Old Sam Thoroughbred Trotter Author:Don Alonzo Taylor Old Sam, was not just a horse to John and Lee: he was a faithful friend. Sam was a smart horse, and he was agood worker, too. He pulled the buggy, and he pulled the plow; he did any work he was put to and did it well. And when the right time came, he proved he was what the boys knew all along, -- a real champion trotting horse.