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Ed Stabler

August 26, 2007 01:19PM

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I don't think the drovers checked livestock while the train was in motion. Normally, a drover with a long pole would walk along either side of the train when it stopped for water, etc., and use the pole to prod any cattle that were down back to their feet. Hence the term "cowpoke". -- Ed

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