Donovan “Van” Ketzler: “I was a cavalryman, I am a cavalryman, and I'll die a cavalryman.”

[Captain Long Story, US Cavalry]

Of Ketzler boot fame -

 

 

And it's almost a certainty that he's the oldest cavalryman still
jumping horses — or at least he was until the beginning of the year,
when he finally decided to put his jumping days behind him.

“My
horse and I got into a conversation and he told me I was too old to
jump,” Ketzler says. “And I told him he was too old, too.”

 

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130411/LIVING/704119961/1696

[Pulp, SASS#28319]

Great story, thanks for sharing.

[S. Quentin Quale, Esq. SASS 9953]

A gentleman of the first order. I've competed with him at the National Cavalry Competition and Bivouac for many years. A fine horseman, too.

 

SQQ

[Utah Bob #35998]

I was a cavalryman once, and skinny.

But they wouldn't give me a horse.