Introduction | p. vii |
Mustang Texas | |
Mustangs and Mustanging in Southwest Texas | p. 3 |
A Mustanger of 1850 | p. 22 |
Nicking the Mustang | p. 44 |
From Mustangs to Mules | p. 47 |
The Mustanger Who Turned Mustang | p. 61 |
Mustangs of the Staked Plains | |
Fifty Thousand Mustangs | p. 69 |
Mustanging on the Staked Plains | p. 96 |
Black Kettle | p. 102 |
Comanche Horses | |
Legendary Wild Horses | |
Adam and Eve of the Mustangs | p. 153 |
The Ghost Horse | p. 155 |
The Deathless Pacing White Stallion | p. 171 |
Caballos | |
The Horse of the Pampas | p. 187 |
Horse Lore of the Conquest | p. 197 |
Mexican Color Terms for Horses | p. 227 |
Cow Horse Names, Colors and Cures | p. 234 |
A-Riding and A-Pitching | |
Corazon | p. 253 |
Texas-Mexican Horse-Breaking | p. 269 |
Pitching Horses and Panthers | p. 291 |
Ballad of Manuel Rodriguez | p. 304 |
A Man and His Horse | |
He Knew His Master's Voice | p. 309 |
A Horse Never Forgets | |
Cristiano, A Sentinel Horse | p. 316 |
Sorrel Top, Booger-Hunter | p. 319 |
Teaching a Horse | p. 312 |
Anti-Indian Horse | p. 325 |
Canelo, A True War Horse | p. 339 |
Horse Sense | p. 343 |
Death Comes at a Trot | p. 351 |
Horse Heroes | |
Canebrake and the Carpetbaggers | p. 359 |
Old Gran'pa | p. 373 |
Peepy-Jenny | p. 384 |
A Boy's First Horse | p. 390 |
The Mescal-Drinking Horse | p. 396 |
As Smart as a Cutting Horse | p. 403 |
Skeerce Tail | p. 414 |
Horseback Men | p. 417 |
Contributors | p. 419 |
Index | p. 425 |
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