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“Talk about attitude. Where they were most trouble, though, was in the close confines of the cattle yards. When you stepped into the pen with a code 4, in pretty short order they would have you climbing the fence. ‘Dancing the top rail’, as it became known, was a common occurrence in the early days and for many years to follow.”

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Book:Muster Dogs
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