Read the excerpt from The Land."I'm ready to start getting to know him," I answered. "Not ready to mount him yet.""Now, what you mean by that? Get on that horse.""No, sir, I can't. You need to give me some time with him first.""Well, I don't have none of that.""It's important. Now, I said I'd ride your horse, Mister Sutcliffe, but I've got my own way of dealing with horses. You want me to win, then I've got to deal with this grey my way."