SADDLE GUN WORTHY I drove down the hill to an antiques, crafts, and gun show, hoping to pick up a saddle gun. Guess I had my mind made up to find a ’92 or ’95 Winchester carbine. I did manage to root out a couple of old carbines, only to choke at the price tagged […]
SEBINAS PRETTY CLOSE TO HEREFORDS? Me and the missus were sitting pretty close watching an old western movie on TV. Well, I was watching it and she was reading a magazine and pretending to sneak peeks with as much enthusiasm as I’d have watching an Opera. Suddenly I groaned loudly in disgust and she asked, […]
Outlaw Was His Name Slick Bates was mighty happy when I visited with him at the Drover’s Café. He had been down to the livestock auction and sold an old renegade horse for 78 cents a pound. Now, selling a horse by the pound means it got bought by the canners. I don’t suppose I […]
FULL STAMPED SADDLE PRIZE Reed Phillips from Canyon City, Colorado sent me a charity raffle ticket for a drawing they’re having. Now it seems like a worthy cause and to tell you truth, it’s one time I wouldn’t mind winning. First prize is a genuine, handcrafted, silver mounted, full stamped, cowboy trophy saddle. HANDCRAFTED SADDLE […]
Becoming a Bulletproof Man by Stephen Bly I got a letter from an eighteen-year-old high school senior reader fan. She told me she’s been applying for different colleges, but she’s worried what to do with her horse, Magi, an Arabian. She wrote, “I probably ought to sell him, if I don’t have time to ride, […]
10 Proverbs 31 Husband Traits When I mention Proverbs 31, I know what goes through the minds of most women. “Oh, no! Not Proverbs 31—no, no, no!” Now, the men think, “All right! Give it to them!” But it dawned on me one time when I studied Proverbs 31, what kind of husband does this […]
A Cowboy’s All-Purpose Slicker Normally an old-time cowboy’s outfit ranked boring. Muddy boots, duckins for trousers, and off-white cotton shirt that turned gray with age did him fine. His bandanna started out quite colorful, but after a few weeks on the trail turned out grimy. Now, the one exception was his rain slicker he called […]
An Old-Fashioned Jiggle Like gearshifts on your pickup, horses operate at different speeds or gaits. You can walk, trot, gallop, amble, canter or jiggle a horse. Your animal can be 4-gaited or 5-gaited, depending on their training. In the Old West, they had a great name for the ordinary gait of a cow horse. They […]
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