James Lewis "Pine" Johnson (October 14, 1915 – February 26, 1990), was an

American Quarter Horse The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less; some have been clocked at s ...

trainer best known for training

cutting horse A cutting horse is a stock horse, typically an American Quarter Horse, bred and trained for cutting, a modern equestrian competition requiring a horse and rider to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle and prevent it from getting back to th ...

Poco Bueno __NOTOC__ Poco Bueno was a brown American Quarter Horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944.Simmons ''Legends'' p. 31-37 He was sired by King P-234 and out of the mare Miss Taylor who was by Old Poco Bueno. Poco Bueno was named for his maternal grands ...

Poco Lena Poco Lena (1949–1968) was an outstanding cutting mare, and dam of two famous Quarter horse cutting horses and stallions: Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc.Swan ''Legends 3'' pp. 98–111 Life Poco Lena was foaled in 1949, the daughter of Poco Bueno ou ...

and

Jesse James Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the " Little Dixie" area of Western Missouri, James and his family maintained stro ...

Background

Pine Johnson was born to Una Culbert and William Welborn Johnson near the city, of

Seymour, Texas Seymour is a city in and the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,575 as of the 2020 Census. Geography Seymour is located on the Brazos River. It is southwest of Wichita Falls and north-northeast of Abilen ...

. In 1945, Johnson started working for

E. Paul Waggoner Edward Paul Waggoner (April 9, 1889–March 3, 1967), born in Decatur, Texas, was an American rancher, and one of the three original heirs to the W.T. Waggoner Estate in North Texas. After forming the estate, Tom Waggoner appointed his three ...

at his 3D Stock Farm in

Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. ...

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{{Horseracing-bio-stub 1915 births 1990 deaths American Quarter Horse trainers People from Baylor County, Texas