:52:18
BOWEN: You still think that bull of yours
could be her mate?
:52:21
Mr. Bowen, Vindicator's
first calves...
:52:24
will weigh half again as much
as your longhorn calves...
:52:28
and they'll be hardy.
:52:29
She can rip him to tatters
while he's still dancing.
:52:32
- He'll never beget a calf.
- You're mistaken.
:52:35
BOWEN: Madam, I've lived half my life here.
:52:38
And I tell you,
if the longhorns do not kill him...
:52:41
then the wolves
and the winters will.
:52:43
And I suppose you agree with him?
:52:45
Sometimes it gets down
to 20 below, ma'am.
:52:48
You can see that beast, Mother.
:52:50
[Bellowing]
:52:51
A cow? Good Lord!
:52:56
I believe that Vindicator
will live long enough...
:52:58
on the open range to reproduce.
:53:01
And thas all we can expect of him.
:53:04
Mother, thas cruel.
:53:06
Yes, is cruel,
and stupid, and savage.
:53:10
But then we live among
savage and stupid people.
:53:13
And the only way to convince them
is on their own terms.
:53:15
Survival.
Thas all they understand.
:53:19
We could build a shelter.
Keep him alive that way.
:53:22
I can keep roses alive
in a hothouse.
:53:25
And you've got
a hothouse bull, madam.
:53:28
Thas not so.
:53:30
Vindicator does have stamina
and fighting spirit. He does.
:53:33
My father bred it into him...
:53:36
and if he has to risk his life
to prove it to you, then he will.
:53:41
[Solemn instrumental music]
:53:47
She'll not turn him loose
after what she's seen here.
:53:49
Yes, she will.
:53:51
You forget that my husband died...
:53:52
trying to bring Herefords here
and prove this very point.