Two
chapters in this book make the "Spanish thunderbolts," as Jack
Thorp called the mustangs and Spanish cow horses, graze, run,
pitch, and go gentle ways as free as the wind. "Five Hundred
Mile Horse Race" is a great story. No other range man
excepting Ross Santee has put down so much everyday horse lore
in such a fresh way.
TWEEDIE, MAJOR GENERAL W. _The Arabian Horse: His Country and
People_, Edinburgh and London, 1894. One of the few horse
books to be classified as literature. Wise in the blend of
horse, land, and people.
WENTWORTH, LADY. _The Authentic Arabian Horse and His
Descendants_, London, 1945. Rich in knowledge and both
magnificent and munificent in illustrations. Almost
immediately after publication, this noble volume entered the
rare book class.
WYMAN, WALKER D. _The Wild Horse of the West_, Caxton,
Caldwell, Idaho, 1945. A scholarly sifting of virtually all
available material on mustangs. Readable. Only thorough
bibliography on subject so far published.
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The Bad Man Tradition
PLENTY of six-shooter play is to be found in most of the books
about old-time cowboys; yet hardly one of the professional bad
men was a representative cowboy.
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