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Horsemen, any notion of the prettiest horse the old western cowboys rode on the TV, or movies?

Just now watching Matt Dillion on that, I'd think?, buckskin.

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John Wayne's stocking-legged sorrel was a dandy, too.....

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and don't forget Hi-Yo Silver.....

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I liked Hopalong Cassidy's horse, Topper.


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If you like show ring class, the black Arab they used to play Al Hattal in Hidalgo is about as classy as they come.

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That is hands down a slam dunk. Ruth.........festuses mule!


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I wonder what would happen if someone dressed like Roy Rogers walked into a real cowboy bar.


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Miss Kitty would kick his azz out.....

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He would probably leave on his own after one look at Miss Kitty.


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Originally Posted by Angus1895
That is hands down a slam dunk. Ruth.........festuses mule!


Wasn't her name Sarah?

I seem to remember someone riding Sarah?

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Watched a lot of Gunsmoke a month or so ago, and Festus rode at least 2 different mules in that time. miles


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Ruth. There was a movie called 2 mules for Sister Sarah. miles


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Speaking of Roys horse, I am reminded of a little diddy from my grandfather, a florida cowboy.....

Beware of a horse with one white hoof,
Of two beware the same.
A horse with three is no good at all,
and four is not worth his name..........

but then granddad worked his horses....

they were not for picture taking...


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Cute saying but not true espically about the work and picture taking you added.

No offense to your grandpaw in any way.



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If anyone looks at older photographs of actual horses used in the 1860 + time frame as most westerns are depicted, the actual horses were a far cry from those shown in movies.

I sure enjoyed them though.

I remember sitting round the radio on a Saturday night,early 1950's, listening to Hopalong, Roy, Lone Ranger. I later had plastic replicas of Topper, Trigger, and Silver


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The horse's name was Buster and Steve McQueen did his own riding. The director of photography on Tom Horn said, "I've never seen anyone handle a horse better. He would get on Buster with a rifle and fire at full gallop. He was going as fast as the horse could go and he handled it beautifully."

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Originally Posted by Kaleb
Cute saying but not true espically about the work and picture taking you added.

No offense to your grandpaw in any way.


I knew a real horseman that wouldn't have anything to do with a horse that had white hooves. They were more brittle or less strong, I don't remember, but evidently hooves with white pigment were more susceptible to foot problems then those that were dark.


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I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.
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Originally Posted by muffin
Speaking of Roys horse, I am reminded of a little diddy from my grandfather, a florida cowboy.....

Beware of a horse with one white hoof,
Of two beware the same.
A horse with three is no good at all,
and four is not worth his name..........

but then granddad worked his horses....

they were not for picture taking...



I heard it this way:

One white foot—buy him.
Two white feet—try him.
Three white feet—eye him.
Four white feet—deny him.



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I've seen white feet that are hard and strong. I've seen black feet that are weak, soft and shelly.

Research has been done on this (IIRC, by Doug Butler) and pigment, or the lack of it, is not the cause.


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