Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-12-24
OTTUMWA WAPELLo COUNTY, DECEMBER

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ha ackamore II put ON him. Know
what hackamore 10, Pete 2"
"No, l tldn't."
i "Wall, . hackamore is Spanisll hal.
/ ter, that is made 20 30 to slip when q
rider pulls ON 1t, and draws . hoss'i
noetrils together and shets hts wind
Of" -
"It's . jaquino," said the old man
"An Invention OF the Moorish ArAbs.a
n 'sThen continued Sam, s'she 10 blind.
folded with . leather, binder, and al.
lowed to git up. As long ss the blin.
der is on him he will stand still to be
i saddied and fairly mounted then,
when The rider 10 fixed In his seat tho
blind II raised and the fun commences.
i While the binder 10 over the h0ss's
i eyes, the half dollars are put Ia the
STRIPE aud on . real divelish hose,
Q fellow has to look sharp &c hc keeps
them there. kept on at the bnsiness
60 I growed, mp and got Atropger. until
thought was about @ good q buck
ayro (vdQmey0l ~ ever swung q lass-
rope at rodero [r0de0.]
II went to ell the roderos could
/ git away to 60 to, and rode for fun or
money. Once l bet twenty dollara
with miner that I could ride mule
j he had, for fiitcons minutes, without
/ gittin' OF him. Stakes put up, and 1
mounted Mr.. Mule. Wall, that mule
did everything bnt fall back ward. He
jumped. bucked, kicked, bit, run back.
ward, and at last laid down and rolled.
But stuck BY him. was on top what
ever side was up. Then he got 80 stub
born and laid still, and wouldn't git
up.g So jest sot there till my time
was out, end took the coin.
~ tell you these things-and kin
prove them--to show you that was q
purity good rider. liked the business
and I liked California; but one day q
man came down from Nevada, and
brought the herd-hosses. brandin-
irons, and oil, and brought the whole
outfit over the Sierras into the sage
brush. Old Manuel and me come
with him and staid with him, till I
got my ridin' split by this leg. Old
Manuel went back the fust winter.
Snow and sage-brush didn't suit his
taste. But I got along fust-rate with
the boss, and be made me boss No. 2.
zone day he says to me, Sam, thre's
/ . lot OF big steers that see are workin
up into the foothills too far to the
north, and I'd like IL you'd take . hoss
and drive 'em down. 'Au right"
says ], but We hAv'nt got . hoss 1it to
60 up there: it's o mighty ROCKY place,
you know, and there's none Of our
stock thasis sAod but your mare and
Lghtnin." well, ride Lightnin," says
he. He'll break his fool neck up there,
rays I. "Let him break II, them says
tho boss for hs was no sloucA on .
old man. AL right says I; Lightin'
goss, Now, this hoss Lishtnin was
crazy"
Mine Gott'
e eyes, crazy. A regular ravin mani
90 OfA hoss, n ever there was one
He wAs afraid o.. his own shad-
~, and sverything else bot . COW or
Asleee. But - Was good one to 70,
end 'hs eosld stop at fail speed, aad
aatn quicker thAa . lash. But You
'ooaldAt sit near him, II he wAsn't
bli1dsd; /; nor glt OF q him without |
SUI r Snnv z a ios{ ~ oy '6ita m kis month IA |
Cnnl6 rs,e m. -. .e.ii hack vith his
rider. But puts haekAmose on him,
|ssddie, mount And start mp . wild
stsef, and Lightnin' wouldfollow him
Al yin, and stay with him. over any
vas 1sssed Ana a. 50 .cin ia had
isst maj one sensible mint ahont him
vh.t ihsv cali minnv-m.ni.r
reckon.
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