics2" ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=19 WIDTH=198 HEIGHT=176 BORDER=0><B>Leasing.</B>
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If you are a brand new player, this is probably the best option for
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you, until you earn a bit of money. There are two hack stables (also
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known as livery stables, rental barns and so on, depending upon where
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you live) on Horse Isle: one in the town of Earton (the first town
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you will encounter when you debark the boat from Welcome Isle), and
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one in Appleton, a town on the southern end of Horse Isle.</P>
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<P>Leasing stables look like small paddocks (at left), and will rent
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out a horse for one game day (2 real hours) for a nominal fee. These
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horses are already tacked up, groomed and shod; but since they are
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not your own, you may not enter competitions with them, nor shoe nor
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do many of the other things you can do with a horse of your own.
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Also, when you lease, you lease whatever breed of horse is available;
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you do not get to choose. So consider wisely whether you would like
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to lease a horse at first, or save your money to buy one of your own
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(remember that you will need to buy tack as well before you can
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ride).</P>
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<P><B>Buying directly from another player. </B>Players have horses
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for sale all the time, and these will be of all breeds, colors and
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sizes—and ranges of experience and training. Watch the chat windows
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to see who is selling what. Prices for horses vary considerably, but
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on the whole, the more training a horse has (the "higher its
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stats" as players will say) the more expensive the horse. Some
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breeds, such as the Thoroughbred, are always very expensive to buy.
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Other breeds are extremely expensive to buy when the breed has just
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been introduced; but if you wait a few weeks, the prices invariably
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plummet as Dame Fashion turns her attention elsewhere.</P>
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<P><B>Buying a horse at Auction.</B> There are numerous auction
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blocks on Horse Isle, but the ones in Earton are by far the most
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popular. No direct negotiations with owners are needed at the
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auction; just don't get carried away and bid more than you can
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afford!</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="horseshere.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=19 VSPACE=10 WIDTH=600 HEIGHT=216 BORDER=0><B>Catching
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a wild horse.</B> Wild horses are rare in the Isles, but generally a
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player can find one or two a day. Different players have "favorite
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islands" for catching wild horses, and some breeds can only be
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found in some areas: Arabians, Akhal-Tekes and Australian Brumbies
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can only be found in the desert; Norwegian Fjords, Icelandics and
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Exmoors can only be found on snowy isles; Mules are only in forests,
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and Pasos only in Jungle. Other breeds can be found randomly on any
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isle, and in Horse Isle, no breed is rarer than any other.</P>
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<P>When you come upon a wild horse, you will see a notification in
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the <A HREF="mainscreen.html">Dialog Window</A> telling you that you
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have found a horse, and the breed the horse is. You cannot know what
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gender or color the horse is until you have caught it.</P>
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<P>To catch the horse, click the capture button. A Mini-Game will
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appear on the screen.</P>
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<P><IMG SRC="catch.jpg" ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=19 VSPACE=10 WIDTH=600 HEIGHT=219 BORDER=0>In
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order to catch the horse, use the mouse to pull out and position the
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noose around the horse's neck. Some players feel that it's easiest to
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"throw" the rope in front of the horse and let him run into
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it. Releasing the mouse button captures the horse, if the horse and
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rope are both in the proper position.</P>
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<P>Wild horses are wily! They run slow and then fast, they switch
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back and then switch back again, they spin, stop and run. And the
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rope will not stay stretched out more than a few seconds! It can be
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difficult to catch a wild horse, but with some practice you'll become
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an expert!</P>
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<P>Unless the horse is one that another player has released, it will
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have no experience points. This means it will buck you off when it
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gets frustrated. As in real life, just get right back on! A horse
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gets one experience point each time it bucks, and it will stop
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bucking when it reaches 25.</P>
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<BR><P><A HREF="money.html">Back</A> <A HREF="horses4.html">Next</A></P>
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