== Overview ==
Horse stealing was like taking a sports car for a spin today. The sport of young men who wanted adventure and a way to show off to the girls. All horses were branded with their owner's mark, but they could often be altered. An F can soon be made into an E and so on. Stolen horses could also be hidden amongst the mobs of horses that lived on most of the properties and 'borrowed' when needed.([[The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 3 page 2|CHC]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878|Argus16/12/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/8/1880|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[Cookson, 05_09_1911_3|BWC]]) ([[Cookson, 08_09_1911_3|BWC]])
Cattle brought good money as nice fresh meat for the local miners. They could also be fatterened on the good grass lands of North Eastern Victoria and sold for good prices in the cities of [[Melbourne|Melbourne]] and even driven overland all the way to Sydney