Taz was a mustang, a beautifully colored gray roan with a stick-straight-up mane and a distinctly roman nose. His name came from the large whorls of hair on his neck and body. He also bore the faint remains of a "Bureau of Land Management" freeze brand on his neck.

We believe Taz had been "rough-broke" in the old style, a fast and inhumane method of making a young horse accept a saddle, bridle and rider by force rather than cooperation. After his initial "breaking," Taz was well-trained and used as a school horse. Throughout his life, he maintained a fear of adults, but he trusted and took excellent care of the hundreds of children who learned to ride on his back.

Taz was given to Eye of the Storm when his eyesight began to fail somewhere in his mid-twenties. We fed him a special diet that included vitamins, minerals and electrolytes to stabilize his health, and he lived his last two years in safety and comfort at Eye of the Storm. Taz died in late April, 2000.

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