This example was on display at the Trego County Historical Society Museum in Wakeeny, KS. The museum has six or seven of them and they are between five and six feet in length, forged from iron rod about one inch in diameter.
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According to author Judith Dutson the “U.S. cavalry wanted military horses that were bigger than the readily available Mustangs. They brought in some Thoroughbreds and Morgans to develop larger remounts and officer’s horses, and they began a systematic program of shooting Mustang stallions and releasing draft breed stallions to mix with the wild herds. Draft horses were also deliberately allowed to run with Indian herds whenever possible in an effort to slow down the Indians.”
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