Patches (Hawkes)

by Clarence Hawkes

For works with similar titles, see Patches.

Patches
A Wyoming Cow Pony

Books by Clarence Hawkes

 

Silversheene, King of Sled Dogs

Pep, The Story of a Brave Dog

Pal O'Mine, King of the Turf

Redcoat, The Phantom Fox

The White Czar

Straight into the air he bucked

Patches
A Wyoming Cow Pony
by
Clarence Hawkes

 

 

Illustrated by
Griswold Tyng

 

Springfield, Massachusetts

Copyright, MCMXXVIII
By Milton Bradley Company
Springfield, Mass.

 

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

The Romance of the Cattle Land. Introductory

Chapter		Page
I.	A Running Fight	21
II.	The Tenderfoot	34
III.	The Spring Round-up	48
IV.	Larry and Patches	68
V.	The Long, Long Trail	86
VI.	The Cow-punchers vs. the Gray Horse Troop	109
VII.	Two Toes the Terrible	137
VIII.	Old Ephraim	159
IX.	The Invaders	173
X.	The Tragedy	190
XI.	The Rodeo at Wyanne	208
XII.	Thundering Hoofs	225
XIII.	Racing Against Death	238
XIV.	Good Night Wyoming	259

List of illustrations

 

Straight into the air he bucked		Frontispiece
The Killer reared upon his hind legs		21
"Mebbe he was thinking of saw horses"		37
With a sharp pull on the reins, he wheeled Baldy to the left		53
He'll be one of the greatest running hosses in Wyoming		75
Their appetites never appeared to be as good as when they ate in the open		89
Patches gave a great leap		103
The cow-punchers swept by without losing the ball		123
Christmas was a lively day at the ranch house		139
The horses gained steadily on the wolf		153
The old grizzly charged straight at the horse and rider		167
It was desperate work for the air was filled with smoke and dust		187
The posse beat us to it by about five minutes		197
The black fury reared upon his hind legs		219
Foot by foot Patches drew ahead of his adversaries		231
The herd came sweeping up the slope behind him		247
"Cling on tight" he warned		256