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u crank · 05-26-21, 01:43 PM

Charles Goodnight’s Old Blue?

Aktungbby · 05-26-21, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

"Get 'em up, move em's out and keep those doggies movin'..."following that critter with the ox bell??!

The italicized lyrics from the tv western Rawhide...I watch reruns (starring Clint Eastwood) . In one episode, they lose "the lead bull"; essential equipment on a long cattle drive from Texas to the trailheads at Kansas. This put me on to the concept of a very bossy lead steer that would lead 3,000+ other critters on a 'campaign' wearing an ox-bell the other steer would learn to follow endlessly... to slaughter! In effect Ol' Blue was a 'Judas goat' and made 8 campaigns up the Great Western Trail to Dodge City from Goodnight's Texas Ranch.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Is this to be found in an American museum?

yes

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Through thousands of miles of treacherous trails, driving cattle north on the great cattle trails was tricky business, testing the will of the cowboy and the cow pony. Along the way, someone came up with the idea of using a lead steer, which would keep the herds headed in the right direction.

In a group of 5,000 steers, Charles Goodnight purchased Old Blue after showing signs of natural leadership.In 1876, Goodnight decided to move back to Texas and Old Blue lead the herd. Over the next eight years, Old Blue kept leading herds, sometimes twice a year, to Dodge City. When the drive was over, he'd travel back to Texas with the horse remuda and drivers.

Old Blue was always be the pointer animal, and the herd learned to follow the sound of his bell. Attached to the bell was a little strap to tie up the clapper so it would stay quiet at night. Old Blue would let a cowboy tie up the clapper at night, and release it in the morning when the herd was ready to move. Getting a Goodnight's rest??!!

The longhorn became a pet, walking right up to the camp to eat bread, apples, or whatever the cook would give him. He preferred to bed down with the horses instead of the herd. The steer faced storms, Indian raids and buffalo stampedes, and lived to be twenty years old.

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Originally Posted by u crank

Charles Goodnight’s Old Blue?

Precisely and well done! Legendary Texas rancher Goodnight's dominant lead bull, Ol' Blue! He famously lead 8 drives from age four to twelve and retired at Goodnights Texas ranch, for his remaining eight years.

U were first on scent with ox-bell .

Over to you sir!

Catfish · 05-26-21, 03:24 PM

Never heard of this, and obviously did not find it - well done

"Old Blue" sure was not a hero in other bulls' eyes, leading thousands to the slaughter

u crank · 05-26-21, 03:26 PM

Ok what might this be?

Aktungbby · 05-26-21, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Never heard of this, and obviously did not find it - well done

"Old Blue" sure was not a hero in other bulls' eyes, leading thousands to the slaughter

To be technically correct, he 'steered' them to slaughter- you can't have 3,000-5,000 bulls on a 'Bovine hejira' to Kansas; they've got be castrated...mellows them out considerably...come to think of it, the remuda(cowhorses) were geldings as well. Jeeze! The West was won with transgendered 'its' ... not hims!

Moonlight · 05-26-21, 05:50 PM

I know someone else who needs castrating as well and with a rusty knife too bby.

Dear image puzzle god of the Subsim forum please do not let Aktungbby win another one or I could end up in a padded cell....again.

Buddahaid · 05-26-21, 11:08 PM

Interesting bull I was steering clear of....

u crank, I need a sense of scale. Is your object bigger than a typical car?

Catfish · 05-27-21, 02:15 AM

@AktungBby

@u crank - new riddle: Made of plastic?

u crank · 05-27-21, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

u crank, I need a sense of scale. Is your object bigger than a typical car?

I would say yes.

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Originally Posted by Catfish

@u crank - new riddle: Made of plastic?

I would say no but there could be plastic components.

Catfish · 05-27-21, 05:04 AM

Part of a device connected to a computer?

u crank · 05-27-21, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Part of a device connected to a computer?

Yes.

Jimbuna · 05-27-21, 07:59 AM

Part of a SAM unit?

u crank · 05-27-21, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Part of a SAM unit?

Yes.

Catfish · 05-27-21, 08:44 AM

Russian?

Jimbuna · 05-27-21, 09:17 AM

Iron Dome?

05-26-21, 01:43 PM	#17311
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,566 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Charles Goodnight’s Old Blue? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,905 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Never heard of this, and obviously did not find it - well done "Old Blue" sure was not a hero in other bulls' eyes, leading thousands to the slaughter __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

05-26-21, 03:26 PM	#17314
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,566 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Ok what might this be? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-26-21, 05:50 PM	#17316
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,152 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	I know someone else who needs castrating as well and with a rusty knife too bby. Dear image puzzle god of the Subsim forum please do not let Aktungbby win another one or I could end up in a padded cell....again. __________________

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,575 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Interesting bull I was steering clear of.... u crank, I need a sense of scale. Is your object bigger than a typical car? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,905 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	@AktungBby @u crank - new riddle: Made of plastic? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

05-27-21, 05:04 AM	#17320
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,905 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Part of a device connected to a computer? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

05-27-21, 07:59 AM	#17322
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Part of a SAM unit? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,905 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Russian? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

05-27-21, 09:17 AM	#17325
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Iron Dome? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)