The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-10
epEAK,Ne The eRoNcHo.
A realistic sketch of one of the Duties
- of q Cowboy.

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Abo77+ the 10th Of May the foreman 0
q COW o,1tfit is IN the nearest town, hiring
his men and loading a freight team Win
Yorovisions The men go out TO the ranCn
with him. and two or three days peIorS |
the round up, which Is usually ID the iauUei |
half of May, the horses are mustered a1io
divided among the men, The ponies thas
have been running on the range through /
the winter are thrown IN with WhateVes
fresh colts the outfit has purchased, ana
the men al proceed to the corral Inc
boss first attends to the riders who were
with him the year before:
TEX, what did you ride ?"
.C1oon. Scurro. Pete, Loco, Gotch, PaddY3
all there is here. Red Cloud was sold WIN
the culls and Jaybird amt been found ye@
We'll. throw your tug on that glasseyeo
uinto next to the bars there, and III give
you an old an too"
while the boss goes on assigning the horses
TEX coils uu his rata, a rope of plated raw
hide as large as your finger and from hfty
to eighty feet long On the end Of THIS Is
worked a ohondoo" or a small ring OF raw
hide, through which the rope Is doupIeo,
and he pulls enough slack through II 10
make a loop fifteen or twenty feet IN cir
conference Holding the coil in his leru
hand. he Rrasps the rope Just outside tne
| loon and holds IL IN his right hand, doubled
! hack on the loop. Then he throws bne
/ loon out behind him and shouts to the eoie
who makes a dash along the side OF the
| corral As he passes Tex throws the LOOP
oylarbsnd and Jerks it taut as it falls over
7 the ponyls head. The frightened colt runs
( 10 the end of the rope at full speed, ana
meanwhile Tex crouches on the grounA
with his weight thrown back on the rope.
The pony changes ends" with JERK IhAu
( almost breaks his neck, and then Tex runs
m tn him slack and starts him again, and
after the performance has been gone
through a dozen times the pony has learned
/ not to or1n on rope" and the nrst sLep
toward his education is accomplished ne
rs then named. This is subject 1or de,
bate. and Tex finally decides on "Streaks..
&c annronriate for a sepatnB' or piebold
horse Streaks Is lead out OF the corral
and while one of the other boys holds the
rome. Tex takes another rope, and as the
pony runs past him, snares hls fore Iee'
and throws him on the ground. 1nls sec
ond rope Is passed to another man. "n1
holds Il 50 that the pony is pOwerless-
Blanket and saddle are hitched on and
the baekauore," a sort Of halter with
nose piece that viii draw tightly wheI
DulIed is put on. TO this Is added a horse
hair rope, called a macarte, and aIJer
handkerchief has been placed over I'M
Douy's ewes the other loops are Ioosed
Streaks plunges TO his feet and runs ON tn
nacarte. This be finds even more unprC
1table than running on the r1ata Tor IN
moose piece brings him up all standing
ties the macarte so as to make reins an
throws himself into the saddle. Streak
/ looks as If he meant mischief. and the oy
! ISLANDERS climb up on the corral TO be on
: of harms way. Sometimes a mounte
q man is at hand to 'fhaze" the broncho an
q keep him from running through WI
I fence or smashing into a wagon. Te
= reaches over and raises the blind, and the
= the fun begins. StrealSs stands still for
\ moment and then makes mad plung
:, into the air and lands on his stiHene
fore legs, with his nose almost on II
ground. Tex has balanced himself an
= returns the compliment with a touch
A the spur. Strea4ls makes succession
. swift plunges changing ends at eVel
lump and striking the ground like a sire
e PAYERS rammer.
- The boys shout eucOuragingly, 'Sit hi
: deep, Tex" california him." "Hang al
: rattle" .-Set him afire,n Look for
- prickIv pear TO light on" Mind tn
- prairie dog town" Tex plies spur Al
cuerto, shouting "I-i-c-a-a," talisman
- word of much repUte among "broncl
W busters" Streaks finds that bucking Is
use, and he suddenly rears and falls ovI
: backward. driving the horn Of the s8dd
= into the ground. he looks to enjoy {
\ sight of TeN's HtsilsS body, but Tex
70 standing by his head with the coil Of {
~ 1nacarte, which had been caught under
- belt fast IL his left hand. When Strea
a. finds his feet a-.aiu Tex is on his back, Al
- the pony makes bolt OF It 4 mile
n, two tells on him, and Tex manages
a jerk his head around so that he heads
"a home again. When the pony - 80
N hausted that he = comparatively ST
- rnissive he is a "brole horse" lie Will
harder to ride the second time when he
ra bitted than the first, but by the time
- has been mounted half u dozen times
- will be quite tractahle. Then he has to
- taught to .savvy COW, and must lea
- to dodge, stop and whiTl around Ike a C
- The "broke horses that have been runni
"a loose all winter are apt to be more trout
a., some than the colts and the best riders
- the outfit viii take the nonsense out Of
. bad horse if the man to whom he is assigI
=. Is not a very tiff wagner