Table of Contents

Introduction.............................................ix
Mr. T's Heart.............................................1................ Jane Smiley
The Lady Who Rides to Hounds...........7................Anthony Trollope
Pure Heart..................................................12..............William Nack
Nona Garson.............................................27...............Nancy Jaffer
A Royal Rip-off at Kingdom Hill............32...............Dick Francis
Breakneck Hill...........................................40...............Esther Forbes
The Horse Whisperer..............................49...............Paul Trachtman
A Vote for Ta Wee...................................61...............Red Smith
The Imperial Spanish Riding School.....64...............Felix Salten
Sleeping Sickness.....................................69..............Ben Green
Tallyho and Tribulation...........................81..............Stephen Budiansky
Why Is It that Girls Love Horses?.........89..............Maxine Kumin
Mustard-Pot, Matchmaker......................94..............Gilbert Frankau
Horses and Horsemen.............................108............Andy Russell
All Horse Players Die Broke...................114............Damon Runyon
Dreaming...................................................128.............Bill Barich
Was There A Horse with Wings?.........136............Beryl Markham
On Winning..............................................145............William Steinkraus
Buster........................................................149............Tom McGuane
All Things Bright and Beautiful............161............James Herriot
Tips on Horses.........................................171...........Ring Lardner
The Champion...........................................173..........Gene Smith
School Horses...........................................183..........Colonel Alois Podhajsky
Horsefolk are Different.............................203..........Cooky McClung
The Diverting History of John Gilpin.....207..........William Cowper
Tip on a Lost Race....................................216..........CArey Winfrey
The Ponies are Talking.............................221..........Holly Menino
Personals....................................................236...........Melissa Pierson
Good Horse Keeping................................242...........Paul Zarzyski
Two Sisters................................................251...........Ellie Phayer
Acknowledgments....................................254

About the Author

Steven D. Price is the author of eighteen books on equestrian subjects, including The Horsemans Illustrated Dictionary), The Quotable Horse Lover and The American Quarter Horse

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"Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is "THE GREATEST (fill in the blank) STORIES EVER TOLD", anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading." --The Lexington County Chronicle