- Rancher Brent has some infected cattle. He has the brands changed and then has them put on the Evans ranch, With the law requiring the entire herds to be destroyed, he gets Larry Smith to help him illegally drive his and the Evans' cattle across the state line. Lullaby learns of the scheme and tries to stop Larry.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
- Tucson Smith (Ray Corrigan) is a deputy assistant to John Evans (Robert Warwick), inspector for the State Agricultural Service, and is in love with Evan's beautiful daughter Anne (Sandra Corday). He is bent on enforcing the ruling that no livestock of any sort shall cross the state line because of an outbreak of hood-and-mouth disease. Tom Brent (Cornelius Keefe), a large-scale rancher, flanked by his foreman Luke (Hal Taliaferro) has discovered two diseased cattle among his herds, but kills them and destroys the brands, knowing that if Evans discovers his herds have been contaminated, he will order every head destroyed. Brent incurs the enmity of Larry Smith (Ralph Byrd), Tucson's brother, when he tries to buy the latter's fast horse and is refused. Larry, in turn, wants Brent's dog Buck (Buck), and the two men agree to run a race - if Brent's horse wins he gets Larry's horse, and if Larry wins, he gets Buck. Larry wins. Meanwhile rancher Elliss discovers six more contaminated cattle on Brent's ranch, and is on his way to make a report when Brent murders him to protect the rest of his stock. Later,six sick cattle are found on the late Ellis's ranch, and Tucson decrees that his herd must be destroyed. Larry and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune) side with Brent against Tucson, agreeing that the new deputy is far too rigid in his insistence of killing off the cattle that have been exposed to the disease. Larry even goes as to plot with Brent to drive their combined herds across the state line to a prospective buyer. Lullaby overhears evidence proving to him conclusively that Brent killed Ellis, and ran his own sick cattle onto Ellis's range. And the three Mesquiteers reunite to go after Brent.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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