Fifteen Western Tales, March 1954 — page 8: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

PO mtg @ ‘1 . “ - F a . << Se - aed “SP OER? P-tmeed & Ge o * ion \ £4 By HALLACK McCORD (Answers on page 58) : O YOU think you know something about cowpokes and the rangeland in general, eh? Then, pardner, lock horns with the twenty Western quiz questions listed below. Flip your rope over sixteen or more of them and you rate “excellent.” But fail to answer thirteen or more, and you're crowding in with the shorthorns. 1. True or false? The familiar rodeo cry, “Give him air!” is generally heard when a cow- poke has been thrown from his horse and other punchers crowd around him. 2. True or false? A “half-rigged saddle” may be said to have a triangle of leather fastened on for. a seat. 3. When might a puncher be said to be in a “horn tossing mood’’? In the slanguage of the is one who is skilled 4. True or false? Westerner, a “horseman” in horsemanship. 5. True or false? ‘“‘Ladinos” are outlaw cattle of the brush country. 6. Under what circumstances is a cowpoke said to be suffering from “lead poisoning” ? 7. If the ranch boss sent you out for a “mail- order catalog on foot,” which of the following items should you return with? A dressed up dude? A horse that has been heavily weighted down with ornaments? A school marm newly in from the East? 8. “Morral” is the Spanish word for which of the following items? A food bag for horses? An annoying form of cactus? A soldier? 9, True or false? The “outrider” is likely to be commissioned to ride anywhere in following out his duty to keep an eye on his employer’s interests. 8 Answer fourteen or fifteen and you're good. Good Luck. 10. True or false? The rodeo “pickup man” has the duty of picking up the horse of a con- testant after the ride is over. 11. What is the meaning of the cowpoke slang expression, “put the loop on’? 12. True or false? cowpoke term for unfinished slabs with the bark left on. 13. If the ranch boss sent you out for some “red disturbance,” which of the following should you return with? A communist? Some whiskey? A red flag used to frighten livestock animals? 14. True or false? A “rosadero” is a sort of leather shield sewed to the back of the. stirrup leather. 15. “Round-pen” is the slang expression for which of the following? A corral? Bunkhouse? Ranch house kitchen ? 16. True or false? “Shorthorn” slang term for tenderfoot. 17. True or false? Slip shooting is generally more accurate than fanning. 18. What is the meaning of the cowpoke slang term, “smoke wagon” ? is a cowpoke 19. In the slanguage of the Westerner, a “sloper” is what sort of person? 20. True or false? In the old West, some camp cooks slept with their sourdough kegs as a possible means of hastening dough fermentation. COMMIG OO) <SEGO “Rawhide lumber” is a im