Out Our Way: Watch him ride

Matthew 7:15-20 "By their fruits you will know them"

Out our way, they used to say, "Before you can know who is a real deal cowboy, you need to see him ride." Watching me on ole Doc with me bouncing around like I'm on a jackhammer, they knew to put me in the back of the herd riding drag. I have the hat, chaps, boots, rope and all the paraphernalia of a cowhand, but not the skill - and it shows. Like that dude at the fair in Great Falls who didn't know chaps go over your jeans and not "instead of," no real cowhand is going to be fooled by appearances, once they have seen me ride.

Now, in this d...