The Quotable Horse

"God forbid," R. B. Cunninghame Graham wrote, "that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses." Other horse lovers will cite the Arabian proverb: The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horses ears. Heavenly as they may be, horses are very much of the earth, ranging wild as the Mustangs of the West, herding the cows of the Great Plains, and doing the yeomans work of the farm pulling plows and wagons. These stalwarts of the farm and ranch or cowboy lore and farmgirl passion appear in striking images here alongside quotes from writers who have celebrated the draft horse and the stallion of the farm, the boon companion, and trusty servant of those who work the land.