Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-21
Capturing wild Horses.

Prom the LEMON tlsld
A large mob of wild horses is described
coming toward the riders over distant rise.
AS they draw near and see themselves headed
by mounted men they wheel sharply on one
side, and, with names and tails streaming in
the wind, and their tanks shining with moist
ure, they gallop of in another direction, but
only to find enemies wherever they turn At
last, in desperation, tney make straight for
the widest gap they see in'the circle. The two
men between whom they hope to escape
Rap off their hack horses, which
they quickly hobble and leave loose,
and, mounting bare back on the spare
one wait for the right moment for
closing in on the flying and already distress
ed baguales as they make their final rush 1T
they do SO too soon, of course the mob
swerves to one side, and passes behind the
hunter but if they manage well the two
simultaneously close in on the drove. bolead-
oras in hand, ready to cast; and at the mo-
ment the horses pass each singles out good
looking colt, whirls the balls round his head
and. letting fly, entangles them round both
hind legs so effectually that the victim after
struggling onward some fifty yards is obliged
to submit and falls heavily over. After the
first cast the hunter presses on close to the
heels of the escaping mob, and locseniHg, his
second pair from round his waist often Sc
cures another colt. Then he dismounts
and, after tying the PROSTATE animals fore
hoofs close together with some of the many
rawhide thongs about his person or his horse,
he leaves it, struggling but secure. and re-
sumes his place IN the circle as before, IN case
there is more game still within it Aud here
let me give brief description of the boie-
adoras, for it Is these that are chiefly used
and not the lazo, as is commonly supposed
for catching the wild horses of the
Pampa Three double twisted thongs
of raw horse hide, each about 3 feet
6 inches long, are softened by rubbing and
working them in the hands, and when in a
plant state are tied together at one end At
the other end of one is fastened a stone ball,
covered with hide and shaped to at the
grasp of the hand and to the other two ends
are bound wooden balls (of the size of a small
croquet one), also cased in hide. Grasping
firmly the stone one, the hunter whirls the
others round his head, aud, when the right
moment has arrived, he lets go las boy does
half his sling, and three balls twist the
thongs around whatever they are thrown at.
But to resume. After ali the bagnales en-
closed have escaped or been caught, We look
after the ostriches, which have, as a rule,
remained hiding themselves about the mid
die of the circle. Any who may have
singly tried to run of previously have been
allowed to do SO, but If troop should have
made rush during the horse hunt three
or four of the men pursue and generally bag
one apiece. Many others will drop into the
low grass, hoping not to be seen, but the
corredores are too keen-sighted and expe-
rienced, and riding up and down they beat
the ground like spaniels, shouting and whist
ling until the birds are flushed, one by one,
and have to run for it. On these expedi-
tons any deer and guanacos Ia species of
llama) are not hunted, only so when neither
baguaIes nor ostriches have been inclosed.