morning, noon
He possessed six of these horses , each in its way a jewel in the equine crown . Wherever the vagaries of his gambler 's life took him his horses bore him thither , harnessed to a light spring cart of the speediest type . Each animal had cost him a small fortune , as the price of horses goes , and for breed and capacity , both in harness and under saddle , it would have been difficult to find their match anywhere in the State of Montana . He had broken and trained them himself in everything , and , wherever he was , whatever other claims there might be upon him , morning , noon and evening he was at the service of his charges . He gloried in them . He reveled in their satin coats , their well-nourished , muscular bodies , in their affection for himself . Now he sat on an oat-bin contemplating Gipsy 's empty stall , with a regret that took in him the form of fierce anger .