The Red Cloud chief., 1882-02-02
Told by q Horse Trader.

Told by q Horse 1radtF.
IL was tradin' with q fellow one
! dav," the why man with the keen eyes
+ remarked. and 4 young fellow he
Tipped in and spoiled the trade. He
wanted the hos~ | WAS tradin himself.
So | traded With him. Now. says /,
after we made the trade. If this hyar
boss of vourn don't suit me | want to
I come back in tn" mornin and pay you
ten dollars and get my h">> back
Al right he SAYS. and ! want the
same privilege It's yours tells
him. an he rode away. Well. sir. next
mornin'. just as | was putin on thn
/ saddle Ia 90 an pay ten dollars an gIt
nv own hoSS. he rode into III" barn and
paid me ten dollars to ~it his, n. That
was a good boss To trade. | only paid
ten dollars for him in tn. first place. al
| made twcnty-cight on him by them
forfeit trades in lcSsn six weeks.
II had a powerful big cream boss
that was a stavin' good ho>> Ia trade.
One dav a couple Of fellows met ms IN
town. groccrS they We're, and they was
driyin' a right smart fnur-ycar-0id colt
for a delivery boss. They stopped me
and SAYS:
...How'u YOU wap that biz cream
boss Of yourn for thi, colt
oh | SAYS, i never trade bosses
".Wcll.' they said. give us Il trade
on this colt. anyhow. cant We
".Well. no. ] said. i never trade
barn: YOU can 90 look al him, if You
want. and if YOU think y"u can make n
I adc, 90 ahead; | reckon Ill be salts
fed
We'll they drove up Il the house
and | went on down town. ! never
went nigh the house: jest let EN- 20 up
and make their OWN trade. all alone. fur
both sides. About noon ! 81" en- drIv-
in about town with the cream; splendid
lookin' brute he was.
"Wcll." says. how dye sw"p??'
Oh saws they, we left the colt an
fetched away the cream ho>-.'
wei | was satisfied, but the next
dav | met one of the boys. How do
YOU like the COLT he says.
"Fu>tratc.' | told him. he a good
colt. How do YOU like the cream hosp
"Wc-cll.' he said. we're willim' To
trade back if YOU are.
. 1t kind % gravclrd the boys. cauSe
YOU see I'd let 'cm do their own tradin' {;
hadn't gone around To urge the cream
| hoSS onto 'cm at all"
~ had Il mighty fine ridin mare
the hoSS man with the twinklin% eyes
went on. L" and old Seth Strin%er had 4
Splcndid-looking dapPlc gray mare.
Howl youtradc for Your iapplc gray
! asked him. He wanted fifteen dollars
and | gave it. Itook that mare home an
| >ingcd her name until it curlrd and
crinked liz" moss. Ii was handsome.
/ Then | trimmed her feet and put on light
shoes. An | fixed her up II way an
another till she looked like another ho>S.
and when | put Il saddle on her no lrvln'
man would have guessed She was the
same mare with Il weak back. When |
rode by the barn Seth hollercd out:
Where You going with that mare"
IL told him | was going 10 take her
down to 81. Louis To sell her To Bob
Staples. Hold on says Seth, Il be-
licve ! Kin give Won a> much for that
mare rs Bob Staples can
well SAYS | 'wlIat'll you give me
bctwixt her and that bay ridin' mare |
traded YOU the other day.:
".Oh. WE'LL he said. I'll give you
twenty dollars and | said, Make it
forty dollars. and you kin have this
mare Well. he give it. and took
the saddle off the gray an put il on my
own old bay mare. an Seth hitched the
new mare up to a bu%gy. A. We WAS
drivin' out IF the gate. the sill was
pretty high. caught the wheel an the
mare Shrunk back Il little. Seth fetched
her pretty smart with the whip. she
Jumped. an away her hind legs went
under an down she went. Well. sir,
he just give n look a: the mare. then
he saw il was his own old mare; he
looked at me. All right. he " that's
all right; just help me git her on her
feet agin.' She was ii>t a splendid look
in mare. but if she made thclra>t quick
start. her hind legs wouldn't come.
They say if a boss has good fore parts.
his hind parts is sure To come. but hcrn
wouldn't.
- Ii was hard work @cttin' ahead o
him." the b~right-eved .'hoSS man went
on. rcilectively. and with an intonation
of admiration in his voice. HE was
Just the best man AT tradin' bosses ever
see. He had a boss in his barn that he
got off onto me. Good lOokin hoSs.
Well. when | started ont from the barn.
that boss was fat. and before Id gone
five miles, 1 hope to die if that boss
waSnt lean You wouldn't think there
was a bone in him. He was a bowed
up ho>>. That man beat any man i ever
see fiNin up a ho>s. You could put the
l~eanc>t hosS Won ever see saw into his
stable. an l hope To die if in forty-eight
hours that ho>S wouldn't be fat. And
then he'd trade him of to You. an in
| six hours that ho>s Il hs 81 lean you
couldn't girt a saddle tight enough to
stav on him.'-BurdCtc, m the HnUk-