, 1878-08-03
Horse Breaking.

| nc following graphic description OF tho
manner Of breaking horses III Buenos
Ayres, is given by correspondent
The horses having been brought to-
gether INTO the corral We're driven round
the enclosure at full gallop, Six gauchos.
armed with laSsos, then enter the ring,
and singling out a mare or foal, they
| threw their lassos at the animal in such
manner is to catch both the front legs,
! falls over on the shoulder with heavy
| thud, and must often receive serious if
not = permanent injury The gaucho,
holding the legs firmly proceeds to make
GRADUALLY succeeds iii catching one of the
hind lerS, draws il close to the fore legs,
and So binds tie three together After
this the horse is powerieSS.
After witnessing for some time the deX-
terity with which the lasso can be used,
the stallion which had been bearded with
the troop of mares was singled out and
captured. He had never been ridden be-
fore, and We are now II see IN exhibition
of the rare ski and courage III the saddle
for which the gaucho horsemen are IA
i.lous. The horse having been thrown by
means of the lasSo, Is 1t has already been
explained, Tie process Of SaddlIng and
bridling shall b,, described III the graphic
aad accurate language Of Mr.. Darwin
The @,suci;o, sitting on the horses neck,
fixes Il stroH. bride, without bit, to tho
lower jaw; this he does 10y passing mar
TOW thong through the eyeholes at the
end of the T, ins, and several times round
both Jaw ana tongue. The two front
les are now tied closely together with q
strong leather thon@, fastened by slip
knot. The lasso which bound the three
together being then loosened, the horse
rises with difficulty The gaucho, now
holding fast 5l.e bride fixed to the lower
laws, leads the horse outside the corral
If = second man Is present iotherwlse the
trouble IS much greater}, he holds the am
mails head while the first puts on the
horses clothes When the Saddling Is
finished the animal is, from fear and pre-
yious exertion, white with foam and sweat.
The process, rs described by Mr.. Oar
win, was closely followed in the present
instance \ skeepskin, however, WAS
substituted for saddle, and the domador,
or horse breaker, only Use the stirrup to
mount his horse. Before he was ssddled
the horse made tremendous struggles to
get free, but 4 powerful ard active gau-
cho, arrayed in red shirt, black riding
boots, has long black hair streaming in the
wind altogether 4 most striking and pic
turesGue personage held him firmly with
fle halter, and 10y the exertion of great
muscular strength was enabled to resist
the struggles. At length the domador
mounted his hitherto unriden charger.
The lasso was east loose from the fore
les, and the ;elliul;.l. pursued by gau-
cho on horseback, who Piled him sharp
ly with the whip, and harassed by a troop
"f dogs barking furiously at his heels,
was free 10 do hiSntmost to tho! his rider
The Great object was to keep the horse
in constant and rapid movement. While
M hard aallop, the horse could neither
kick nor plunge IN such manner as to
disturb the equilibrium of an accom-
plished horseman; but when, as 1t hap
pened from tine 10 time, the horse stop
ped abruptly, asched his back, threw his
head down and then made great back
Jump, executing in a strange way figure
eight in mid air, aighting on his fore legs,
and with his hind legs kicking desperate
", it required horsemanship and muscu-
lar power of 10 ordinary kind on the part
Of his rider to keep his seat mistaken.
The domador scarcely touched the
bride; but he clasped his horse with a
grip of IRON, his knees were buried deep
in the sheepskin saddle, and his bare
heels were fixed as firmly as with vice
under the horses belly After many
desperate rush, many vehement strug-
de, and many furious gallops to and fro.
guided in his mad, cratic course by the
lash Of his rider and the attendant gau-
cho, the wild horse was brought back to
the corral, exhausted, and for {. moment
subducd 10y the power OF his rider and his
2Wa Iu.accustomed efforts