Many a man has been killed or maimed on a sheriff's posse, and three were injured last week on the Pacific Coastbut this time the damage was done not in the grim business of hunting criminals but in the merry business of posseing for fun.
Started in 1931 by politically-minded Eugene Biscailuz, Los Angeles County Sheriff and unofficial gladhander, dude-riding posses gained momentum after San Francisco, not to be outdone, formed a mounted posse for the opening (1937) of its Golden Gate Bridge. Today, nearly every self-respecting California sheriff has a posse of gentlemen...
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