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Cowboy Quiz
1. To protect their legs when riding horseback through brush or cactus.

2. To protect their neck from the sun, cold, and wind. A wash cloth. A sling. A cleaning rag. To tie around a frightened horses eyes.

3. So the owners could identify their cattle.

4. Deer, bear, raccoon, beaver, buffalo, and antelope.

5. A baby cow.

6. A scar on the hide of a cow or horse that is an identification mark for the owner.

7. A deep cast iron pan with three small feet. It has a lid with a raised rim so hot coals can be placed above and below the oven.

8. To gather cattle or horses to sell.

9. When a rancher takes his cattle to market to sell.

10. To protect their legs and ankles from brush, cactus, and corral fence.

11. A mobile kitchen used on trail drives.

12. The Spanish word for a cattle rope is "lazo," which became known as alasso in California.

13. A braided, rawhide rope with a loop on the end that can be thrown to catch a steer or horse.

14. To protect their head from the rain and the heat of the sun.

15. The Chisholm.

16. Spurs are small spoked metal wheels tied to cowboy boots and used to poke the sides of a horse to give direction.

17. A rope used to catch cattle.

18. A rope used to tie a calf in the calf roping rodeo event.

19. Coffee beans, sourdough starter, molasses, rice, flour, bacon, canned milk, and dried fruit.

20. To keep cattle calm and to keep himself awake.

21. When a herd of cattle become frightened and run away.

22. A horse with a blending of white and dark hairs in its coat.

23. Steer Wrestling.

24. Bill Pickett.

25. By the number of hands high it is with the hand held sideways.

26. A long rain coat.

27. A small herd of horses.

28. A cowboy version of the Spanish word vaquero.

29. A musical instrument held up to the mouth and strummed while humming.

30. It is a short braided rope, used like a switch, to drive cattle or horses.

31. Cattle whose owner is unknown.

32. It is the Spanish word for cowboy.

33. A stray calf.

34. A mustang.

35. A new or beginner cowhand.

36. Cattle or horses.

37. Horses and cattle.

38. A breed of cattle descended from early Texas herds.

39. The horse herd or remuda.

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