TEXAN
COWBOY LORE
THIS “BOOTS” WAS MADE FOR
COWBOYING by CHIP SCHWEIGER, THE COWBOY ACCOUNTANT™
I
spent this past Sunday in the saddle. Almost the entire day I was on horseback. There was an all-breeds horse show at the stables where I keep my horse, Whiskey, and I let a nice young family use my horse’s stall for the day. Whiskey, as a descendent of the great stud Joe Hancock — foundation of one of the top five bloodlines of ranch horses — works six days a week and rests only on Sunday.
Photo: David Glynn Smith
Hancock-bred horses are recognized for their big, stout conformations, grittiness and cow sense, and Whiskey is a Hancock throughand-through who earns her rest day through her willing attitude. But, since her stall was being used this Sunday, she had two choices: turn out in the adjoining 20-acre pasture or spend the day with me. She chose to spend the day with me (or at least that’s how I see it!).
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