The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-27
A q Tenderfoot's Experience With a
COnanche Pony


The one, thing, however, in which the
tenderfoot is most likely to miss connec=
tion and run away behind the schedule
is Hthe mounting wild steed of the
plains" There is an immense amount
of uncertainty insthis procedure, though
there is NIT the slightest trace, of uncer-
tainty in the steed-au Westerners
know just exactly what the average ami
mails will do. Last Monday a very nice
young fellow, who had arrived just the
day before from Boston, set 6ttt to pur-
ehase i, pony. He Ssehtsto one or two
torrals without being suited, but finally
in the third he found just the animal he
desired. The man told him that it was
a Comanche pony, and the quietest little
brute that ever struck the plains, but
despite all the arguments and fecom-
mendations of the owner, the young man
was determined to trylthes sanimalb before
purchasing, and. SO while he dopneds q
pa r Of spurs, four men and two good
sized boys saddled the Comanche pony
and held b m within the eorral The
young man was a gradeate Of the swell
Bostong riding school \ and his bosom
swelled somewhat. with pride as he re-
iected on, the lesson, in grace. and skill
he would now give the border rnffians
who were congregated about. AS he
came out into the corral he noticed two
men getting behind the pump, and three
more crawling up on the roof of the shed
in the corner. He said nothing, but
thought it odd.g Then he placed his lift
foot in the stirrup and vaulted airily,
and gracefully into the saddle, while the
four men and two good d-sised boys let go
the p5ny and ttirned aad fed at the top
of thsiri ispeed.N ii talst esasSs as sa ssa5iy
lAiriIy and gracefully the young man
vaulted into the saddle, and almost in
sta ntly he ascended airi y and gracefully
into the blue ether above. There was a
puzza expression, as of surprise and
Ethoueht3 a sshed across his face, and as
lie asains.truck the saddle and for the
second time wandered upwards, he had
an Uncomfortable look about him, as
though he would like to ask some ques-
tions, but cou1dnf5.. Into the saddle
again and then into the atmosphere with
a whirl and airush, that made theostwo
men behin6 the pump shudder.t Up, up,
Die went. He could see the rcof of the
eGrand Cen nsral and could readily dis in
guish the new Court house in Golden.
Auo view was SfdAu anu CAtCuuOu, Ouo
he didn't seem thoroughly satisfied, and
he looked troubled, and as though ne
wished he was absent. Then he began
to descend, and about the time he was
due IN the saddle, he struck the ground,
and Knocked his boots about his neck,
audsdrove his spinal column. four inches
into his brain. Tney shoveled him. up,
and took him to- his hotel, and the next
day, Tuesday, he was sewn up in a can
vas sack, anu shipped back to his home
in Massachusetts,. 1t was his first buck
ing, and probably his last. He said,
when he first returned TO consciousness,
| that he.hadl often heard of the, ssurpris-
ing agility of Western ponies, but he
hadn't known until now that they were
fed on dynamite snd nitro-gl cerine
andoperated by two hundred cell bat
tery!1a II h'sE ,N'1ss haseisls 81 ss8f
This iss but one experience in many,
and. the. newcomer who invests in 9
pony had better exercise considerable
| caution, and, even at an Increased ex.
penditufe, get an animal with sufficient
American blood in him to deprive him
of hisnatural pure cussedness, and act
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