Champion the Wonder Horse public appearances. Autry paid $1,500 for the horse, which was part Morgan and part Tennessee Walking Horse. Touring Champion is seen in several scenes of "Gaucho Serenade" (1940), including the "Song at Sunset" scene with Mary Lee, and appeared with Autry in rodeos and stage shows throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, including an appearance in England in 1953. His hoof prints appear next to Autry's handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. It is not known when Touring Champion died. Champion Three, a sorrel with four white stockings and a crooked blaze, appeared with Autry at personal appearances
Cayuse horse described the two cayuses as the best horses that he owned, because of their unrelenting spirit and hardiness that helped them survive the extreme conditions in northern British Columbia. There is also an example of it in John Steinbeck's book, "The Red Pony". The horse is mentioned in "Don't Fence Me In", a popular American song written in 1934 by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher. There is a line "On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder...' It was recorded by Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and Bing Crosby, among many others. Cayuse horse Cayuse is an archaic term used in