Cowboys on Horseback

From: kirk@...
Message: 139
Date: 1999-11-01

Mark Odegaard said:

>If you are managing herds of horses or cattle, however, being mounted
on >horseback is almost obligatory. I cannot imagine how you would
handle
>a free-ranging bull otherwise. A shepherd's job and a cowboy's job are
quite >different.

Piffle. People manage cattle afoot without trouble. There are very few
mounted cowboys in Wisconsin managing their dairy herds. How did the
first horse wranglers manage to get their mounts; from cattle-back?

[Mark - Fancy meeting you here. Always knew you rock crushers were up
to no good from ONR 480 times]

Bob Kirk