In St. Johns, the rancher wait for the cattle to mature and plump up by September prepared for the market. However, wild horses leave behind broken fences and trampled grass, prompting the ranchers to meet and plan how to protect their pastures. A boy reports the horses’ trail up a mountain and the men take action by gathering their rifles for the trek up the same route. One of the men, Nat, speaks to his wife about the horses and voices her desire for a sorrel. The morning of the mountain trip, Emily sees Nat off. Nat meets with Jim, Ralph and Humpy go up the northern side of the mountain in order to take a wild horse for themselves or their wives. While riding, the men argue about how best to shoot a wild horse. Humphry cries out that he spots the horses. His horse panics and throws him off its back, but luckily Humphry is not hurt. Humphry gets off the trail completely, though Jim, Ralph, and Nat continue. The three men reach a meadow and see the horses Humphry had spotted about earlier. Nat sees a sorrel that his wife had wanted. The men all draw their rifles, but put them down to resume the chase. Nat’s horse ,Antelope gains on the red sorrel until the sorrel makes it to a barbed wire fence and jumps. However, if falls short as its belly pierces through the wire and the horse bleeds until Nat shoots it.