Show SHOOTS BOTTLE FROM CARLISLE MANS HAND 0 russian youngster begins colorful career near mon dicelo half century ago from Saal S dle tramp by charles kelly torrey utah by permission of DESERT MAGAZINE el centro california within a year harry mccloskey real name nama Zi his father a cossack was working for the carlisle ranch near mon moni i ti cello utah biggest cattle ranch in the state the english owners were having trouble with cattle rustlers and hired only the toughest riders when 15 year od harry arrived at carlisles the foreman latigo gordon offered him a drink to cut the alkali he took one but refused a second when gordon insisted the boy pulled his six shooter and shot the bottle from gordons hand he was hired on the spot not long afterward a number of valuable saddle horses disappeared from the ranch apparently driven off by horse thieves carlisle wanted to send a group of men to follow the thieves but gordon had another idea he believed that a boy might succeed where a group of men would fail so he sent harry out alone with a saddle horse and one pack animal with instructions to follow the trail until he fou found r d the horses fording the colorado river at dandy crossing harry turned north and eventually reached robbers roost where he saw the horses they had beer been taken by the mccarty gang of outlaws returning from their robbery of the bank at telluride in colorado no officer of the law had entered the roost and the bandits felt safe what you doin here kid 11 i tom mccarty demanded as the I 1 I 1 boy rode boldly into his camp 1 I was just hunting for some som e i strayed horses harry replied replie d ill 11 trailed ern em in here from the car lisle ranch them horses aint lost the outlaw grinned we needed some fresh horses so we took em what you goin to do about it latigo gordon sent me after em the boy replied innocently and if I 1 dont bring ern em back hell fire me tell you what ill do mccarty said after a moments reflection were running lunning kinda short of grub grubard gru band and we dont want to go to town for a while yet nobody aal knows you in Green river you go in and bring us back some gru grub b and you can have your horses we can get more any time we need em so harry rode 65 mil miles es into Green river loaded three pack horses with supplies and went back to the roost the outlaw gentl leader lived up to his agreement and the boy rode back to carlisle with wl th the horses |