Concrete Cowboys roam the streets of Philadelphia
A number of Philadelphia youth have taken to a century-long tradition of urban cowboys and horsemanship. It’s a way to keep kids out of trouble by teaching them riding and caring for horses.
- Philadelphia horsemen John Morris (hat) and Chris Coger go for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horsemen John Morris (hat) and Chris Coger go for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horsemen Chris Coger goes for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horsemen John Morris (hat) and Chris Coger go for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horsemen John Morris goes for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- A horse grazes in a field behind a horse trailer at the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club in North Philadelphia May 16, 2017. The club, a non-profit organization devoted to inner-city horsemanship in north Philadelphia, has used the century-long tradition of black urban cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia as a way to keep kids out of trouble by teaching them riding and caring for horses. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Jamil Prettis stands with a horse at the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club in North Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. The club, a non-profit organization devoted to inner-city horsemanship in north Philadelphia, has used the century-long tradition of black urban cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia as a way to keep kids out of trouble by teaching them riding and caring for horses. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- A horse is tied up outside the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club in North Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horseman John Morris goes for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horseman Chris Coger goes for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
- Philadelphia horsemen John Morris (hat) and Chris Coger go for a evening ride in the streets of Philadelphia on May 16, 2017. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)