trail boss

"If it's convenient, let's keep an eye on those boys the next few years," said the trail boss, catching sight of his remuda.

"You would be doing wrong to leave this range," said the trail boss in fatherly tones.

There was a marked silence, only broken by a clatter of hoofs, and the trail boss cantered up to the tent.

Patience had almost ceased to be a virtue when the trail boss put in an appearance at the tent.

After a change of mounts for the foreman, Dell and the trail boss drifted the strays up the creek.