Relay Horses - True West Magazine
True West Magazine I’ve always heard that Butch was the first to have used relays of horses in 1889 to escape pursuing posses. I had a question today from a reader who wanted to know if the James-Youngers and the Dalton Brothers used relays. My first thought was the terrain was much different out West opposed to the woodlands of Missouri and Oklahoma. I know the James and Youngers were sportsmen and owned racehorses as did the Daltons and they didn’t have to travel many miles to elude th...
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