St. Landry democrat., 1880-06-26
Breaking a Bronco.

| years oil without beng handled at ALL
and IN some cases they become 50 wild
that if at all badly handled III break
ing, they will never be quite broken.
When & colt IS to be broken the bunch
Of horses in which he runs is driven into
the corral and the breaker throws his
larlat on his neck, while another man
ropes hlm by the fore feet in order to
| throw hum down. Some men prefer to
throw him III this way, and others merely
rope him by the neck ana choke him till
he falls. AS soon as he falls Il man runs
to his head, loosing the rope on his
neck SO as not to choke him, and knccl-
ING on his neck, holds his nose UP in the
ali, the rope on the fore feet being
pulled tight and held short so as to
raise his feet off the ground. Held in
this position the horse cannot get I'D,
and the breaker can put on and adjust
his halter and blinds with perfect facil-
ity. The rope that was thrown on the
neck III the first instance with a slip
moose is removed and the end tied on
the neck IN a firm knot, the rope being
passed through the halter ring and tied
there. The blinds are drawn over the
forehead, but do not cover the ewes;
they are ready to be drawn down.
After all these things are done. the
rope on the feet is slackened so that the
moose will open and fall Oft, and the
head is loosed at the same time and the
horse gets up. There are one or two
men holding the head rope. so that
there is no fear of his getting away.
After he is on his legs, the breaker
walks up to his head, keeping a hand on
the rope, SO as to be able to Jerk him
round ID case he should attempt to
whirl and kick, and stroke him on the
nose. If he is a wild one, it will take
several attempts before the breaker can
get hand on him at all, but in short
time he can be handled on the head and
nose.
Ii the horse is worth taking some pains
over, the breaker will handle him for
perhaps half day before putting sad
die on. He will begin to teach him to
lead, viii handle him all over, and teach
him not to be afraid of a man, and will
rub him down the legs and pick up his
feet, and do all he can to get the horses
confidence. If, however, the breaker
wants to do the work as fast as posi-
BILE, he will, as soon as he can, rub the
horse on the head, draw the blinds down
over the eyes, and proceed to saddle up.
1t is not usual to put on q bride at first,
as horse cannot be pulled up by bit
until he has learned that it is meant to
stop him, but hacomore is used instead
This consists of a plated rawhide ring
that encircles the nose, being fixed on to
a headstall of the same material A
short hair rope is used for reins, the
ends being tied on to the ring under
the jaws; the ring is placed so far down
the nose that when pulled upon it will
shut off the horses wind and then he
can be stopped.
Everything being adjusted, the rider
and pulls up the blinds ard
starts the horse up with his quirt. He
usually begins bucking at once, and
breakers prefer to let him have a good
spell at it and to quiet him well mean
while, and then in many cases he will
never buck again. 1t takes good rider
to sit on bucking horse; the body
must be thrown well back in the saddle
and the back as loose as possible, while
the saddle is gripped tight.
1t is usual to have an assistant on
gentle horse to give the unbroken one
lead, and to head him Oft from any tim
Der or dangerous ground that he may
Try to run into, for, knowing nothing OF
5he use of the reins, he can only be
guided by pulling his head round by
main force. After being ridden two or
three times the colt will travel well with
another horse, and soon become bridle-
wise, through his nose being made sore
BY the hacomore ring, and then a bride
IS put on as well as the hacomore ring,
and both reins used at once. After q
lew lessons at this the hacomore is dis
oensed with and the bride used alone.
A colt will very soon learn to drive in
| band of horses, but at first he will try
% run into the band instead of round
hem. He can be made very useful for
Irving horses within week of being
aiken up, but it takes longer before he
will be of much use for cattle. In ten
lays to three weeks he will be so gen
lie that any fairly good rider can man
lge him, though he will be liable to
,uck for some time when anything goes
wrong. If at first he does not succeed
n getting rid of his rider he will give
Up trying to do SO, but if he once man.
.ges it he is encouraged to attempt it
whenever he can take the rider at dis
,dvantage.
A breaker will have several horses in
and at once; he will keep them on
ticket rope or in the stable for some
ime at first, teaching them to let him
walk up to them in the corral.
When a horse is badly handled at
rst, and allowed to get loose with
ope on, and to throw his rider, and so
D have his own way, he is frequently
spoilt," and in many cases never be-
ONES thoroughly broken. He has found
ut that he is stronger than man and
nat he can have his own way if he takes
dvantage of his opportunities.
A breaker will undertake to break
orses at from S. to $40 head. He
ill gentle them so that any ordinary
der can take them to put to work, but
e cannot at that price make them thor
1ehly bridlewise, nor break them in
very particular. They will need care
IL handling and watching for some
me, and cannot be trusted like an old,
entle horse.
1t is important to see that the horse is
oxen on both sides. Chicago Inter-
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