The Quarter Horse / Edition 1

by Robert Denhardt

Overview

Bob Denhardt first "penned up" The Quarter Horse and had it printed in Houston in 1941. It was the first book ever published about this then-new breed of horse; the American Quarter Horse Association had been formed just the year before. Today Quarter Horses are one of the most popular and famous breeds, and the association is the world's largest livestock breeders' organization.

Collected here are all the early articles that appeared concerning early Quarter Horses, or "Steel Dusts," as they were called after one of their progenitors. Denhardt was first introduced to the legendary animals in 1937 by Texas author J. Frank Dobie, and in his search for them he found not just a single horse, but a common type, a breed.

The stories and articles in this book tell about such sires as Traveler, Peter McCue, Weatherford Joe Bailey, Dan Tucker, and Old Fred—an accumulation of knowledge about the early Quarter Horses of the Southwest that is invaluable to today's breeders, owners, and lovers of the breed who want to know more about the origins of their horses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585440474
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	1,036,387
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xv
	Personal Observations and Reminiscences
	Concho Colonel, His Life and Times	3
	He Was Called Billy	21
	Master of Two Trades	26
	Cold Deck and Short Races	33
	I Do Not Like Him	38
	I Object	44
	"Short-Horse" Men	51
	One Horse or Family
	Billy Horses and Steel Dust	63
	The South Texas Quarter Horse	68
	New Light on Old Steel Dust	76
	Peter McCue, Wonder Horse	86
	The Great Little Horse Billy	96
	Quarter Horse History
	The Oldest Distinct Breed	109
	Quarter-of-a-Mile Running Horses	119
	Importance of Racing and the Remount	124
	"Short-Horses"	135
	The Quarter Horse, A History	141
	The Southwestern Cow Horse	152
	The Colonial Quarter Horse	159
	The Quarter Horse in Mexico	181
	Utility, Performance, Characteristics
	Explanation for Speed	189
	Is the Quarter Horse a Thoroughbred?	196
	The Social Significance	204
	Worth His Salt	210
	Losin' One's Shirt	216
	Authors Index Containing Original Title and Place of Publication	226
	General Index	228