The piebald, he didn't even need an excuse.

You see, he's one of them hosses that likes company.

When he leaves the corral he likes to have another hoss for a runnin' mate and he was jest as tame as anything.

I could ride him; anybody could ride him.

But if you took him outside the bars of the corral without company, first thing he done was to see if one of the other hosses was comin' out to join him.