CONTENTS Introduction Note on Texts PART I: Uneasy Rider 1. Saddle Up! 2. The Genuine Mexican Plug 3. The World's Poorest Horseman? 4. A Ride Too Far 5. Diffidence about Horses PART II: Happy Trails 6. The Hawaiian Love of Horses 7. A Ragged and Uncouth Procession 8.

A New and Exhilarating Sensation 9. Downsized Donkeys PART III: Horse Trading 10. Shrewd Hawaiians 11. A Reckless Little Mule 12. A Hard Lot in Lebanon 13. The Omnibuses of Egypt 14. The Man Who Put up at Gadsby's PART IV: Sorry Steeds 15. Putting the Cart Before the Horses 16.

An Infernally Lazy Blood Relation 17. The Monotony of Mules 18. Horse Sense 19. A Magnificent Ruin! 20. An Old Gray Mare PART V: Eccentric Equines 21. The Fifteen-minute Nag 22. Fitz Smythe's Hungry Hoss 23. Appetites That Nothing Will Satisfy 24.

You Can Lead a Horse to Water, but . 25. The Shiest Horse in the World 26. Stylish Asses 27. Racing Mules PART VI: Daredevil Riders 28. Bemis's Buffalo Adventure 29. Pony Riders 30. A "Mule Thing" to Be Respected 31.

The Mexican Plug Remembered 32. A Real Bully Circus PART VII: Unhappy Horsey Happenstances 33. Lost in the Dark 34. The Horses Know the Way . 35. A Well-bred Horse vs. an Underbred Rider 36. A Horse of the "Spanish Persuasion" 37.

A Big Vicious Colt 38. The Worst Place to Ride a Donkey 39. Topsy-turvy Horses PART VIII: War Horses 40. Saint Joan Learns to Ride 41. Bringing up the Rear 42. Horses and Armor Make a Bad Mix 43. "Slim Jim" vs. the Tower of Iron 44.

Straight from the Horse's Mouth 45. A Rough Rider on Wheels PART IX: Closer to Home and Family 46. Milk Run 47. Clara's Magic Calf 48. How Not to Ride a Donkey 49. Preventing Cruelty to Animals 50. The Most Precious Horses in the World 51. The Maude Squad.