New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-04
A aROUND.UP."
. co,on.po BACHELORS RANCH.


vos ~ friend who bears him COMPANY
seA's" n.fors .un.et on the third day OUT run
- tbat we came upon Turkey creek nv','
Ao"' xh,ch ,bre,d. its way through tne no""-
- between Colorado Springs anu 49,
S,"' o. ror,e-thoroughbred oronchos-" ~
. ,ho trim n mournful interest oy eaiei"-
""N 49,. hat nranks they intend 10 play "oA'
~" -, ,ullipo hard all day and we msue '""
No" TARTAR Of mile from the main r0'u
so n.ar.v re,ast of bread coffee ana nam 81
-. 80 drink from the Great Salt Lake "ou'u
- .oe,ocd refreshingy pure pesiue ~
stprned in " for the night -, cha
su.ra comes a man on horseback criou W.
.erstaoor ledger" as the friend VINO siee'' "-
Me wagon calls himself yo,o.t.r and
.NYan replied l. you take the "lncnes'o' a
~,va ma the pistol we ought to be aoie 10 s'Anu
ord;narv bighwayman. You knew Oily viz
Kid is no more xr, bostile
pr+ ,be strangers mission was far from no7'..t
ps had seen our camp from the roa", a"u
,at keen curiosity which is the inVal'Aoi0 "a
-. % tb,. secluded mountain NIe ""'
-. ovar IN find out whom we were' ""~' W"
h,.iDs.s was and whittier we we're eo'ns'
.t,sr. few ,nouiries satisfactorily answered. n0
Ia - You,d better come over 10 my p'soo ." W
-so-o;rsand wait for the roundup At Il oe H'A'
a. two. Did We ever see roundup
We never had .z bo-sos
I'VE got plenty O. good grass TOT your noi'''
and lots o milk and butter for you
Opr cnr,osity to see 3 roundup. oacKeu ny 'u0
rsr,nisiepce Of that ham and the persuasive 'oe'0
~ fresh milk and butter quite ovecame our suAe's
% reach Canon City the next day ana we PROM SOU
70 drive over to his place in the morning. NOW
.r,hodv Knows who has ever handled them.
4 baV
ou,.,da Of those liked laws which are supposed
=, ,overn bnmsn and equine actions with them
tho rp.1pected always happens. PROV You are
en- credulous a. 10 expect any rational conduct
O,sdav they will ford stream or pnll you M
maintain with the steadiness Of Normans or FER
cberoo,; the next day they will not cross brook
~ mil the hat OF yOur head. So my scertcl"m
concerning them has settled into that profound
s,;c.l -crt whose motto ia" wait and see We
.,s In reach our friends ranch. but there as the
,a,,,g Turkey Creek twenty feet widel to be
crossed and the ponies inexorable. In their deter
,;,s,,on no. 10 risk their lives In hazardous an
a,tempt. The hospitsble ranchman. however. soon
rsl,.ved orr distress by taking our wagon across
with MS own horses
HIS ranch is good type of a majority OF the
better class Of cattle ranches IN the mountains
The house built ~ logs. with cemented seams.
contains two rooms. kitchen and bedroom. and
.,ands few feet above the creek Living low IN
the valley Il ~ surrounded by rugged hills tringed
with DIV, RI OAK and pine. The owner has four
thousand acres OF grazing land. stocked with ave
or Nix hundred bead Of cattle and Hundred horses.
In a pecunlary sense he is what people out here
cal " well hxed.'
Readers Of VANITY Fair" will remember that
one night after al the guests had departed from
Miss Crawley's party. that lady said to Becky
Sharp Becky. let ns 20 up stairs and abuse the
company" Animated by similar motive. we
could not help Laughing httle IN private spite
OF his hospitality. at our friends weaknesses
for be had pet vanity which he displayed
so spclonsly that II invited rldicule lie was a
broad -snouldered. tall. large bOned bachelor with
q grizzled head. partly bald and with nothing OF
th. cavalier .ooE about him except heavy mus
tache good in lis way but hardly a sufficient
stock IN trade for masher" his manners we're
uncuuth and his education deficient Yet he
looked npon mselt a. gay Lothario IA breaker OF
female hearts lie entertained IL with stories Of
conQuests winch were saved from utter STUPID ~
only 10y their freedom from roaTsenrss yesterday
a peripatetlc pedler put IN an appearance. Our
friend ana be struck a bargain by which a bull
was TO be gwen IN exchange for an imitation OF
gold watch and chain. and hall dozen pated
teasDoons. The animal was delivered u the ne W
owner at ranch about ten miles away. Last
night our host returned looking gorgeous and
happy mara o,oactulv cheated N ,no,
trade | ventured to say when he displayed the
tawlry stuff.
You See" lie replied. that bull was old. only
worth fifteen dollars And, with merry tw'nKI'
IL his eve be continued Cowboys are stuck
on gold watches ihere'u be hundred OF NOR,
here Oh the roundup tomorrow three; ourths o.
them will pay hfty cents apiece for a hand IL q
game OF freeze out with this ere gold watch fol
The stake And then there was gOodly
spri1klng Of worldly wisdom III tins old noun
taineers simplicity During us trip be had seeI
Mss Sylvia Somebody and opened the feminine
campaign aga.n by as king me II didn't th NIX
SYLVIA pretty name. In sheer desperation tOlC
him ! did not aud that. furthermore tGOnght any
woman who would consent to bear such name
WIS false 10 the trace and dignity OF her sex
With look when implied doubt a. TO the cor
rectness OF my TASTE the ranchman sad heerC
OF the roundup to-day they're hve miles down
the creek aud II be here Tomorrow And they
were IL Sunday. Not a cloud appeared n
the -ky during the dav. The surround ng country
sparsely settled ~ Il was. turned out consider
able crowd TO view the spectacle. he country
glils IN their wonderful ralment. as they sa
punched together on the plain. resembled huge
@craZy y Quilt Ibe festive cowboys mounted OF
uncrrta1 hronchO>. careered hItber and thither OIL
oluectless eirauds
h. roundup was conducted IN this wise A.
DAY break the cook began to prepare breakfast
The iatte>t calf or steer is always slau2h ered n,
matter TO whom he belongs After bseaSfast TIE
foreman of the roundup detailed squads OF COW
bows 10 rde ihrOug the ntTy In every direc tIOf
and DIVE the cattle 10 the general rendezvous
Across the open plain they went at br-aknect
Speed and IA various po-tures, some seeming Z,
stick the side VI the saddles Ike lies 10 a wall
Presently vast herd Of cattle was collected
some jud les estimating the uUmber at six thou
sand, and others Who appeared 10 have an eCua
rnmber of followers At seven or eight thousand
hen the " cutting ont began that Is the cow
with calves ny then sdes were separated from tn
rest oi the herd and driven into "a corral whlcl
would contain perhaps three or four hundred head
This cutting out process IL TO the loOker-on th
most interesting part OF the roundup after lac ha
wearled iittle OF the some what opp ess V,
pcturesquenes, Of the cowboy. Each conside "a biz
stock owner has a representative at the round NJ
whose duty II Is TO see that bis employers calve
are all properly hIsndcd-tbe brand on the COW o
course determining tie ownership OF the calf run
ming at her side. be wDoys ride into the mids
OF he herd Of believing terrified cattle and hav
ing discovered Que Of their employers cows neVe
lose gAt OF her until she is secure within the cor
TAI. Here he branding IS zone. Fires are lighte,
" neat the IRONS. which consist OF straight ge
ana nail circles With these two shapes ever
.ettef ana almost any unusual brand such a. roses
tuips etc, can be burned on the hide. hree mel
"oTH lL each branding gang one holds the head
hhOtheI the hlnd legs ana a third applies the bO
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