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cently stated that there are fifteen thousand of 

 these untamed beasts upon the Toiyabe, To- 

 quina and Monitor forest reserves in Landor 

 County, Nevada, alone, and many more in 

 neighboring districts. No fence is strong 

 enough to stop these horses, and when they ap- 

 pear in force they have even been known to 

 knock down and kill cows and calves. After 

 each visitation from a, herd the ranchman is 

 likely to mourn the loss of his domestic horses, 

 and it requires only a few days' association 

 with their new companions for the best-broken 

 animals to become as wild as their nomadic 

 comrades. 



The Legislature of Nevada passed a law 

 many years ago allowing hunters to shoot wild 

 horses and to sell their hides. The law opened 

 the way to a new and profitable industry, and 

 one which had the ?dded zest of sport. Pres- 

 ently, however, hide-hunters began to kill also 

 branded and shod horses, and this caused a 

 quick repeal of the law. This left the animals 

 free to increase, and now they have become a 

 serious pest. 



On the ranges of many of the national forests 



