For anyone wanting to know what cutting looked like when it still had the hide on, when it was still an outdoor sport, before it was an "industry" and before its roots in the range livestock industry were obscured, reading Pat Jacobs' book is obligatory. The good horses of bygone days, the long roads, bad food, sketchy lodging and extraordinary individuals come to life. It was unheard of to throw away the Chatter and families were nearly bankrupted by long distance phone calls dedicated to cutting horses and the mysterious electricity they created. Horses weren't tools; they were colleges or...

Pat Jacobs lived it and loved it: the ranching and the hauling for the most sought-after jewel of the cutting horse industry - the NCHA World Championship title. But this is not a book just about horses, cattle and cowboys. For your reading enjoyment, Pat has used actual characters from his huge bank of memories, along with made-up names to protect their identities. He has woven colorful individuals into a backdrop of actual events, fictional -yet believable - players, plus love, sex, drama and human frailties, giving the reader an entertaining story with a surprise ending. Whether you love...

Oklahoma had been a dry state for as long as Pat Jacobs had been alive. While the sale of beer was allowed, attempts through most of the 40's to legalize liquor always failed. It would not be until 1959 before prohibition would be repealed. The band was changing into their uniforms in a room off to the side of the stage at a little club in Sayer when Pat spied a couple of big wooden barrels laid on their side. He did not think much about it that first night. The next night he noticed a box filled with empty half pint bottles with labels ranging from low-end to top shelf premium whiskey lying...