TIPS TO THE TENDERFOOT 



SEEING DAYLIGHT— see under rough- riding. 

 SHORT CUT — hanging or shooting a man summarily. 

 SLICK-EAR — see under "horses" and "steers." 

 STEER — young male of the ox kind, usually with wide-spreading 

 horns especially raised for beef. In the western United States 

 one of any age. Range steers are dangerous to men on foot. 

 Maverick — an unbranded bullock or heifer. Said to be derived 

 from the name of a Texas cattleman who neglected to brand his 

 cattle. 

 Slick-Ear — sometimes applied to steers. See under "horses." 

 STEER BULLDOGGING— a practice among cowboys consisting of 

 wrestling with a steer barehanded. Usually the cowboy rides 

 along-side the racing steer, leans over, seizes the horns of the 

 animal and swings to the ground. Then, using the horns as 

 levers, he twists the head ot the steer until its muzzle points 

 upward, falls backward, thus throwing the steer off its balance. 

 In exhibitions the cowboy fastens his teeth in the upper lip of 

 the steer, releases the horns and holds the animal prostrate with 

 his teeth. 

 Hoolihaning — another form of bulldogging consists in forcing the 

 horns of the running animal suddenly into the ground and thus 

 turning the animal a complete somersault. However, this form 

 is more dangerous to man and beast and is most cruel, inasmuch 

 as the animal's horns are frequently broken. 

 STEER BUSTING — popular name for roping ar 1 throwing a steer 



with a lariat single handed. 

 STEER ROPING — the art of capturing, busting and hogtieing a 

 range steer single-handed. 

 Hogtieing — tieing together of the forefeet and one hind foot after 

 a steer has been lassoed and thrown. The process must be quick 

 in order to prevent the steer rising after he has been thrown. 

 STICK-UP-MAN— highwayman, stage robber. 

 STRAYS — cattle or horses which have mixed in with a herd but do 



not belong to it. 

 STUFF — applied to a lot of cattle, horses, etc. 

 WANTED — said of a man desired by the law. 

 WILD BUNCH — any untamed herd of men, women or horses. 

 WRANGLING — rounding up, catching and saddling range horses. 

 Wrangler — a buckaroo who handles the buckers in the arena and 

 assists the rider in saddling his horse. This wrangling is often 

 the most difficult and dangerous part of the task in subduing a 

 wild horse. 



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