09/22/06 Runaway heifer part II

Runaway Heifer II Yesterday, I told you two of my friends asked me to help get a runaway heifer into a trailer and I had ended up calling for help myself. I'm Jeff Keane; today I'll continue the story. The cavalry I called was my brother, Dane, and our two rope horses. The only trouble was, Dane was visiting his future wife and I had to do a lot of whining and make a lot of promises to get him to join the fun. I even told him to think of the adventure of itI won't tell you what he said. By the time I got our horses and more ropes, Dane had arrived and we started tracking the heifer. She had already gone through one orchard, across a two-lane highway, jumped an irrigation ditch, and headed for more orchards. About then, something must have turned her in the orchard and we saw her coming our way. I slipped around her and Dane hid and waited for a chance to rope her. His chance came in a nice smooth open placethe highway. It was quite a sight as the traffic slowed down and he roped the runner on the yellow line. Dane got his dallies and the rope mare set the brakes for what should have been a perfect stop. But her slick steel shoes only threw sparks as the heifer dove off the road into a nest of boulders. Dane spun his dallies off and the mare managed to stay on the shoulder of the highway. See, I told you there would be adventure, DaneI won't tell you what he said. Now that critter has two strikes on us. About 30 minutes later, with the blessings of the roping gods I managed to wad up my rope on her head, keep my dallies, and we had the runaway in the trailer. I told you it would be easy, DaneI won't tell you what he said. I'm Jeff Keane.