The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-19
STEER THAT ROUNDS UP CATTLE.
"A Trained Assistant of Ranch Cowboys
 on The San Marcos

IA Trained Assistant of Ranch Cowboys
 on The San Marcos.
 The greatest cowboy steer" in the world has his home on the San Marcos ranch, near Santa Barbara.
 By some people he is simply called trained steer; by others a 'scavresto." But, as he does the hardest kind of cowboy work, and good deal of nature the cowboys cannot do. it would seem as if the Texas name cowboy steer" is the most appropriate.
 On every well-regulated cattle ranch in the West there is at least one steer trained to help the cowboys in their work. But there is none as proficient in his business as the one on the San Marco ranch.
 The cowboys have named this fellow Fl Key (the King), and he is certainly deserving of the title.
 X He holds his title and his throne by the power of brain and muscle. The many manifestations of extraordinary intellect exhibited by dogs and trained horses are surprising enough in them selves, but they dwindle into common place when one considers the peculiar
  Rev. The fierceness of wild cattle is simply appauling.
 The credit for the conquering and education of Fl Key is due entirely to the pluck and patience of vaquero named Louis Ruiz. And when his 1abors were finished a wonderful work had been acccmpl she'd From the wild est and most vicious of them all El Key had become as docile and obedient as dog,
 As we all know, the ordinary cavresto is trained, when the riata has captured one of the believing, plunging, mad dened animals, to range himself along side the captive and permit the vaquero to secure him firmly to the horns of the captive by means of the riata.
 When the rodeo takes place these trained animals are sent into the dense undergrowth and forests to rout out the hiding and terrified cattle. Even the cowboys, strong and skilled as they are, would never be able to drive them into the open country. But with the best of the cavrestos great deal of proddng, pushing and swearing is consdere necessary to make them perform thei duties.
 With Fl Key all is different. At the word of command he is off through the thickets, driving from their hiding places the stubborn cattle. He waits for no riata. Locking his own big, strong and crooked horns into the horns of his indignant brother. he hauls and tugs and pulls until victory is his. Many and fierce are his fights. Wild in his rage when, after a terrific struggle, with victory almost in reach, the cap- tive succeeds in slipping from the terri lie crook of Fl Keys horns and dashes off once more to the chaparral and freedom. But the wild steers liberty is short-lived. Fl Key never falters in his persuit, and never returns except in company with his struggling prisoner.
 Having brought in his captive, Fl Key resolutely stands by and holds him with his horns till he is identified, branded, marked, killed, or whatever the cattle men elect to do with the animal. All the while the captive is held steadily and stoutly till the cattlemen have finished and Fl Key is ordered to "let go''
 Perhaps the most remarkable thing is the coolness with which Fl Key stands quietly holding down the head of the