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RECREATION. 







ON THE ROUND-UP. — HOLDING THE HERD. 



brand. Each is surrounded by herd- 

 ers who prevent the brands from in- 

 termingling again, and who drive 

 them to a corral, where the calves 

 are thrown and branded. Very few 

 escape without a brand, but some do, 

 and when the next year an unbranded 

 yearling is found, it is known as a 

 "" maverick." The origin of this 

 name is curious. Cattle raising in 

 large numbers first commenced in 

 Texas, and it was some time before 



the system of herding and branding 

 was perfected. 



The story runs that a shrewd 

 fellow named Maverick always 

 •'recognized " and claimed as his all 

 unbranded year-old calves and stuck 

 his brand on them. It is presumed, 

 that when he began to get larger 

 herds than his neighbors, their eyes 

 began to open to the fact that 

 Maverick was a first-rate " claim 

 agent," and that he claimed every- 



ON THE ROUND-UP. — "BRING ME THOSE TRADE MARK." 



