The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-04-05

eradicate their binls. They have
increased so WONDERFULLY within the
last few years that they bave become
en- unbearable nuisance to the stock.
growers Of the plans They Craze
In bands Of twenty, fifty, aud even
one hundred aud are very difficult TO-
approach An old stallion general,
occupies some elevation aud he will,
trumpet nn alarm TO tho herd il b,
sees any one coming. In times OF
danger from wild beasts the etalIions
form circle and the mares aud colts
are pnt inside. Tue colts are often
attacked by wolves or Rocky Noun
tain lions, but they never succeed in
killing a colt without a battle with
the horses, aud often the wolves and
lions are kicked and beaten 80 badly
that they have TO beat retreat with
ont securing their prey. The stall.
ions are regular mcrmops aud ge,
all the mares they eau. They cross
re-cross the country, looking for
mares and even proselyting foi
borses to enter their band. Ii COW
ponies stray too far from the cattle
or camp the first thing they kn,
they are rounded up by an old stall
ion and driven off into the hills. OF.
ten a wild herd will discover q tame
band of horses grazing quietly iu
the valley With no intention Of leav-
ing their range, but the band of wild
horses, led on by their stations. dash
down iuto the valley, capture them
aud carry them away. Tho wild
stations are shot without mercy by
the rancbmen. II one Is seen graz-
ing on bill he is sneaked up upon
and dropped in his track. They are
very alert and difficult 20 approach,
but like the tame horse are easily
killed. A bullet in most any part of
the body will cause the horse to
drop on the plain.
The Indians are the best Wild
horse hunters But tLsy do not like
to be out in the stormy weather and
they cannot stand the cold of winter
as well as white men. To storm is
the best time to hunt wild horses,
for thcn they bunch and cannot see
Inpy ape -qscaiaS &'ssil it is too
late to get oo, - sise-~.y' OF the bull
let's. 1t ia generally useless for
hunter to attempt to run down O
wild horse with a tame one. The
tame horse, weighted down by the
burden " the hunters body, soon
tires and the wild horse easily es-
cares. Sometimes The hunters dis
cover the tracks of the wild horses
near stream and they then hunt
for their watering place. The band
always waters at the sams place and
although right on the stream, the
horses will go up or down il for IL
mile or moro 10 order to drink al
the accustomed watering place. Hid
iug in tho brush or crawling to
bluff tue hunter lies in wait until
the horses come to the water, and
then shoots them. II is difficult to
catch them as they seem to know in
stinctively when hunters are about,
and If they even suspect danger they
will at once leave the locality. a
smoke or anything unusual will
stampede them aud they will run
forty or fifiy miles before letting up
Their sense of smell is very acute
and on the wind side, about q mile
is as close as hunter can get be-
foro being discovered by his odor,
and the borses are off in jiffy.
The winter is the bost season for
wild horse hunting in Wyoming.
The animals get discouraged by the
deep SHOWS and become hungry aud
poor. They are apt at such times
to bunch in the cottonwood groves.
where they eat the bark off tue trees
and chew up all the small limbs they
can reach.