E N C O U N T E R S We Also Have a Racing Horse Horse is God’s gift to man, says an Arab proverb. The Cheyenne considered their mustangs sacred animals, and in 1971 the US Congress declared the Mustang as the historical symbol of the Wild West. Mustang embodies the beauty, speed, grace and intractability. Hence it is used as a metaphor in the automotive industry. The seventh “Štraparijada” in Ruma showed that – still, after all – we also have a racing horse. would be the stake. The prize fund was established before the official entry of the meadow. After the victory of Mirko Garov in Drinić, in 2006, they came to the conclusion that all this could not be left with a few contestant who placed a bet. And so, after coming to Srem, I organized „“Štraparijada” for the first time in 2010. Now, when it is held for the seventh time, we got people from Kraljevo, Kragujevac, Sjenica, Novi Pazar, Lučani, Ivanjica, Požega, Valjevo, Loznica, Banja Koviljača, Pavlovci, Žarkovac. Although in Srpska they have their own “Štraparijada”, although there is aggravating circumstance on the form of border rules on certificates of horses when entering Serbia, the competitors from the other side of the Drina arrived again this time. EVERYBODY IS PRAISING THEIR OWN HORSES This year, “Štraparijada” was opened by Stevica Kovačević, a citizen of Ruma, who had been, from various offices in the municipality, supporting this event. At the competition, the horses of Milinko Bugarin from Banja Koviljača performed the best, then those of Braca Borojević from Pavlovac, and Žarko Nikolić from Loznica. Their horses were the best in heavyweight category, in pairs. – Horses must have wide legs and be selected – explains Mile Đokanović. – Not every horse can handle it, but those that are longer, heavier and bigger. Such horses were once used to work the land in Srem, and today the horses are “out of work”. They also seem to have joined the “transitional losers”. All owners, of course, speak elaborately about their horses. Just like in the poem of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj “the Gypsy praises his horse”. But one also has to show this, confirm it. The seventh “Štraparijada” in Ruma was well attended, despite the frivolousness of this rainy May, which at times revived painful memories of 2014, the year of great floods. – I know, this is the 21 st century, and working with horses is a matter of the past. Still, many people still hold horses, some out of love, others for a necessity in – says Đokanović. – I also used to do a lot of work by using horse-drawn cart. Who knows, maybe the horses come into the spotlight again. Small households, of which there are many in Serbia, can still perform some lighter agricultural work in a cost-effective manner by using horses. Transport of smaller loads, furrowing of corn on small parcels, especially in vegetable growing, and much more, can be done with horses, and “does not cost anything”. No registration, strict regulations, penalties, tax collectors... I am seriously thinking of buying a medium sized horse. s 34 SRBIJA • BROJ <strong>55</strong> • 2016.
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