Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-12

\ We'll known traveller gives the follow
NJ account "i the mlnner in which horses
re rauuht in South Amoric. The. are
,-:lurhl with a la~>u Winch is a yrrn,rd
and plated hong forty fec in length. with
, n,,u>, at one end, AMI driven into cor
raj. which Is 4 place enclosed with post,
OF COURSE the -tltrh" OF pton goes Il, this
sport on the ba, of a tame animal: " The
corral quite full of horses. most O
which were Young ones, about two OF
three wears old. The chirt TuIcho.
mounte on u strong, steady animal. rode
into the enclosure, and threw hi> lass"
over the neck OF 4 Young horse. AMI
dragged him to the gaze For some im'
he WIS very unwilling 10 leave his com
radr>. bat the moment lie WAS ont at tn
corral his first idea was t. :,al "p oil h".,
.>cr Il timely ERIK of lhr l,>>u ti.,., n,d
ann in tn, most cff,'rtu, Vnv
The poems now ran after him on foo
and threw 4 laS~u over his fore l-ys. JUS
rbovc the rtlock and twitchinv it, The
,,nl q his lty> from under him 80 sudden
" that | really thought the fall he had 90
had killed him. In m instant 4 cuachu
WAS seated on his head. and with his lunw
knit. cut # HE whole of Ihr name. While
another gu; the hair from the end OF his
tail. This. they told me. was to mark lll.t
he horse had once been mounted. Then
they put u piece of hide in his mouth /"
serve for a bit. 4 >trrnr hide hal er on hi
head. The Tttcho who WAS To mount Al
ranged his spurs. Which wac unusually
lOnn AMI sharp and VIII L. two men hrld
thc horse by The ears. he put on the
die. W III he TlrthrL extremely tight. He
then caught hold of the animal : crl> and
in \ moment v;,nllcd into the saddle. upon
" hich the men VIII" held the halter threw
the end To the rider, and from that mo-
mcnt no one seemed 20 take any further
notice of him. The horse instantly bcran
to Jump in n manner which made it very
difficult for the rider to keep his seat. and
quite different from the kick and plunge of
our English Siet,l.
However. the guachr'> spurs soon set
i'm going. and of he gall"prd. doing ev-
erythng in his power to throw his rider
Another horse was immediately br. ught
from the corral and 50 quick was The opr-
ration. that twelve TulcnoS We're mounted
N :, space which think hardly exceeded
m hO:r. 1t WAS wonderful to see the dit
frrent manner in which different horses
b' hlve,l. Some would actually scream
while the yuathos We're girthing the sad
dies upon their backs. Some would in
Stantly lie down and roll upon it; while
| some would stand without being held
jleir legs stiff and in unnatural positions
their ncck> half bent towards their tails
and looking vicious and obstinate; and
could not help thinking that would not
nave mounted one Of those for any reward
Int could he offered me. for they were in
v:lrilblv the most difficult to subdut. 1t
was now curious to look around and see
he g,lachos on the horizon. in different
directions. trying to bring their horses
back 10 the corral. which i the most diff
cult part Of their work. for the poor crca-
lures had been SO frightened there that
they were unwilling to return again TO the
place.
1t was amusing to see the antics Of the
horses; thew were jumping and dancing
in va ious directions, while the right arms
OF the guarhos were sen logging them.
\, last they brought the horses back APP
prentlv subducd and broken in. The
saddles and bri les were taken Oft. and the
animals trotted toward the corral, neigh
mr. to one another
How PARTISAN Toys ARE MApE-Any
one who has ever walked through one of
the great toy-importing houses in this city
at holiday time, and perhaps wondering 1T
the taste and ingenuity displayed by the
French workmcn in dcvising many of the
most beautiful playthings. would hardly
imagine that waste and refuse materials,
verv odd ones too, sometimes, are largely
used in the Partisan Toy Industry. Ele-
g,ntly dressed dolls, trcked out in all the
retinements of the latest fashion, and
which fetch incredible prices on thi, side
of the Atlantic. are frequently co>umeL
from the c;,st-off stage clothes Of actresses
in the theatres. purchased for mere song,
or from the useless garments remaining in
theatrical wardro es, after 4 pay has hail
long run. The coverings Of the old purses
and pocket-bcoks ished out Of the cutters