bucking

Someone already started a thread on this:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32750

So far, no one seems to know.

"Bucking the Tiger" is an archaic 19th century gambling term. It refered to a person's willingness to bet on Faro. Faro was a relatively simple game, and many (in)famous western characters were devotees of the to it. Earp was a well-known Faro dealer, and was also known to "Buck the Tiger".

Anything to do with Passing the Buck?

Nope

Asherman is correct. I was going to give the answer but I thought "Why should I always bask in the limelight"

Enjoy the moment, Asherman.

I think a buckable beast refers to a sawhorse.

So then, Asherman, are we to understand that the Tiger is the 'buckable' beast?

One presumes so. The "Tiger" is the gamble, and generally eats alive the person so foolish as to give it a try. Perhaps the author had some other phrase in mind, but bucking the tiger seems reasonable.

One time, at the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, I was bucking the tiger when Doc Holliday sashayed in, pretty as you please. Well, not pretty exactly. He'd been hitting the bottle pretty hard and looked somewhat the worse for wear. Buckskin Frank Leslie was behind the stick at the long mahogany bar and I saw that he wasn't going to serve Doc. So I...

But that's another story.

I wish people that r caught cheating would get disqualified. It's not fair to others. READ THE RULES!!!

buck-able beast
we looked and found it. But still not sure.