By one desperate leap he shook himself clear. (Page 263.)


HORSES NINE STORIES OF HARNESS AND SADDLE BY SEWELL FORD ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1905

Copyright, 1903, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published, March, 1903 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK

Contents

SKIPPER[1]
Being the Biography of a Blue-Ribboner
CALICO[31]
Who Travelled with a Round Top
OLD SILVER[67]
A Story of the Gray Horse Truck
BLUE BLAZES[95]
And the Marring of Him
CHIEFTAIN[125]
A Story of the Heavy Draught Service
BARNACLES[155]
Who Mutinied for Good Cause
BLACK EAGLE[181]
Who Once Ruled the Ranges
BONFIRE[213]
Broken for the House of Jerry
PASHA[241]
The Son of Selim

Illustrations

By Frederic Dorr Steele and L. Maynard Dixon

By one desperate leap he shook himself clear. (Page 263.)[Frontispiece]
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There were many heavy wagons.[6]
For many weary months Skipper pulled that crazy cart.[24]
He would do his best to steady them down to the work.[130]
Then let him snake a truck down West Street.[144]
"Come, boy. Come, Pasha," insisted the man on the ground.[266]
Mr. Dave kept his seat in the saddle more by force of muscular habit than anything else.[268]