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FIFTY THOUSAND MUSTANGS
him near the root of the tail. He went to the end of the rope
with all his might, jerked my horse down. I fell clear, but
here he came back full speed, ears back and mouth open,
ready for the kill. By then Keys had crossed the creek and
was out on top. He jumped off his horse, had his Winchester
out and shot. He hit the stallion in the shoulder, breaking it.
That stopped him. The next shot hit square in the head. He
fell within a few feet of me. My horse was still tied to him.
There's not the slightest doubt that if Keys had not come
up at the right time, the stallion would have killed me. There
was not much chance for me to get to the bluff.
We went back to camp; by the time we got there my boot
was full of blood. Our cook was an old soldier of the Civil
War; he got some hot water, well salted, and bathed the
wound and kept hot blankets on it. My leg turned black, but
I guess the hot salt water and the amount of blood I had lost
kept down infection. I limped around for a few days but was
soon all right. The scar is still plain to be seen.
I shall never forget seeing this stallion with his mouth open
and ears set back and eyes like balls of fire. I have roped some
bad grown bulls, but they are nothing to a wild, savage stal-
lion. He was, I believe, the most vicious animal on four legs,
the most deadly fighter of them all.
V. THE GHOST OF THE LLANO ESTACADO
In every locality where I rode during mustang days there
was always, somewhere in the country, a wonderful stallion.
Sometimes he would be a gray, sometimes a paint, or a black
with white legs, and nearly all of these noted animals were-
according to the accounts-natural pacers. For a hundred
years writers have been writing about a pacing white stallion83
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H. Mustangs and Cow Horses, book, 1940; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67653/m1/95/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.