MORE TRANQUIL MOMENTS [Illustration: Mountain lake] Not all of a cowboy’s life is rough, back-breaking work or exhibitions. There are long hours of pleasant sunshine and companionship with friends, including his “best friend,” his horse. Moving the cattle to new pastures often brings long, leisurely rides beneath brilliant sunshine, over sage-scented prairie or along verdant trails amid the world’s most beautiful scenery. Large ranches now operate with plenty of help and many modern conveniences. Good food is essential to a cowboy’s health and happiness, and the wise rancher provides plenty of it. Comradeship and loyalty are predominant characteristics of ranch life, and few real cowboys would exchange it for any other way of life. [Illustration: “THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES”] [Illustration: “BEAUTY AND PRIDE”] ALWAYS ... THE HORSE The very existence of the cowboy revolves around his horse. Proudly he poses on him, for to be pictured without him would make the cowboy feel “naked.” Ranch conversation is mostly of horses; horses do the work, provide the transportation and the amusement; horses cause many of the trials and sorrows. Thus the breeding of these intelligent animals is an ever-interesting, never-ending process. Most popular among stockmen and cowboys today is the “quarter horse”; however, there is an increasing demand for horses of part Arabian blood which are the result of the breeding of purebred Arabian horses to the native stock. With only around 3500 living Arabs today, it is a lucky cowboy who gets to own or ride one. The Arabian blood brings to the cattle pony the spirit, the sturdiness, the courage and, above all, the great intelligence of the Arab, combined with the “stockiness” of the range animal ... priceless ingredients in the making of a fine cow horse. You’ll be particularly interested in the world-famous TRINIDAD ranch where these gentle Arabians are bred pure. THE ARABIAN [Illustration: ZARIFE] From the hot desert sands of Arabia, the purebred Arab horse has brought us all of his beauty, affection, strength and glory. For over 4,000 years the Arab steed served the desert Bedouins in peace and war, ofttimes meaning the difference between life and death for his master. He lived in the tent of his owner, as a member of the family. In his noble heart this developed an affection unsurpassed. Pasture land and water are very scarce in the desert country, but the Arab horse does not require the food and water of an ordinary horse—because of his small stomach. This was invaluable to the Bedouin, who then could travel for days on a fiery charger without sighting pasture or a water hole. Thus, the Arab has become known to us as “Drinker of the Wind.”