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Coaly—Bay, the Outlaw Horse 
THE WILFUL BEAUTY 
IVE years ago in the Bit- 
terroot mountains of Idaho 
there was a beautiful little 
foal. His coat was bright 
bay; his legs, mane, and tail 
_tqa; were glossy black—coal black 
and bright bay—so they 
S) named him Coaly-bay. 
“Coaly-bay” sounds like “ Koli- 
bey,” which is an Arab title of 
nobility, and those who saw the handsome colt, 
and did not know how he came by the name, 
thought he must be of Arab blood. No doubt he 
was, in a faraway sense; just as all our best horses 
have Arab blood, and once in a while it seems to 
come out strong and show in every part of the 
creature, in his frame, his power, and his wild, free 
roving spirit. 
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