The old "yaller" shirt
Humphreys, Ray
The old "yaller" shirt - 1 online resource : multiple file formats - Produced from the August 1927 issue of Cowboy Stories magazine. . - Produced from the August 1927 issue of Cowboy Stories magazine. .
Release date is 2026-04-10
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The old "yaller" shirt by Ray Humphreys is a Western short story written in the late 1920s. It centers on a rodeo bronc rider whose stubborn loyalty to a worn yellow shirt stirs conflict, tests character in the arena, and ultimately signals love and good fortune.
A towering bronc buster, Thad Sowers, refuses his boss John O’Day’s order to replace his faded yellow silk shirt, even when threatened with dismissal. For his supposed last ride, a rancher named Bernard Harley brings a notorious gray outlaw and insists the “man in the yaller shirt” ride it. Thad endures a brutal, spectacular bucking battle; the horse twice smashes into the rail, breaks its neck, and dies, while Thad, already badly hurt with a broken leg and ribs, never quits the saddle. Harley admits the bronc was tormented to hate yellow. Shaken, O’Day retracts the firing, pledges Thad a permanent place—and the right to wear the shirt. It’s then revealed the shirt was a good-luck gift from O’Day’s daughter, June; the two declare their love as the doctor assures Thad will live. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Short stories Western stories Love stories Colorado -- Fiction Rodeos -- Fiction
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The old "yaller" shirt - 1 online resource : multiple file formats - Produced from the August 1927 issue of Cowboy Stories magazine. . - Produced from the August 1927 issue of Cowboy Stories magazine. .
Release date is 2026-04-10
Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
The old "yaller" shirt by Ray Humphreys is a Western short story written in the late 1920s. It centers on a rodeo bronc rider whose stubborn loyalty to a worn yellow shirt stirs conflict, tests character in the arena, and ultimately signals love and good fortune.
A towering bronc buster, Thad Sowers, refuses his boss John O’Day’s order to replace his faded yellow silk shirt, even when threatened with dismissal. For his supposed last ride, a rancher named Bernard Harley brings a notorious gray outlaw and insists the “man in the yaller shirt” ride it. Thad endures a brutal, spectacular bucking battle; the horse twice smashes into the rail, breaks its neck, and dies, while Thad, already badly hurt with a broken leg and ribs, never quits the saddle. Harley admits the bronc was tormented to hate yellow. Shaken, O’Day retracts the firing, pledges Thad a permanent place—and the right to wear the shirt. It’s then revealed the shirt was a good-luck gift from O’Day’s daughter, June; the two declare their love as the doctor assures Thad will live. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Short stories Western stories Love stories Colorado -- Fiction Rodeos -- Fiction
PS