The true stockrider thinks himself just as good a man as his boss, and inasmuch as "the boss" never makes any money, while the stockman gets his wages, the stockman may be considered as having the better position of the two.
Suddenly he and two or three others are momentarily eddied out to the outskirts of the mob, and in that second the stockman dashes his horse between them and the main body.
Cloven hoofs beating out one measure, Bidding the stockman know no leisure-- That's when the dead men take their pleasure!
I swung the gates wide open, and we stood watching the riders--a middle-aged stockman and a young cowboy, burning the trail from the north.
Jim watched him swing to the saddle as only a stockman can.
He watched the stockman disappear down the dusty track to the slip-rails, then he went inside, and sitting down at the table buried his face in his hands.
There are, moreover, some minor operations upon cattle, some of which can hardly be classed as surgical, that the stockman and farmer should be able to perform himself.
Some forms, however, occur frequently, and some are of distinct importance to the American stockman on account of the damage for which they are responsible.
Yes, was the answer; she went driving to Golden Gate Park with Mrs. Stockman an hour ago, and Mrs. Stockman was to leave for Los Angeles that night.
It requires continual vigilance on the part of the stockman to secure food supplies at such cost as will enable him to secure a profitable return from his animals.
Scarcity in food supplies, due to an unfavorable season, often compels the stockman to sacrifice animals that he has been raising for two or three years.
Sent Muller and my stockman to build a cone of stones upon the highest of the three table-topped hills, for the base line of the survey.
I intended to have moved on to Gregory Creek this afternoon, but took the precaution to send my stockman to see in what state the water was.
The stockman saw numerous fresh tracks, but did not see any natives.
No fear of that, master," and the stockman slips the cheque into his leather pouch, and within an hour he is ambling off upon his long-limbed horse on his hundred mile journey to town.
I tell ye I don't want one," says the stockman angrily.
The stockman has a third gulp from the pannikin, and with it all his scruples and good resolutions vanish for ever.
It ain't altogether wrote yet, but you sit down here for a minute and it'll be right," and so thestockman is beguiled into the shanty.
He fired it once at an old black crow; But the shot went wide, for he aimed too low; And the stockman said, "Fat stock is low.
The overseer rode in at three, But his horse pulled back and would not gee, And the stockman said, "We're up a tree!
Why should the government give something to a stockman in Wyoming, that belongs equally to a stockman in Ohio, who is raising live stock on private land, in keen competition with Western free grass men?
In that case it will be a pound to a sixpence that our friend the Stockman will give us some trouble.
Suddenly, Heaven alone knows how, the Phantom Stockman came to our assistance; and a more perfect drover could scarcely have been found.
We followed close at his heels, but by the time we reached the fence the Phantom Stockman had entirely disappeared.
To put it plainly, either the Phantom Stockmanor I must go.
This behaviour puzzled us completely, for we both knew that a mob would never treat an ordinary flesh-and-blood stockman in that way.
Now I've got it for a quarter its value, and whatever else he may have done we must not forget that we owe that, at least, to our old enemy the Phantom Stockman of Warradoona.
Enough to lay the Ghost of the Stockman of Warradoona at any rate," I replied.
Happiness, because the mystery of the Phantom Stockman had been cleared up for good and all; and sadness, because of the pain that was inseparable from the discovery of a friend's duplicity.
The Phantom Stockman "A remarkably charming situation, and as pretty a homestead as any I have seen in the Bush," I said.
Sometimes, after tracking the forest for many a weary mile, the stockman will have to return without finding the mob he wanted.
So a stockman rarely goes out without three requisites about him--food, matches, and tobacco.
Moreover, a good stockmangets to be experienced in tracking.
What is the condition of a stockman after he has brought up his mob and yarded it for the night?
So the member of our fraternity who happens to be stockman has to go cattle-hunting afoot.
When the cattle are found, belonging to a mob that the stockman thinks proper to drive home, comes some very heavy and exciting work.
The stockman has to travel through pathless woods all the time, and has an area of twenty to thirty miles round our place in which to search for his cattle.
But they wouldn't spend a ten pound note or two, those Sydney merchants, not for to save the lives of every stockman on the Warroo.
There's always some scoundrel of a stockman who undoes all your teaching, or some long-headed crafty pagan who convinces his brethren of the very obvious fact that stealing is a cheaper way of procuring luxuries than working for them.
I’ll make sure to be ready for him here,” the stockman continued.
But Scotty ought to be back here very soon now, when we will at least know the worst,” and the stockman looked anxiously up the valley in the direction where he knew the pass lay.
The instinct of a stockman must have overcome the alarm Colonel Haywood naturally experienced himself at this unexpected happening.
Under the skillful questioning of the stockman the cowboys told their story.
The stockman did all in his power to keep any of his employers from deserting the round-up, in order to try and wrest the prisoner away from his guards; and so successful were his efforts that Mendoza was landed in the lock-up.
Immediately there seemed to be half a score of cowboys gathering around just below where the stockman stood.
From the fact of Bob laughing at this chance remark, the stockman realized that Bart had hit pretty close to the line.
Frank and Bob came close in his rear; while back of them were the stockman and his overseer, both anxious to learn how the game turned out.
Foreseeing that they would be slow about getting to the foot of the descent, the stockman had sent a couple of men ahead to scurry around to where they had left all their mounts.
As soon as I can spare a man I mean to send him back to the camp,” the stockman remarked.
The stockman was known as a humane man, and believed in peaceful tactics whenever possible, although, if forced to the wall, he could fight hard.
That promise of the stockman in connection with finding his daughter for him would serve to hold him loyal, even if gratitude toward the two boys for what they had done before was lacking in his breast.
A short time later they were gathered in a retired spot, where the stockman took the pains to explain the conditions, so that everyone might be fully posted.
But the Quiet Stockman seemed perplexed at the answer.
Then the Quiet Stockman gave his opinion, making it very clear that he no longer felt that women had nothing in common with men.
Even the Quiet Stockman had succeeded in making a soft white shirt "look as though it had been ironed once.
But if our Fizzer was just our Fizzer, the Quiet Stockman was changing every day.
It'll be worth seeing," he said; and from the Quiet Stockman that was looked upon as a very pressing invitation.
Let's see if she knows anything about horses," he said condescendingly, as the Quiet Stockman opened the mob up a little to show the animals to better advantage.
The leap forward was terrific; but the rope brought the colt up with a jerk; and in the instant's pause that followed the Quiet Stockman braced himself for the mad rearing plunges that were coming.
We came out on the plain, and after riding three or four miles, approached a clump of low trees and bushes, which was pointed out by the stockmanwhom I mentioned.
The latter nodded briefly, and said, 'All right,' and then the stockmanwent away.
The group of cattle belonging to each stockman is called a 'herd,' and he is expected to train them so that they will recognize his authority.
He was soon out of sight in the bush and the stockman was left alone, disabled in the way I tell you.
When the party arrived near their respective stations they separated, leaving the stockman to conduct the prisoner to his own hut.
The stockman shouted something, leapt from his horse, and strode forward to meet the bull with an open knife between his teeth.
I suppose a year had elapsed from the night when the fame of the double-fisted stockman first reached me.
When they got there they found Telemachus with the stockman and the swineherd cutting up meat and mixing wine with water.
He brought them with all speed to his father, and armed himself first, while the stockman and the swineherd also put on their armour, and took their places near Ulysses.
Hard by, the stockman wept also when he saw his master's bow, but Antinous scolded them.
Go, then, one or other of you to the plain, tell the stockman to look me out a heifer, and come on here with it at once.
Then the swineherd and the stockman left the cloisters together, and Ulysses followed them.
To his surprise the youngstockman was not in car number 1160, nor could a trace of him be found.
His left arm had been broken by the pistol shot, that was one of the first sounds of the fight by which the young stockman was awakened; and when he started in pursuit of the flying tramp, he was weaker than he realized, from loss of blood.
One used to get a cheery word everywhere, but now farmer and stockmancan hardly answer a question civilly, and the last fellow I spoke to about his fireguards seemed inclined to assault me.
If you ask a stockman what kind of a country lies, either to his right, or to his left, he is sure to condemn it, unless it will afford the most abundant pasture.
We accordingly rode down the river, to a place at which some stockman had effected a passage,--after a week's labour in hewing out a canoe.
The market for beef is limited, and the stockman boils down his beeves.
There was a distinct difference between a range cowman and a stockman from the older Western States; but while the occupations were different, there was much in common between the two.
During the first week in February I drove in to Fort Worth to await the arrival of my friend, Calvin Hunter, banker andstockman of Council Grove, Kansas.
To Ridgway, who had held himself aloof during this preparation, the stockman now turned with a wave of his hand toward his horse.
A special train was held in readiness to take the New Yorker out of the State in the event that the stockman should die.
He knew that the stockman was dubious, as he himself was, about being able to make the return trip in safety.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stockman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: breaker; breeder; cattleman; equerry; groom; hostler; rancher; stableman; tamer; trainer
