The Pacing; Mustang- 



great mares were there, a striking group by 

 themselves. According to all reports, this bunch 

 was always kept rounded up and guarded with 

 such energy and jealousy that a mare, once in it, 

 was a lost animal so far as man was concerned, 

 and the ranchmen realized soon that they had 

 gotten on the range a mustang that was doing 

 them more harm than all other sources of loss 

 put together. 



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It was December, 1893. I was new in the 

 country, and was setting out from the ranch- 

 house on the Pinavetitos, to go with a wagon to 

 the Canadian River. As I was leaving, Foster 

 finished his remark by: "And if you get a 

 chance to draw a bead on that accursed mus- 

 tang, don't fail to drop him in his tracks." 



This was the first I had heard of him, and as 

 I rode along I gathered from Burns, my guide, 

 the history that has been given. I was full of 

 curiosity to see the famous three-year-old, and 



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