The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-12
MOUNTING A MUSTANG.
The Experience Of Stranger in
Texas Brave Girl Riders.


VICTORIA. South Texas, March Is.-
About the first duty that devolyes upon
the freshly arrived stranger in Texas. is
the purchase OF a horse. Upon arriving
IN the old Mexican town OF La Bahia,
on the river san Antonio, opposite the
American village Of Goliad, / proceeded
10 buy an animal.
Scnor LOzano, wealthy Mexican
horse and cattle owner. resident some
times Of La Bahia. sometimes OF Tamau-
ilii'ss. Mexico. was interviewed al his
liiiilc adobe house on the outskirts OF the
village. oenor l.ozano sent one OF his
lrow boys -boaed. spurrcd. aud wearing
ne broad brinrd sombrero--to bring ont
'pf his herd horse that he reprcs rutcd
Ne he splen i'd animal. II was done.
At f'.s very first glance II was seen that
the ,orse 4 beautiful 9elding. dun. high
mettlcd, graceful, rolling. fat and sleek - |
wAs wild, and hal probably been ridden
bns seldom. il ever before.
"IIow much 10 you ask for the
animal"
sixteen dollars in gold" answered
LOzano.
"a bargain. Senior"
&au YOU Fiue MN
"Oh. certainly never fear about that
Approach him. Senor,' said the Mcxi-
can in his own language.
] did so. but the mnstang-~such n
nron his hind legs. and
with open mouth and eyes that seemed =
o fash lightning. made one spring NJ
lis master Idodged and rushed back.
he horse 10 the meantime running To !,
he length Of the thirty foot stake rope
hat held him.
Finally Lozano and his young man J.
nccceded in saddling the mustang. the
addle being fastened nv two stropgl
irths under the lions. The bit was ca
ecially adapted to will horses. Lozano
resented me with pair OF long -hanked
lexican spurs. They were put on al
scurcly and prepared to mount. al
ortunaiely the scene was the edge OF
ast plain that stretches away from the al
yer Sau Antonio 10 the southwark. "
he COW boy, or rel caballero.' a be la
light be termed, held the reigns and III
cnno the left stirrup. The animal OF
God perfectly still. rs IL paralyzed with re
ar Ny foot touched the stirrup: Al
cond more and my right leg swung Oh
M sssS eosestCs 1tfst WIS St0teO IN H.
hen, We gods what backing, pitching. OF
airing. paving, and kickingf The first as
ovement OF the mustang seemed 10 be pu
kind OF horizontal dash or slide. fol- th
we'd BY full stop. The third move ha
ent was q kicking up in which Ills to
els seemed 1t an angle Of IS degrees. ithI
len ise reared and seemed determined i'm
fall on his back, or rather on his riy
Ter. ! hung 10 the horn Of the saddle wc
e sailor 10 the last spar In cvclone. cal
zen there was series Of perpendicular thi
itching or "bucking,v As Il u called
'ong tie Texans, In which the mus
q seemed TO jump up four feet and I
ne down perpcndIcularly, giving his lnu
or q most unmerciful Jolt. The lof
icking' continued quarter OF a. The
nr, and then the animal broke into = llatI
dash. I did nothing but rein his for
d IN the direction OF the open plain lave
let him out. The race against time dis
upicd three or four-mile heat, dur siti
which the mustang must have beaten 1.-The
Texas race horses that every spring mi
eting spread themselves over the lace
to Fair Course At Houston. The lplo
- stopped, painting and foaming, Iira,