The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-06

cross the course. This is something
which requires rare judgment of the
speed of the running band, and a deft
choice of the friendly ridges which he
must pursue, keeping out of sight OF
the worn and terrorized animals whose
attention should not be detracted from
the relentless pursuer behind. The
trick, though, is well done, and while
the wary but still dauntless stallion
and his following mares sweep around
the base of an elevation the tired, gamy
pony and the two fresh horses and men
meet AS quickly as saddles can be
transferred the gallant horse that has
made run of seventy-five, eighty-fve,
or possibly ninety miles is free and
rolling on the grass, and the iron-mus-
cled man who bestrode him is on am
other feet and fresh horse and again
hot after the quarry. 1t has been hui
man brain against horse BRAIN The
reinforcements have thus far won the
day.
Now follows the most skillful ma
neuvering. The terrorized band can
not run much farther. They have
almost exhausted even their well-nigh
tireless vitality. They again became
confused and resort to their last
device. Their straight away tactics
are deserted and they commence rum
ming in circle. At first it is two
miles in diameter. The pursuer makes
his circle in little less space. The
diameter reduces to a mile. The man
on horseback runs but the circumfer-
ence of circle, a distance inside.
Gradually this grows less. The poor,
painting, exhausted creatures stagger
around. determined to die in what
they think is their only means of es-
cape. They have entirely lost their
reason, if such it might be called. Mar
rover and narrower becomes their
course. until at last, with the sun
sinking low in the west, they stand,
painting, weaving back and forth, con-
quered for the time. They may have
run one hundred miles. Mr.. Bell
states that he has had chases to greatly
exceed that distance.
The three men close in on them and
skillfully drive them towards the cor
| raj. Among them and in their lead
now has come a strange saddleless
horse; but they are too bewildered to
know it. This horse slowly marks the
course guided by the men driving, and
at last leads within the half-concealed
seclusion the thirteen prisoners.
Once there the wild horses are wild
no longer. They are captives sure and
safe. They may rest, and Craze, and
drink, but escape they can not.
| A day or two afterward the prelim-
mary breaking to halter is done. This
is both dangerous and exciting work.
The wild animal is caught by rope
and thrown. While down, choked into
half insensibility, the jacquima is ad.
justed. This is moose loop, and when
frightened hurts the sensitive mouth ol
the unbroken animal terribly. Next
comes the saddle, ofttimes requiring
an hours patient work to adjust. But
when once in place and the rider on
the back that has never borne a bur-
den, the final struggle is made until
the man conquers and the free, fear
less, swift-limbed Pegasus of the plains
is a servant.
Last year Bell caught forty horses
He drove them to Nebraska and SOLD
them for about sixty dollars each. Thi.
year he has caught but half the mum
Der, and regretfully says that tho day
of the wild horse is over. One source
of revenue, which has been no small
consideration during the last five year:
to the horse-catchers. was the bounty
paid for stray animals found in the
bands. The Colorado Live Stock Asso
citation has paid fifteen dollars head
for all such horses and they are ther
turned over to the owners upon the re-
payment of this money. The offering
of this reward became necessity, be
cause If there is one trick wild horse
knows better than another and will
always, play it is to coax off with him
into career OF perpetual truancy
every animal OF his class he chances tt
find. The wild horse of Colorado par
ticularly has always been superior
animal in point of appearance. fleet
ness, and endurance to those running
in Texas or on the ranges farther north
| Why this is so is not unexplainable
but it is fact that in the bands alons
the Platte and Republican rivers tn,
animals have always been found lar
ger and better, more particularly fol
saddle use. There are in Denver nov
q number of attractive saddle horses
| highly priced by their owners, tina
but three or four years ago roamed a
their own sweet will among the succu
lent pasturage of Eastern Colorado
and knew neither bit nor spur.-Gsi
cGgo Times.
One of the great advantages of tn,
electric light for indoor illumination
lies in the fact that it leaves the ali
unaffected, whereas gas and other ligh
| formed bv combustion not only raises