I was lucky to find a capital piece of ground close to the town, absolutely level and well grassed.

After measuring and laying off, with a plough I ran furrows for boundary lines, stuck in the goalposts, filled up the dog-holes, etc., and there we were.

At first only three or four men came forward, out of mere curiosity perhaps.
After expounding the game and the rules, etc., as well as possible we started in to play.

The game soon "caught on," and in a little while a number more joined, nearly all cattlemen and cowpunchers.

They became keen and enthusiastic, too keen sometimes, for in their excitement they disregarded the rules.