Cattle roping and other ranch chores required cowboys to have secure yet maneuverable seats. A stock-seat rider sits erect with legs extending almost straight down. Both reins are held in one hand above the high pommel, or saddle horn, of the heavy Western stock saddle. Breeds used include quarter horses, pintos, Appaloosas, and Arabians. Dressage saddles are similar to saddle-seat tack, although with slightly more padding.
Riders wear hunter-seat apparel or, at higher levels, tailcoats and top hats.
Most of them are old cowboy songs and a few are familiar pioneer songs. Each song is brightly illustrated with woodcuts, bronzes, oil paintings, or photographs. Most have the origins of the song as well. A great little pocket book with over 50 old cowboy songs with music and verses interspersed with lots of old photos, cowboy sayings, and 25 cowboy insults. It even has a cowboy lingo lexicon in back.