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Tim Considine, who plays the part of Spin jn Walt Disney's Spin and Marty series,
and David Stollery who plays Marty, are good friends in real life. Although their
personal hobbies vary somewhat, they share a common interest ... a mutual love
of animals. When on a movie location, David and Tim often spend their time
between scenes discussing the merits of the horses being used in the series.

Red-haired David Stollery has been working in motion
pictures and television since he was six years old.
Besides being an actor, he is also a very talented artist
and spends much of his spare time practicing his art
work. While waiting for a scene to get under way, David
tries his hand at drawing Mickey Mouse on a filing
cabinet. David has a variety of hobbies and is intensely
interested in everything pertaining to space travel. His
favorite sports are fishing, swimming, hiking, and horse-
back riding.

A genuine car enthusiast, Tim Considine likes all cars,
both old and new. He likes to work on them as well as
drive them. Here he is on the lot in a hot rod which was
used in a Disney movie. Tim is the proud owner of an
Italian OSCA and his chief hobfay is sports car racing.
He does not race himself, but has an older friend who
races the OSCA for him. Tim is also a better-than-
average baseball and tennis player ... and, since his
appearances in the Spin and Marly series, he has become
an excellent horseman.

WE CAN'T GET LOST, IF WE
FOLLOW THE ROAD!C'MON!

MARTY! LOOK! A BANGM HOORAV! NOW. WE CAN ASK DIRECTIONS
THE FIRST ONE WE'VE SEEN! . AND GET A DRINK OF WATER.' LET'S &0. f

BOY! WHAT A WRECK! HUNTING FOR SOMETHING,

SOMEBODY SURE TORE MAYBE! THOSE CUTS ON THE

THE PLACE APART! WALLS LOOK LIKE BULLET

HI ! MY NAME'S SPIN ! VOU CAN

THIS IS MARTY! WE BELONG I SPEAK

TO THE BOYS' SUMMER J ENGLISH.

CAMP AT THE TRIPLE-R I CAN'T

RANCH ! WE'RE LOST YOU?
AND AWFUL THIRSTY!

OF COURSE! I 1

GO TO

RESERVATION

SCHOOL !

MY SCHOOL NAME IS JOE-TWO!
MY FATHER IS JOE-ONE! WE
HAVE FARM ON EDGE OF
LONE50ME FLAT& ! I WILL
TAKE YOU TO WATER!

IT WAS WHAT YOU CALL
U/D£-OI/r.' NOBODY KNEW
HE WAS ROBBER, UNTIL HE
AND A PARTNER, CALLED

JAKE SILL, STOLE MANY

THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM

MINE PAYMASTER !

JAKE SILL SOT AWAY! POSSE
TRAILED CORT TO RANCH AND
CAPTURED HIM AFTER GUN-
FISHT! BUT THEY NEVER FOUND
STOLEN MONEY!

IrisDAtK, wnmJoe-7wo stops his uoese

I MUST TURN BACK NOW | THANKS, JOE-TWO! WE'LL
AND HURRY HOME! I GO f FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTIONS!
EAST! YOU GO WEST !

I'VE BEEN THINKING,
SPIN! JOE-TWO WAS
MIGHTY ANXIOUS FOR
US TO LEAVE THE RANCH!

HE SURE WAS !
EVEN TRIED TO
SCARE US AWAY

WITH THAT
GOBBLEDEGOOK
ABOUT EVIL

SPIRITS!

I WONDER WHO 1 LET'S CIR

HIS "EVIL SPIRITS" AND RIP

REALLY ARE! HOLLOW!

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CLE AROUND
INTO THE
MAYBE WE CAN
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HANK CORT'S LIABLE TO SHOW UP
ANY TIME ! HE'LL PROBABLY FIGURE
IT'S SAFE NOW! HE'S BEEN OUTA

PRISON MOEE'N A MONTH!

/WAYBE HE WILL

NOT COME!
MAYBE THE MONEY
IS NOT HIDDEN
HERE

IT/AWTOBE! CORT
WAS CARRYING IT! HE
COULDNTTAKE IT ANY-
WHERE ELSE, WITH
THE POSSE HOT ON
HIS HEELS !

BETTER HEAD FOE
HOME NOW, KID! YOU'LL I
GET A NICE REWARD
FOR HELPING THE LAW

RECOVER THAT MONEY! V

YES! TAKE IT EASY, MARTY!
WE DON'T WANT TO SPOOK
THE HORSES!

HE'S DIGGING UPA FENCE POST! DO YOU THINK HE COULD BE HANKCO RT, ) (

COMING BACK TO HIS RANCH r — \

TO GET THE HIDDEN MONEY? I THAT'S MY GUESS! HE WENT STRAIGHT V

TO THAT FENCE POST, WITHOUT S

TO LOOK AROUND !

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8&HND THOSE ROCKS!

OON'T SHOOT, MISTER \ WE
SOT LOST ON OUR WAV TO THE
TRIPLE-R RANCH! WE
ST0M8LED ONTO THE WATER
HOLE AND FELL ASLEEP !

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THE MONEY'S MINE, DO YOU CALL RUNNIN
SILL! I PA10 FOR IT J FROM THE LAW BEIN'

WITH FIVE YEARS IN V ff!££T HALF THAT

PRISON ! YOU WERE DOUGH BELONGS TO

FREE! i. ^a.~\ MB!

YOU KNEW WHERE TO FIND ME
WHEN YOU GOT OUTA JAIL! I
WAITED, BUT YOU DIDN'T SHOW!
SO I FOUND VOI//

OKAY, SILL! WE'LL SPLIT THE MONEY
FIFTY-FIFTY AND SET OUTA HERE
FAST, BEFORE THE LAW RIDES IN!
THEY'VE BEEN WATCHIN' ME, BUT I

MANAGED TO GIVE 'EM THE SLIP!

IT'S TOO LATE FOR SPLITTIN' NOW! I
I'M TAKlN'AiZ THE DOUGH, LIKE ]K
YOU PLANNED TO 00 ! START
WALKIN' TO THE CELLAR DOORS,
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DO WHAT I SAV, AND
yOU WON'T GET HURT!
ALU I WANT IS THE
MONEY!

WE'LL MISS THE
tW£SrUN0 GAMES
AT THE TEIPLE-R, MARTV!

WONDER WHO'LL TAKE
VOUR PLACE IN fROUT

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HOLD IT, YOU TWO!

I'VE GOT THE SHOTGUN NOW

YOU CAN LET YOUR MAN GO,

MARTY!

GOOD WORK, SPIN ! I'LL
SET THE OTHER GUN AND
THE BOX !

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I THE MONEY AND
CATCHING THE THIEF
E'VE BEEN HUNTING
"~t YEARS!

I DID VERY
BAD JOB ! WILL
VOU TAKE ME
TO JAIL, MB.
SHERIFF?

DON'T BE Rl DIC, JOE-TWO! YOU'RE
COMING TO THE
TRIPLE- R
WITH US !

&0 ONCE AGAIN
SPIN ANP MARTY
RIPE ACROSS
LONESOME HATS,

THIS TIME
WITHAOUIPE...

MAYBE WE CAN MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU
TO STAY LONGER THAN
JUST A DAY AT THE

TRIPLE-R, JOE-TWO!

SURE WE CAN... IF
VOU PROMISE NOT TO

TELL THE OTHER

GUVS WE GOT I
LOST!

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE.
YOUR ASKING PERKINS TO BRING
US, MR. SLOAN ! WE'VE NEVER
BEEN BI6 GAME HUNTING!

NOT WIE! I'LL SIT AND REST
MY BONES! THE RIDE UP THE
MOUNTAIN INTHATRATTLEW
YOU SENT TO MEET US WAS
TORTURE !

HEV. CHRIS ! OLD PALEFACE IS BACK! WE SAW
HIS TRACKS! NO MISTAKING
THE MARK LEFT BY HIS ,
SCARRED PAW!

THIS PLACE IS A HUNTING LODGE, AS WELL AS A 1
STORE AND TRADING POST! HUNTERS CAN GET ROOMS
AND MEALS HERE, HIRE GUIDES AND RENT HORSES!

WHAT A STORE ! 1 AND LOOK
THERE'S EVERV-J AT THE
THING FROM fCOW&LOMERATION
CRACKERS OF PEOPLE!
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THAT SMART OLD SBIZZLY
NEVER COMES NEAR
HUMANS UNLESS HE'S
STARVIN' UUN6EY OR
PIGHTIN' MAD!

we need a lotta

stuff, chris! our

srub's eunnin'

mighty low

YOUR 1 WE'RE NOT

CREDIT'S ASKIN'FORCREDIT!

MIGHTY WE'RE PAYIN' CASH

LOWTOO, MONEY THIS TIME!

It THAT'S NOT ENOUGH T

BUY ALL WE NEED, BEN'S

SOT PLENTV MORE!

WHERE'D VOL! \ WON IT FROM A COUPLE
GET ALL THAT 0' HUNTERS THAT STOPPED

MONEY, BOYS? | AT OUR SHACK OWE
NIGHT!

THOSE HUNTERS

PAID PIENTV HIGH

POR THAT NIGHT'S

LODGING!

THAT'S RISHT,
CHRIS! WE SHOWED
'EM THAT ALL TRAPPERS

AREN'T BACKWOODS
HICKS !

WERE'6 A BUCK, KIDS!
CARRV THE STUFP OUT TO
OUR HORSES !

/ BUCK, BCNSl THEY'RE 1
I STRONG AS O/EN ! 1

VOU AND BEN WERE, GIVEN
A LESSON YOU WON'T COB-
GET, BILL! ON YOUR FEET!

PICK UP YOUR SUPPLIES
AND SET OUT OF HERE!

NEVER THOUGHT I'D CAN'T YOU SEE

SEE TWO YOUNGSTERS
DOWN TH05E BULLIES!
YOU SHOULD BE
MIGHTY PROUD
OF 'EM,
PERKINS!

I'M FAIRLY

BURSTING MY

BUTTONS WITH

PRIDE, OLD
BOY?

Zateh, the boys examine me gbouno around
calmoak's asm...

SOMEBODY CLEANED I HEBE'S THE ONE
OUT THE HIDING PUCE! BILL GARTH THREW
HE MUST'VE OVERLOOKED ( AT US
THESE SILVER DOLLARS
IN HIS RUSH

YOU MEAN, VOU
THINK THE GARTHS
KILLED CAL AND
STOLE HIS MONEVT
WHAT ABOUT THE
BEAR'S PRINTS...?

PALEFACE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN PROWLING AROUND
EARLIER! JUST SEEING
HIS TRACKS COULD HAVE
GIVEN THE GARTHS
THE IDEA TO BLAME IT
ON THE BEAR!

WE'VE GOT A 6UN
WE'LL SHOOT THE
BEAR WHEN YOU
ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS!

did w>u kill cal
moak and steal his
money? better
talk fast!

WE ONLy WANTED HIS

SHOOT WE

MONEY! BUTHE PUT

SEAR'WE

UPAPI6HT!

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US' WE CAN'T GO

ANYWHERE!

ALL THE HORSES ARE
GONE! WE'RE STUCK
HERE! MAYBE WE CAN
MAKE A LITTLE DEAL,
BOYS...!

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STOP TALKING AND START
WALKING ! WE'LL WAIT TILL
SOMEBODY COMES LOOKING
FOR US!

WE'LL MAKE

NO DEALS

WITH

THIEVIN3
KILLERS!

AND SPIN
ANDMABTY

CAUGHT
CAL MOAK'S

K£AL
KIUERS...
giLL AND
BEN GARTH!

HOMING
HORSES

Like a homing pig-eon, the pinto pony Spin and Marty were
delivering- headed for home the first chance he had. This
is not unusual, for almost any horse when turned loose on
a strange ranch will make an attempt to return home.

If a cowboy happens to be passing through
strange country and his horse loses a shoe
or becomes lame, the rider will borrow a
horse from a nearby ranch.

Upon reaching his home ranch, the cowboy
feeds and waters the borrowed horse and
then turns it loose. The animal slowly be-
gins the long trek back home — alone.

Meanwhile, the lame horse is being doc-
tored by the other rancher. When the pony
is well and able to travel he is also turned
loose to return to his own home range.

It is often weeks or months before the
animals reach their respective ranges, but
their homing instinct is strong, and bar-
ring accidents they usually arrive safely.