nine o'clock
The Moose was not yet a cow-pony , but , from Doug 's viewpoint at least , he was now quite manageable . Any one in Lost Chief could rope a steer from a well-trained horse . Douglas proposed to repay Scott 's sneer by bringing in on his half-broken mount as many animals as either of his companions on their seasoned cow-ponies . And although Doug risked his life a hundred times , four of the dozen fat steers that were milling about in the old corral by nine o'clock had been dragged in by the snorting , trembling Moose . When Doug closed the bars on his fourth steer , he waited for a short time for Charleton and Scott , but as neither appeared , he set off after another brute . He had ridden a good mile from the corral when he heard the bellow of a bull and a shout from Charleton . He spurred the Moose in the direction of the cry .