Pulp Fiction, 1953 · page 51 of 116
Fifteen Western Tales, January 1953 — page 51: what you’re looking at
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# Page Content Description This is a quiz page from a pulp magazine featuring "Cattle Country Quiz" by Hallack McCord. The page displays a woodcut-style illustration at the top showing cowboys and ranchers gathered around a fence, and below it presents twenty true-or-false and multiple-choice questions testing readers' knowledge of Old West cowboy slang, ranch terminology, and cattle country culture. The quiz promises answers on page 62 and rates readers' Western expertise based on how many questions they answer correctly. Questions cover topics like cattle brands, cowboy slang terms, horse behavior, and frontier practices.
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DM emi ge G '1 OU: CP DNPH Poinged & Boe? CATTLE COUNT RY QUIZ aa veh MNS aaa \ J ~ fe Ss at ; g: ? . rane a ‘ \\ ; An ee of 1, MN es Le ' ; Ay N ~ oN CLG, a, Loe af e By HALLACK McCORD { Answers on page 62) HEN it-comes to Western know-how, are you in the top-hand class . . Following are twenty questions on cowpoke topics which are resigned to separate the oldhands from the greenhorns. you rank among the phildoodles ? . or do Answer seven- teen or more of them correctly, and you rate excellent. Answer fifteen or sixteen and you’re good. But answer fourteen or fewer and you land in the phildoodle group. Good luck! 1. True or false? In the old West, a man was known as “cat eyed” when his eyes re- sembled those of a panther. | 2. True or false? “Gold colic” is a stomach disorder that one gets from handling too much gold. 3, What is the meaning of the Western slang term, “gone to Texas”? _4, If a cowpoke friend of yours referred toa “goose drownder,” which of the following would he be talking about? A heavy rain? A device used for killing geese? A vicious Western fish? | 5. In the slanguage of the cowpoke, what is a “grub spoiler’? 6. True or false? A “hooden” is a place where bachelor cowpokes sleep during rough weather. | | 7. True or false? The term “hornswoggling” refers to the twisting and turning motions of a roped steer by which he manages to escape. 8. True or false? The term “Indian whiskey” refers to cheap whiskey sold to early-day traders. | 9. True or false? “In the gate” is a term used in the gambling game known as “monte.” 10. If a cowpoke friend of yours told you he had just seen a horse “jack-knifing,” what would you think the horse had been doing? _ roping ? 11. True or false? A “jug handle” is a mark of ownership cut into Hvestock and which resembles the handle of a jug. 12. If a cowpoke acquaintance told you he - was going to put on his “low-necked clothes,” which of the following would you think he was planning to don? Clothes suitable for calf Clothes suitable for use during a shooting match? Clothes for dress up pur- poses? 13. In the slanguage of the West, what is known as “Mormon brakes” ? 14. If an outlaw friend mentioned the term “pants rats,” which of the following would he be talking about? Body lice? Trade rats? Large black mine rats? 15. What is the meaning of the Western slang term, “riding the bag line”? 16. True or false. means “I doubt it.” The Spanish word si 17. True or false? A “spinner” is a horse which bucks in a tight circle. 18. True or false? “Stirrup leathers” are a form of Western food made from tough meat. 19. “Teepee” is a slang term that old time Westerners sometimes used in referring to their houses. Yes or no?. 20. What is the meaning of the slang ex- pression to “throw down” on a man? 51 CoMmicboOokSs.cO