"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!"

Ah, those thrilling days are gone, but not the memories.

The story is that The Lone Ranger was one of six Texas Rangers who were ambushed, and only he survived. They left him for dead, and Tonto stumbled across him, still alive. Tonto took him to a cave and hid him and nursed him back to health. Not wanting the assassins to know he was still alive, they made six graves so the outlaws would think all six were killed. The Lone Ranger put on a mask so they'd never recognize him, and captured a wild white stallion and tamed him for his horse. And this was Silver.

According to a member of the family of the late Glenn Randall, the famous horse trainer, Silver's owner lived in the eastern part of United States and Silver was moved to California to work in films. Silver lived in the barn at the Randall Ranch in Newhall, California, during the filming of the Lone Ranger television series. Clayton Moore played the Lone Ranger in most all of the episodes and got along very well with Silver. The original Lone Ranger was Brace Beamer from Oxford, Michigan. Brace Beamer actually did own a horse of his own named Silver.

Silver won the Award for Excellence (Patsy) in 1957. This award is for animals who are outstanding actors in the television and motion picture industry.

Not much more is known about the horse that played Silver -- I'd welcome any information at all.