Show he staked his herd many stories of big poker games carmos among the western cattlemen in afie early days have been told but the story of the game with probably the greatest stakes Is here printed for the first time two well known eat cat bremen of southwestern kansas sorted to move their herds to the pastures of wyoming each herd contained more than a thousand head bead of carle when they came to the crossing of the arkansas river near mear Cd coolidge they found a flood on they were unable to cross for two or three days to while away the time the two men engaged in a poker gamo game when the flood filially subsided so that the cattle could proceed one of t the hh e cattlemen said to ills his conj son who was helping to drive just turn my lierd herd over to our neighbor and we will go back homo home he had bet and lost not only all the money he had but all of tho the herd of cattle |