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   Message 43 of 1,275   
   John Dean to Sunsite   
   Re: Jobs on a cattle drive   
   23 Jul 03 00:16:19   
   
   From: john-dean@frag.lineone.net   
      
   Sunsite wrote:   
   > On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:48:32 -0500, Gerald Clough    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Horse wrangler. What was the wrangler's name on Rawhide? I seem to   
   >> recall him being Mexican. He was often a man who felt closer to   
   >> horses than to people. With each man rotating frequently through his   
   >> string of mounts, the wrangler had plenty to keep up with. He   
   >> frequently helped   
   >> out the cook. It's unlikely that many drives had a full-time cook's   
   >> helper.   
   >   
   > On Rawhide that was Jesus. His superstitions were directly woven into   
   > some plots.   
      
   Yeah - though they called him Hey Soos on the credits in case any WASPs got   
   upset.   
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   John Dean   
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