It was in "_The Pony Rider Boys In Texas_" that we found the lads
learning the first rudiments of the cattle business. The thrilling
part that the young men took in the long cattle drive, with its
stampedes, the fording of swollen rivers, the games of the cowboys
and the tricks of the cattle thieves, is related in that second
volume. How the boys improved their shooting and mastered the details
of that fascinating sport of handling the lariat are all familiar
to our readers.
In "_The Pony Rider Boys in Montana_" is told the story of the long
and exciting ride over the old Custer Trail, famous in the tragic
annals of our earlier days of Indian fighting. Here the boys found
themselves drawn into the life of the sheep men, on those great
ranges where the sheep men must still defend themselves from the
prejudices, and sometimes from the extreme violence, of the cattle
men. It was in this connection that Tad Butler and his friends
discovered leading clues in the great conspiracy of certain cattle
men against the prosperity and safety of the sheep men. This state
of affairs led finally to an angry battle, at which the boys were
present. Then, too, our readers all recall Tad Butler's capture by
the Blackfeet Indians, and all that befell him ere he succeeded in
escaping to his friends.
The next stage of adventures took our lads somewhat further east, as
told in "_The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks_.
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