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Trip to Utah ends in Boulder with arrest on drunk horseback-riding, animal cruelty charges. (Boulder Daily Camera)
Drunk horseback rider arrested by police after weaving into traffic with a dog in
his rucksack and a beer in his saddlebag said he was off to a wedding 600 MILES away
• Patrick Neal Schumacher, 45, was spotted weaving in and out of traffic in Boulder, Colorado, on his horse Dillon
• He was stopped by police and given a field sobriety test, which he failed
• Officers found his pug Bufford in his backpack and a beer in his saddlebag
• Schumacher, from Colorado Springs, claimed he had been trying to get to his brother's wedding 600 miles away
more at the link, with pictures; and, Daily Mail:A 45-year-old Colorado Springs man is facing charges of drunken horseback riding, animal cruelty and the prohibited use of weapons after University of Colorado police on Monday interrupted what he claimed was a 600-mile journey from Larkspur to Bryce, Utah, to attend a wedding.
Police began receiving calls about Patrick Neal Schumacher's unusual journey around 2:14 p.m., according to CU police spokesman Ryan Huff.
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Police said the man struck the horse hard enough that it reared up on its hind legs.
According to a campus police, Schumacher was slumped over to the right and forcing people off the sidewalks. Officers asked him to dismount and gave him a roadside sobriety test, which Schumacher failed, police said.
Schumacher also had a dog -- a pug named Bufford -- in a backpack, and officers found a small black powder pistol and beer in one of his saddlebags.
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Drunk horseback rider arrested by police after weaving into traffic with a dog in
his rucksack and a beer in his saddlebag said he was off to a wedding 600 MILES away
• Patrick Neal Schumacher, 45, was spotted weaving in and out of traffic in Boulder, Colorado, on his horse Dillon
• He was stopped by police and given a field sobriety test, which he failed
• Officers found his pug Bufford in his backpack and a beer in his saddlebag
• Schumacher, from Colorado Springs, claimed he had been trying to get to his brother's wedding 600 miles away