Marna and Jack
Marna and Jack.
Trail Class at Westworld.
Scottsdale, AZ
Marna and Jack
on his 21st birthday
Marna Benton Daugherty
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Tom Daugherty
Western Spirit Productions
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A Horse’s Prayer

I pray thee, Master to care for me
Through the long winter days and nights.
When I cannot earn my keep, feed and water me and
give me a good warm bed that I may keep well
and repay your kindness  when performance
season returns once more.
Treat me kindly and do not beat me when I do not
understand what you want me to do.
But watch me, please, and see if I might be ill.
My back, shoulders or my feet may be sore.
Remember that I cannot go my own way,
but must obey your commands, my master.
Remember that I serve you well and faithfully
to the best of my ability.
Please, master, have mercy on me.
Protect me from the hot sun and autumn rain
and winters ice and snow.
Remember that horses have long been
the servants of man throughout the ages.
We have pulled the prairie schooners
from sea to shining sea.
We have plowed the fields that
man might grow food
to keep body and soul together.
We helped build the mighty railroads,
We stayed with the cowboy
through his long watch under the lonely stars
and we died heroically,
with man on the battlefields of nations.
I shall do my part
for I have learned to love thee well.
So, my master, when I have grown old and
tired and can no longer perform,
and thus serve you profitably.
Please do not turn me out to starve,
or sell me to some cruel man.
Just let me die at the beloved hands of you
my master and God will bless thee.
Jacks Two Eyed Dude
(AKA
'Jack')
AQHA
The Heart Broker
(AKA
'Booker')
AQHA