Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-15
THE HORSE or THE MOUNTAINS.
The Wild Steed Of the West and Hi
Habits-"Boss of she Herd

/ its al meaning for certainly no animal
| In existence is So thoroughly unapproach-
/ able Their superior Intellect to other
animals when partly bred to good stock,
their faculties of hearing. seeing
and smelling, coupled with their
fieetness and courage and their ability
TO stand days and weeks of running,
make them the most difficult of animals
to capture. Confning themselves almost
entirely TO the inaccessible mountains,
only coming down to water once day,
makes 1t almost impossible TO follow,
much less capture them, and when band
or a portion of band goes wild it Is
rarely in these days that the owner ever
tries to recapture them, knowing full
well that it nearly takes horse for horse
In the business, and the wild horse once
captured has been 80 run down and
abused To bring him into subsection that
he is hardly worth the success.
THE LEADER OF THE HERD.
With the wild horses stallion is at the
head, and the leader Of every herd, hav-
ing such full control over them that no
band Of cowboys are able to drive band
Of horses so fast or well as a stallion can.
All in the band are 50 thoroughly afraid
of him they keep in bunch, and thei.
speed is gauged by his own, he running
behind with his head low, scarcely above
the ground He advances quickly on the
hindermost ones, giving them u sharp bite
on the rump, thereby giving them
to understand they must keep
up. Should one turn olt he fol
lows him, much after the fashion OF the
shepherd dog, and runs him back. Until
his band are out Of sight in the mount
aims he keeps this up. Here they seem to
understand that he can not follow them
all, and they scatter in all directions, in
ravines canyons and inaccessible places,
so that when the rider arrives at the place
he last saw them usually around some
sharp point or on some high peak he is
mortified to find his own horse almost ex-
hausted and his herd so scattered prop
ably only two or three in sight that he
gives up the chase in disgust.
1t is surprising how easily and thor
oughly domestic horses go wild under the
influence of these wild stations Manyf b
the emigrant or horse-raiser who has gone
to bed at night full of confidence and
often pride at the condition and numbers
of his stock, only to wake up in the morn
ing to find nothing left but the one horse
on the picket rope and the train Of their
fleeing animals, driven or coaxed away by
these wild horses-gone, and forever.
recall to mind now an acquaintance OF
mine in Nevada, one Joseph Gil
bert, who lived in Reese River
valley, in Louder county, who took
a pride in the quality and quantity
of his horses. His herd numbered about 500
head. and was generally conceded to be
l. To- tl.t Inxa N
and bore the reputation of
being well OF and an excellent man, but
band of wild horses began to
prey upon his herd. finally securing to
themselves beautiful stallion recently
purchased by Joe at an expense OF 81 900.
After his capture Joe's herd was Of short
duration, as with the assistance OF this
stallion they nearly or quite all went
wild, and though rewards of S, and
afterward SO per head was offered for the
horses in any corral, with an additional
offer Of $500 for the stallion, never heard
Of more than fifteen or twenty horses
being returned.
DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER.
Horse raising, however, on the plains is
very profitable, and horses will live where
cattle will die and never have diseases
that assume the character of an epidemic,
barring the continued danger of their go
ing wild. there is no such profitable busi-
ness in stock raisifig on the plains Or
Wild stations often become aggressive
and even dangerous Mr. Blossom, q
friend of mine, was going on trip with
mis- family partly hunting and partly to
OOk over the range to see the condition OF
his stock. One night while in camp at
valley his team of horses 1.-TWO
hne mares) disappeared. Awaking the
next morning he found himself without
his horses, and starting his two boys to
'ollow some tracks in one direction, he
and his wife started in smother. Pres |
sntly he came in sight Of his lost |
Iorses in company with several wild |
mes. and, TO his horror, he saw coming |
oward him the stallion Boss Of the |
Herd" and although he had his double |
,arreled shot gun, he knew it was loaded /
With fine shot, and these two loads were !!
he only things standing between him |
md destruction. Had he been "tender |
oot,- undoubtedly he would have been |
INJURED Being, however, an old-timer, /
he stood his ground, telling his wife to |
Keep continually behind him. On came |
he infuriated beast, head down, ears |
,ack and mouth open, to within few |
,aces of Blossom, who, at this critical
moment, began to swing his arms In the |
manner done when throwing lasso. This |
ecalled to his horseship the unmerciful |
md uncomfortable character Of these /
opes when once in their fold, and fearing |
lis own captivity, he stopped on his
harge, but continually circling around |
ust out of reach Of a rope, he endeayored !
o scare his enemies away.
Blossom kept swinging his arm and |
-elling constantly, working toward his |
,wn horses. until finally he reached them. |
they were the gentlest pos
ible, and not vet under the influence Of |
heir wild companions.
Assisting his wife to mount one, he |
mounted the other, and as he started back |
o camp the stallion saw his efforts were |
hopeless and went backto his wild herd |
n the distance, assisted by the two loads
# small shot before mentioned. Had |
wheu first attacked, shot this |
iOrse and failed to kill him, as he did |
Ifter being meunted, he would undoubt- |
dly never have lived to tell the tale. |
Should he have killed him, the report of |
he gun would have stampeded the band,
md in all probability his team would |
ave followed; but once on their backs he
lad them, beside forming combination, |
-iz: Horse and rider, Of which all horses |
md cattle are afraid in the far west.-T
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