The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-12
GOOD STORIES OF rHE PREsxNr DAT.



River. which is the risht.hand branch Of the
Grazing ground for vast herds Of Wild horses.
ponies on the western plains, but in tn. days
horses Sssss some %'i Of tn. animals standing s's ssvs 81.
teen hands hish and NV, Weighing i.soo or l;4oo
pouhus' WONT Inv NO" "oAioo WIN oov-
eminent IS surveying party y,, which 10 ,h was .o OF .omi;
tho Rio Pacos Wing in New M.,ico NJ. 70 ho
made rns s.' and Si's there ,sreN VA. I to be e' . m,,i sS. 70 no "e
located locate between ,snn Pope, s. Wells and and. tho BE gon 1ee
miles long BY 200 broad. with many small
streams and rich feeding spots. Tho herds OF
horses had been seldom disturbed by white
s ~uppS't .h sga se SssaS' tho 'p ponies s' in pr ~sn,Su "
believing that they were tho soonest broken
and I'd, would stand a. the h., hardest a,s;n riding sas:,
ivory near G pr = ansd " b; ut. a s ss,on' tna We ". were we're
yavors and u,ards had inst coma IN for dinner
Heyors ano euaiue naa 1ue' come IN LOT inner.
There was a truce between tho whites And the
strong one. and the surveyors never went out
redskins would not Xii, Il tho other party was
the stronger; We ,n hsd 1.-Two two smbulsness: three
OF lOuT MA8ODS, anu rum seventy 10 -GIRQty
horses. These, last we're staksd out on the Rich
feeding ground. With no moro warning than
that we felt a trembling Of the earth and heard
inK at east so came charging sround : heavily
wooded point directly at our camp. The stream
an and dFe fan O av our g sHS% sG S " sr asSSs a tMp The ss'i ho asss
we're pr1bably in the habit Of coming here to
11asni aas f lSoR s ana l 'im g. s g sGF wa. s' soins Ct 81
such a pace that the leaders were among our
s ami ,a,,,t before 3 q man b Of Ss , mo wed no No, thin.
Ices simply %terriiosI him, and IN his terror he
snd q MAKES iins him 8 MO Forget eas Tor St the n moment ent't tha ei he
i 4 mSn' en sl sSe x a1d ne 9, w serS az | nIs y snd ;o 6sst tho se
man rushed for the horses. yelling and shout
Ing TO drive tho intrpders away, but when they
worth ,ori a. least $500; and his flight a, created ssa, II;
not be allowed t. ,ehan SitR Tie Ssrd
any Saa and tr,s sou tSs,r be ,.g picked : ,i, up after bsf
A score of us mounted in. hot haste
soa. set due on ws IS FfiG Is p%Sieh dire direct Ths ! he nise hs 81
Eeaehed this rlss every man Of US checked his
herd had come 70 a halt. It seemed, that the
the so1rel leader "a 81 -; Of the the herd her and that the
settled sassn =, st. oS o9; 70 h nhs two Two ssalIio a1s.s were .t 6e-
misbine., Every one Of the horses had bis head
toward tov q the hep pair Thar and ,i was an ami interested np.ssnsl sp sonId
have pu, thom 70 night; but under the oircum-
STANCES Sn% se .nsy ssy v o US no st tbs fiGn a, which ,sv
men have ever witnessed. The, horses wero
pretty evenly matched 4 eihn for size; Our Shampion
ne an H. ad Sarrs1 ss. IN tb n sG saoo' T put 10 Offset on.e
mSnts showed the broad disparity between
wild and domestic lie, Our horse was agile
the sappleness q 3 panther. A. boSsrs flint
for an opening. SO these horses skirmished Tor
noses almost met, and then reared up with
shriil neighs, struck at zach other and came
S SoTsa t S3t w hetbi and b siik air. Th bu Iron Ws sh heard d 9 9Ss
double thud Of the sorrels hind feet as he sent
them home ae,, They sgd ran of to Nv Wheel Il, and Icon. com
and again our horse got the worst Of IT., H
was q headstrong: hiEh-stFypg beast and pig
the third time he eame back with 2
turned a, end for END l1k s = aash f. 70 use ci his heels,
seized him 81 II. shoulder With his teeth;
There sr wes a ts ERR Inst strp ,Sss b 6s,Gss i ths s ho.d
onds: Every hoof hit somethi3e solid: PVT t 3
favor. When they separated We could SEQ that
the sorrel had been badly used. especially about
the % IeSs; the bors,s wheeled for the third time.
both we're bent on mischief: AS they came to.
gether they reared up axe doGs ana struGE al
scarcely of their i hind an f9e a,r Some puss. h nad
the best Of the round; Indeed when heI the
sorrei wheeled sna ran away ne nag ms ne danal
feat. He ran of about twenty rods before
meat msnth ! Lie Looked * d. at ma him ha throYS M. a H fsld aae gi9 sss
flat, his eyes looked bloqdshot, and there was
bloody foam on his lips. He had been severely
deed: he had run away for The momsn t9 adopt
new tactics. When he m3ved up again ne was
the picture, OF ferocity., He came At full speed.
reared. and struck right and left; and the sec
t was a Knockout blow The victor stood over
but as no q was made afIeI he Ioi ned TIE 6sa hero 9iL and
wanted no more fighting: He had az. three bad
skinned In q g dozen H. PLACES ss and it was a week
Two or three times during the next ten days
saw lone one wild VI horses nsssd np "a one &c OF the oIa
Ho said they were "EogHes%%I; IS which
that they We're always considered ugly and