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Range -Lore
Annie :oAulay
Maverick, Texas
RANG.E..LORE
V. O. Eubanks was born in Comanche County in 1887. His
father, Alee Eubank moved with his family to Coke County in
1889, and settled on a ranch near Robert Lee.
0. Eubanks says: "I was so young when I started
riding that I can't remember just how old I was. Yy father
always had plenty of saddle horses on his ranch end of course
it was natural that I learn to ride purty young.
"We done most of our work, rounding up, when I was a kid
on the 0,Deniel ranch. All the neit7hboring ranches would throw
in together end have one big round -up. They'd always round up
in the fall and spring.
"I eon remember the first big round -up I helped with on the
o'Daniel's ranch. i was ten or twelve years old. All the ranch-
ers got together anti made J. R. Smith the wagon boss. There was
about 4,000 head to be rounded up. They brought them to-
gether on the old round -up ground west of the river. I
helped to hold the herd while the older ones rounded up end
di( the cutting, trending, and, all the herder work. They'd
usually pick the very best riders to hold the cuts, as they
were pretty herd to hold c'::ey from the l'“n herd.
"I wee 7:Telpin, to drivc three larldred steers to u north-
ern market once. e was camped near lleckwell when they went
loco 6 :6 stuc,peded on us, o hod penned the stuff in a snail
enclosLxe on a ranch. .round ten o'clock one of the boys un-
saddled his pony out near the cattle ijnl, end not thinking,
threw his chaps on something. In doing that, he made a sudden
noise alich frightened some of the steers. The whole herd
started running and in just a moment they broke through the
fence like it wasn't there, and they were gone. They ran
several miles before we could ride in front of Cier: and get
them started to milling.
"There was a good many horse ranchers in this country
when t vas young. fy father raised horses for seAle use.
re used to take them rest and trade 'ea for cattle. !rotor
end I di c nearly ell t'e breekin' of the horses. (D1(5. ride
'en when they were tro year olds end t':en se'l or trade them.
"Puna= '-iggintothoF eic I took a small bunch of cc tle
to ',A7cetucter for CO Lichurd .en was stout fifteen years