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>   Later, an old cowboy wrote in and said when you lose a horse like 
> this take out another horse and tie him to a tree where your horse 
> disappeared and go off a distance.  The tied horse will whinny for 
> companionship and very possibly call in the lost horse.  The lost 
> horse may hear him as much as a mile away.  If we had done this we 
> would have had him recovered in just a day since he was found just a 
> half a mile from where he was last seen.

Excellent thought!  It is sad but true that a lost horse, especially one 
trapped by a slipped saddle or reins/leadrope, will usually NOT whinny 
when he hears people or riders nearby and he might not whinny even if he 
can see them.



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