Show ho he staked his fils berd erd many stories of big poker games among tho the western cattlemen in the early days have bays been told but the story altory of toe the gamo game with probably the greatest stakes Is here printed for tho the farst fars time two well known knewt cattlemen of 0 southwestern kansas started to move their herds to the pastures of wyoming each herd contained more than a thousand bead of cattle whon when they camo came to tho the crossing of the arkansas river neat near coolidge they found a flood on they were unable to cross for two or three days TO while away tho the time the two men engaged in a poker game when tho the flood finally subsided so that the cattle could proceed one of the cattlemen said to his son eon who was helping to drive just turn rw my herd berd over to our gur neighbor and wo we will go back home ho he had bet and lost not only all the tb 0 money he had bad but nil of 0 the herd 0 of 1 cattle |