The diamond drill., 1888-12-22

KATE RENWODD BRINGING "A 'BICkEh 10
TERMS.
river i'm the neighborhood and tho cattle
can be turned into il, this is an excellent
way of bringing the stampede to an
end"
'It must be risky work riding at such
times" said the reporter.
"Well, il is somewhat" said the fair
cowboy. "All that one can do is TO per-
init the horse TO pick his own path and
trust 10 good fortune. In Dakota the
praire land was as level as table and
as solid. But in Wyoming the burrows
of the prairie-dogs make the running
very unsafe. Besides that the prairie is
of the rolling kind, and one has TO ride
at ones best to keep the herds in sight
Oh, it's wild work, but still only those
who have participated in IL can under
stand its thrilling charm. You are con-
scious of nothing but the roar and tu-
multi of the flying herd" went on Mrs.
Renwood, her eyes kindling as she spoke.
"You are not riding. you are flying.
The blood sings through your veins,
there is mad feeling of exhilaration;
the prairie flies past you like green
ribbon; you initiate the spirit of your
flying horse; you are almost intoxicated
nothing like IL on earth"
''Do she Western mustangs deserve
all She bad name they possess.''
Eyes, 20 great extent; but they are
hardy, serviceable animals, without
which cattle-raising in big herds would
be almost an impossibility. The great
difficulty with n broncho is To get ON his
back. Once there, IL you have nerve
and are fairly good horseman, you are
on the back of willing and untirable
beast. But have fought with horse
for an hour or more before he would per-
init me TO get on the saddle. carry on
my cheek now a scar received from n
broncho, which was not only so ungallant
as TO refuse TO permit me 20 ride him but
kicked me in addition. A quirt and n
pitchforlx aided me in reducing him TO
submission. ! sold him later for 81 900,
for he was an excellent horse. Then he
killed man and had to be shot. The
bucking broncho, or rather his bucking,
is misunderstood i'm the East. find. The
bucker does not kick or fight or plunge.
lie simply stiffens all four legs, arches
his back, puts down his neck, and then
when he feels the slightest disposition
on the part of his rider to slip Oft, dex
terously shoots up his hind legs and
throws him over his head. This rs the
one and only way Of the 'bucker.' BY
the way, do you know that in the herd
ing districts If ones horse gives out one
simply ropes horse out of the nearest
herd, no matter to whom IL belongs,
use him, and at the end OF the day turns
him loose TO find his way back TO his
own herd. This is one Of the unwritten
laws Of Western hospitality. Yes, some
~ hoa hs.x lafl
before, but still one doesn't think OF
such things when work has TO be done
and one is twenty-five or thirty miles
from home. Well, yes, these horses
would hardly suit an elderly gentleman
who nerves were not of the strongest.
When on Sand Creek we were much
bothered with prairie wolves. No, don't
mean covotes, but the big gray wolves,
as large as "A Newfoundland dog. They
stole our sheep and poultry, attacked
calves and used TO destroy the foals. /
and my brother used TO watch for them
and even run them with the aid OF a
good dog and n swift horse. / have sew
eral skins In my possession that l OBJ
tanned with the aid Of my forty-caliber
Remington"
"And you can use lariat as we'll as
a rihef" queried the writer.
Eyes. IL is not so hard matter as
one imagines. The only difficulty Is
when one is attempting 10 rope horses
or steers that have been lassoed before.
These will watch their pursuer, and
when they see the motion OF the arm
as the lnriat is thrown, will dodge the
rope"
aYou must have spent good deal OF
your life in the saddley"
"Yes; from the time that was ten
years old 10 within eighteen months
back was more on q broncho's back
than on the ground. Many and many
times have ridden from sun-up TO sun
down. The longest ride that ever under
took was one OF 40 miles This did
within the twenty-four hours A thing
OF this kind would not be possible in one
OF the ladies' saddles such as you use In
the East. But our saddles arc the blg,
comfortable, Mexican kind. with high
pommels aud three horns Our straps
are OF the capped kind I seldom used
spurs. heavy 'quirt giving my mus
tang all the stimulus he needed. We
tta. don I.lo toturhoos rrtrfha In a