om town to town. One time, when Red was drunk, Tom traded in the truck for a used Buick convertible. Then, Red got sick and died. He died from a bad heart, riddled kidneys, and drinking too much. They give him a burial and a funeral and Tom and Meo were the only people living in the house. Then, Tom decided to join the pro rodeo circuit. Tom was so good at this he rode a horse a horse to death in his second year in the circuit. This task led to the name of Killer Tom Black. He broke his arm while doing that too. Then, Meo died. The cause of his death was unknown. The doctor said he was clear as a bell. After that, he went and burned down the barn and home because he said all that was here is painful memories and I dont belong here now that Meo was gone. Tom was on his own after that. Within the following years, Tom Black became a living legend. Tom had killed six horses by riding them to death in those years.Then, he went to a rodeo in New York. Here, he ended up getting hurt very badly. He was put in the hospital to take x-rays and the doctor said he would be there for eight weeks. Tom made a close friendship with his nurse Mary Redmond. She helped him recover from his injury and within the next six weeks he was ready to leave the hospital. Finally, he left the hospital and headed toward Pagosa, close to the Indian reservation. Then he met a man named Jim Woodward in town. He asked Tom if he would herd sheep for him in the Horse Mountains. Tom was unsure at first but finally he said he would do it till he got back on his feet in the rodeo. He saw a bear one-day while watching the sheep and it killed a lamb. Then, Tom quit his job of being a sheepherder. Tom was going to start rodeo again but he decided to track down the bear that had killed the lamb and kill it. He searched for over two or three weeks and finally found it. Tom was about to shoot it, but then he wondered why was he was going to shoot. He did...
