Jan 22 2009
Horse Colors
I’ve learned quite a bit about horses by reading Louis L’amour. I’m no horse expert. I’m not a cowboy, though I went to school with quite a few of them. One of the things that I’ve learned is that horses are defined by their colors.
A roan, a dun, a steeldust – all different horses but really just different colors.
I’m a dog person. I like breeds of dogs, and naturally I expected that these fancy words had something to do with the breed of the horses, but it turns out that most of the horses in the old west were all pretty much the same breeds. Which isn’t to say that there wasn’t variation, there certainly was, but for the most part L’amour skipped over it
I came up with the same conclusion about horses. I think the value laid in the horse’s intelligence/training. Will it stand in a snow drift to await rescue by it’s human partner? Will it stayed ground hitched?
y question is-what L’amour books had dogs that were named? If you like dog breeds-I saw two Klee Kai or Kias at my vets. Very interesting looking.