2. All manners of tracks and trails were important to the cowboy so that he didn't loose his way and have it said of him, "he couldn't follow a load of loose hay across a forty acre field of snow."

Ans: All manners of tracks and trails were important to the cowboy so that he didn't lose his way and have it said of him, "he couldn't follow a load of loose hay across a forty acre field of snow."

1) the correct word is lose, no loose.