Test your horse-song savvy—name the artist and the tune in each description.
1.The protagonist rides horseback through a desert observing birds, insects, and a dry riverbed.
2.A Nebraska girl chases her runaway horse through a blizzard.
3.A baby drifts off to sleep dreaming of dapples and bays, with the promise of seeing dancing horses in the morning.
4.The narrator catches a wild horse and rides her along a steep ridge but then plunges over the side of the cliff after a snake spooks the horse.
5.A dreamer refuses to let his spirit be broken and imagines flying with horses in a “race with the wind.”
6.A drifter runs from the wrath of his girlfriend’s father, duels with a gambler, and then returns home to find his girlfriend riding a mare.
7.A cowboy repeatedly chooses his love for horses over his love for Diane and can’t keep his promise to quit the rodeo.
8.A colt born in western Kentucky spends lazy mornings running through green pastures, awaiting his destiny as a champion racehorse.
For answers, turn to page 223.
Whether they live in the wild or on farms, horses in a herd usually take turns acting as guards. Small groups have just one guard horse, but large herds (12 or more) often have two or three on duty at a time. The guards remain standing and alert while the other horses in the herd graze or relax. Each horse stands guard for about 30 minutes. When his “shift” is over, he’ll lie down (or just return to grazing), and another horse will take his place.