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RANCH LIFE AND THE HUNTING-TRAIL 



related to me by a cattle man who 

 was engaged in bringing out blood- 

 ed stock from the East. Among 

 the animals under his charge were 

 two great stallions, one gray and 

 one black, and a fine jackass, not 

 much over half the size of either of 

 the former. The animals were 

 kept in separate pens, but one day 

 both horses got into the same in- 

 closure, next to the jack-pen, and 

 began to fight as only enraged 

 stallions can, striking like boxers 



with their fore feet, and biting with 

 their teeth. The gray was getting 

 the best of it; but while clinched 

 with his antagonist in one tussle 

 they rolled against the jack-pen, 

 breaking it in. No sooner was the 

 jack at liberty than, with ears laid 

 back and mouth wide open, he 

 made straight for the two horses, 

 who had for the moment separated. 



