The American Cow Pony by Deering Davis, First Edition 1962

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis
With dust jacket.

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis
Nice, clean hard cover.

The American Cow Pony
The Background, Training, Equipment and Use of the Western Horse
by Deering Davis

This book covers training of the western horse in the tradition of the vaquero or caballero, with discussion of specialized equipment, clothing and training goals.

Extensive bibliography.

Publisher D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. Princeton, New Jersey.
1962 First Edition, First Printing.
10.5" x 7.5"
Hardbound book with bright orange cloth boards in like new condition except for water stain on back cover.
Pages clean and bright with no damage or marks inside.
Binding tight, solid.
Dust jacket faded and with small chips and tears to the edges.
166 pages.

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PART 1. Discusses the background of the cow horse - the various breeds of horses involved in the development of the American cow horse, starting with the Spanish horses first introduced to this continent.

Chapter I Western Horses
Chapter II Coat Colors

PART 2. The Cow Pony with discussion of conformation, size and mind. Also a discussion of horse costs.

PART 3. Riding the western horse for cutting, reining, and horsemanship training.

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

PART 4. Outlines the training progression of the cow pony from foal to riding (with reference to the methods used by the King Ranch and the 6666 Ranch). Foal gentling, ground training with explanation followed by mounted training of the young horse, then the four year old, five year old etc. Contrast of California, Texas, Mexican and Indian styles of training. There is a chapter on reining

PART 5. Covers the equipment used by and the differences in the California versus Texas schools of training and gear: saddles, bits, reins, tied downs, whips.

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

PART 6. covers clothing and attire: traditional chaps, hat, boots.

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

PART 7. The Cutting and Roping Horse, Covers training techniques for starting cutting and roping horses with good illustrations.

American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

The American Cow Pony by Deering Davis

The American Cow Pony The Background, Training, Equipment and Use of the Western Horse by Deering Davis

The American Cow Pony
The Background, Training, Equipment and Use of the Western Horse
by Deering Davis