Good Hunting 



saddle, is as exciting as it is hard and 

 dangerous. 



The wilder phases of the life, however, 

 are steadily passing away. Almost every- 

 where great wire fences are being put up, 

 and no small part of the cow-boy's duty 

 nowadays is to ride along the line of a 

 fence and repair it wherever broken. 

 Moreover, at present [1896] the business 

 of cattle or horse raising on the plains 

 does not pay well, and, except in pe- 

 culiar cases, can hardly be recommend- 

 ed to a boy ambitious for his future. 



So much for the unattractive reality 

 of ranch life. It would be unfair not to 

 point out that it has a very attractive 

 side also. If the boy is fond of open-air 

 exercise, and willing to risk tumbles that 

 may break an occasional bone, and to 

 endure at need heat and cold, hunger and 

 thirst, he will find much that is pleasant 

 in the early mornings on the great plains, 



