Ronald P. Westmoreland - Remember That Ol Horse? (The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University, No 34)
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The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
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Remember That Ol' Horse?
By Ron Westmoreland
Texas A&M University Press COLLEGE STATION
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Copyright 1990 by Ron Westmoreland Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First Edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Westmoreland, Ronald P., 1934 Remember that ol' horse? / by Ron Westmore land. 1st ed. p. cm. (The Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M Uni versity ; no. 34) ISBN 0-89096-409-2 (alk. paper) 1. RodeosTexasAnecdotes. 2. Horses TexasAnecdotes. I. Title. GV1834.55.T4W47 1990 791.8409764dc20 89-35524 CIP
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To my wife Betty Ann, who has more confidence in me than I have in myself, and to our children: Ricky, Glenda, and Bryan
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Contents
Preface
ix
Ned, the Cavalry Horse
3
Cowtown Buckskin Bronc
12
Bebe and the Broomtails
29
Wet Mountain Deer Hunt
42
Hat Trick Mare
49
The Pete Years
55
Baca
70
Horse Deals
83
Cowboys
103
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Preface
My name is Ronald Philmore Westmoreland, "a kind of fair cowboy and horse trader." Horse and cowboy stuff has provided me and my family years of togetherness and purpose. It's been a life of late nights at dusty rodeo arenas, smoke-filled sale barns, and many other cowboy-type activities. After I'm gone and a bunch of cowboys are squatted against the arena fence between roping rounds maybe one will say, "Remember ol' Ron Westmoreland? He was a purty good ol' boy, and he sure liked a good horse." I can't think of anything that would suit me more than that comment from a group of folks I've associated with most of my life.
The following stories reflect my love for my family, horses, the out-of-doors, and adventure, which have been the consistent things in my life. I guess it reflects something I have heard: "You always have time for the things that are important to you."
My wife Betty and I were very young when we were married, and we sort of finished raising each other. I made a decision early in our married life that I would work a job, make the best money that I could, and have the time off to do the things we liked to do, so I never had to support my family by "cowboying." With my cowboy abilities, that was a good decision because we might not have eaten as good as we did. Still, we never had a lot of money when our children were growing up, but we always had time for them and we were in every sense of the word a family. One of the big influences in our family was horses.
It goes back to when I was a kid. I tried riding bareback horses
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and bulls and was never any good, but that didn't keep me from trying, and every time there was a practice or a cheap-entry-fee rodeo, I was there. There was a fellow that had an arena close by the house, and he used to have bull buckouts there a couple of times a week. You paid so much a head to practice on his bulls, and I was a regular customer. It was great fun. Now these bulls didn't even come close to the kind they use now, but for us they were big enough and bad enough and we managed to get bucked off enough as it was. The man that owned the arena was a bulldogger, and he and his fellow bulldoggers were the first real grown-up cowboys I was ever around to speak of and I was really impressed. They all had those big hats and high boots, which they wore their pants tucked inside of, and they chewed tobacco and swore a lot. I decided I would wear my pants inside my boots and start chewing tobacco, but my tobacco-chewing days didn't last long. During a bull ride I managed to swallow a big mouthful and to this day I can't see someone with tobacco in their mouth without almost getting sick.
Horses gave our family a purpose for working together and provided the catalyst for many hours of actually participating in activities and as many just talking about what we had done. Since I always loved horses and the outdoors it was natural for me to hope our children liked the same things, and I certainly tried to stimulate their interest but never pushed them.
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