TX BIOS:  Booger Red

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   Page one FOLKSTUFF, RANGE LORE
   
   Range-Lore
   
   Nellie B. Cox
   
   San Angelo, Texas.
   
   Continuity
   
   (NO FEC)
   
   RANGE-LORE
   
   An old [DEL: times :DEL] timer tells of [Booger?] Red:
   
   "I saw Booger ride lots of times and also Walter Spears who was a fine
   rider too. They didn't ride then with all these straps etc, like they
   do now but the horse was saddled, the hacka-more taken off and the
   rider did his best and was he laughed at if he had to 'Claw leather'
   (catch hold of the saddle with his hands).
   
   "One time at a fair which was held at the old fair grounds in the
   Willis Johnson pasture east of town, Booger Red drew for his horse to
   ride a big, gray, Roman-nosed rascal which was used as a delivery
   horse by Taylor and Johnson grocermen.
   
     NOTE: C12 - 2/11/41 - Texas.
     
   00022This horse was gentle to drive but an outlaw under saddle.
   
   "Booger mounted and old gray began to pitch. He headed straight for a
   bunch of men on horseback. These men thought he would go around them
   but he pitched right up into the middle of them, knocking down men and
   horses. The gray fell over another horse and turned Booger a
   somersault. Quicker than I can tell, Booger jumped up, grabbed his
   horse by the ears and held him down until all the men and horses were
   out of the way. Then as the horse rose, Booger leaped into the saddle
   and rode him to a finish."

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