The horses have to pull the gun guard. They aren’t stable and have little food. There are six horses in the gun team; Heinie, Topthorn, Coco, Joey, and two others. Heinie was the only one that look like a gun horse should. Heinie started getting sick and then Joey took Heinie’s place next to Topthorn. The old gunner was the only one that cared for them. All of them suddenly started to go downhill and get sick! Heinie and Coco got away and sadly were shot, that left the gun guards with only four horses: Topthorn, Joey and two others. The horses got better except for Topthorn which meant that Joey had to work harder. Topthorn, Joey and litter Hefling survived. There were no more battles at this time during the story. After a while Topthorn and Joey were chosen to pull the amonation cart from the railway.