Slim Chance

                                                                     Slim Chance 

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                                                                        Mike Capron

One summer we were gathering cattle and driving them to the pens to work ‘em. I was about 16 or so. The crew had gathered the pasture and were driving them down the fence line to the working pens. I was riding flank on Short Change when a calf broke out of the herd and was hell bent for escape. So to be a hero I laid in after him. Just as we reached top speed Short Change bowed up and sent me flying. A cowboy that worked on the ranch caught my horse and brought him back. He told me we needed to go get wire and posts to fence in that plowed ground. 

Going back to the herd he told me that he had the same thing happen to him. He said his horse suddenly started bucking and he lost his hat on the first buck. He said the horse kept bucking through 3 fences before he stopped. Did you ride him the whole way I asked. He calmly replied - No, I stayed with my hat!