STEEL 1 . H, QUARTER HORSE,
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b/b King Merritt, Wy, to Hyde Merritt, WY. Branded with the Pitchfork brand on left hip. A Hollywood movie horse carried Gary Cooper in `Its A Big Country` Clark Gable, `Across the Wide Missouri` Joel McCrea, `Buffalo Bill` Gregory Peck in `Yellow Sky` and John Wayne and Ben Johnson in `She Wore a Yellow Ribbon` Ben Johnson rode Steel in both Rio Grande and Yellow Ribbon as well as Wagonmaster. Gregory Peck rode him in Yellow Sky, Clark Gable in King an 4 Queens as well as Across the Wide Missori. Randolph Scott rode him in the Nevadan, Henry Fonda in Warlock. In order to rent Steel you had to employ the whole Fat Jones Stable.. His going rate was $50 a day.
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