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"Can he ride?" asked Andy, going straight to the main point, in the mind of a cowpuncher. "W-e-ell-he hasn't been piled, so far. But then," Pink qualified hastily, "he hasn't topped anything worse than Crow-hop. He ain't hard to ride. Happy Jack could " "Aw, I'm gittin' good and sick of' hearin' that there tune," Happy growled indignantly.
False lameness is an impediment in the gait not caused by structural or functional disturbances, but is brought on by conditions such as may result from the too rapid driving of an unbridle-wise colt over an irregular road surface, or by urging a horse to trot at a pace exceeding the normal gait of the animal's capacity, causing it to "crow-hop" or to lose balance in the stride.
But with a little crow-hop she righted herself and began her spasmodic whispering, "One, two, three throw!" After the couple came M'haley and the pompous young minister. Then Lloyd, who had caught the bride's smile of gratification as her eyes rested on the white dress and red roses of this guest of honor, and who read the appealing glance that seemed to beckon her, rose and stepped into line.
"Maggy did a crow-hop when she found she had to travel with the chink, but I told her it was O.K., so she got aboard an Injin pony and off they goes to Pete. "Well, dear friends and brothers, I sincerely hope you've never had to raise fifty dollars in a busted camp.
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