Stupid State Laws - Washington 7

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

Wilbur, Washington

"You may not ride an ugly horse."

Now, that just seems unfair.  It's not the horse's fault that it is ugly, it was born that way.  And why would you not be able to ride an ugly horse?  In what possible scenario would riding an ugly horse be committing a crime?  Sure, your ugly horse may scare small children but that doesn't seem illegal to me because lots of stuff scares small children.  So, what happened to cause a lawmaker to come up with this thing?  I think I came up with something, but it is a little far-fetched.  A city councilman has a hot young daughter who is dating a neighbor.  This neighbor is part of a family that is in a lifelong feud with the councilman's family and he doesn't want his daughter marrying him.  It's a modern day Romeo and Juliet.  The councilman hires a private investigator to dig up some dirt on the young suitor, but comes up nothing that will stick.  However, the young man owns the ugliest horse in the city, so the councilman makes a bill that makes it illegal to ride ugly horses.  After the law passes, his daughter's boyfriend is instantly thrown in jail, thus reigniting the feud once again.  The two families duke it out in a shoot-out, both sides lose many family members including the councilman.  The ugly horse-riding man is released from jail and goes on to marry his sweetheart, but since the guy who made the law is dead, no one bothers to repeal the law and that is why it still exists today.  It makes complete sense if that is the reason behind this stupid law.  Otherwise, Washington is just a stupid state and has some explaining to do.

"And how do we deem if a horse is ugly?  For all we know, horses may find this guy super sexy."