The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-25

40. of "Woiang"-- Bountics.
a, immense black stallion lay dying on
..h.u.lc His eyes were fast glazing
,- ,r..h % 6lm OF death, as his blood
...., e5bod away from a bullet hole in
N ..-c. said the old rancbman as he
.1-.I over the dying horse, Il guess
..~ won't steal any more OF my mares,
- all rascal, you" and he contcmptu-
~.fr E,csed the carcass. The ranchman
100. steinc, q well known horse raiser
,tle zig Horn mountains.
.y.latG I'D you Kill him for" asked
,V5e, ola | XII him i0rfn said ole
c,a,s n establishment. For stealing
MI m.r1s. Of course. You didn't suppose
iN.cl hm Tor fun, did ye''
u didn't know / replied modestly,
tr, it seems pity to kill so One a beast
.Crlss your experience at horse rails
r- ttoD. is rather limited, stranger,
~. ORD Stcinc; but rs you ask me civil
osss.on and seem to De an honest sort OF
chop IN tel YOU all about IT,"
.Dln't you never hear Of wild horsesY
te rsscd. suddenly. "Well, continued
.,lac ",hars orc OF them lying there,
a.i reckon hc was the biggest thief in
/ rcutoic lot. Iou see they run In gangs
D l.tg ~ q hundred. and the stations
steal our mares and drive them of Into
w.ld bands and that's the last we
i etc. SEQ Of them, unless 1t Is with spy
They Just 90 plum wild and seem
$40. 8 nor the real wild mares
men learned from the old ranchman
f.gfu altafrr fhp tuflt hOrgpl
n Tie plains Every effort 10 destroy
4 ,... L0s proved lutilc, and the aid OF the
j -!tor.9l government is now 10 be asked
4 Pc Eradicate their bands They have in
/ erta "a so wonderfully within the past
ilw year3 That they have become an I'm.
| niabio nuisance 10 the stock growers OF
ue plains They Craze in bands OF
twenty, fity ana even one hundred, and
a very difficult 10 approach. An old
Stallion generally occupies some elevation
.rl lac Will trumpet an alarm TO the herd
+ Ie secs any one coming. in times OF
danger from Wild BEASTS the stations form
| circle ana the mares and colts are pat
inside The colts are often attacked by
wolves or Rocky mountain lions, but they
i.rCr succeed in killing a colt without q
taulo with the horses, aud often the
4 res AID Hons are kicked and beaten so
i h.Nv that they have 70 beat retreat
ur.out securing their prey.
The stations are regular Mormons and
r.. al tho mares they can. They cross
1 lad rccr0ss the country looking for mares
and even prosolyting for horses 10 enter
ucr band II COW ponies stray too FAR
rm the cattle or camp the first thing
,.stv.ta1 an. 1axr old
e7l!lou aud driven OF into the hills Often
Do wild herd will discover tame band OF
.9.scs grazing quietly in the valley, with
81. intention u leaving their range, but
Sire band OF wild horses, led on by their
'alli0ns, dash down into the valley, cap
re them and carry them away. Tho
sid stations are shot without mercy by
Inc ranchmen If one is seen grazing on
L.ll hc Is sneaked up upon and dropped
IN his tracks They IRE very alert and
Tcult to approach, but like the tame
horses are easily killed. A bullet in al
u,s any part OF the body will cause the
horse % drop on the plain.
1he Indians arc the best wild horse
hunters. but they do not like 20 be out In
.U.lig weather and they cannot stand the
cold ~ winter rs well ~ white men, Ina
storm j. the best time 10 hunt wild horses,
f.. they bunch and cannot sec any one APP
u.lrAiug until 1t is too late 70 get out Of
'lo way Of tie bullets. II il generally
useless Tor hunter 10 attempt 10 run
down q wild horse with a tame one. The
tome horse, Weighted down by the burden
o.. flt hunters body, soon tires and the
Wli horse easily escapes Sometimes the
hunters discover the tracks Of Wild horses
near ostralm and they then hunt lor their
Watering place The band always waters
O., tac some place and although right on
iha tcam, the horses will go up or down
Utra mile or more IN order 20 drink at
.tll.r accustomed watering place, Hiding
Iua Iu.u or crawling 20 biuif the hunter
lc. lu wait until the horses come 10 the
ua,.., and then shoots them. IL Is dbl
t.r i0taich them, as they seem 10 know
ntlc.vDlv when hunters are about, and
u .ley even suspect danger they will at
once leave the locality. \ smoke or my
Nuc unusual will stampede them, and
Ucy viii run forty or ffty miles before
.e,-u- un Their sense OF smell Is very
ac.ts ana on the wind side about mile
.se5 close as a hanter can get before being
tse5vered by his odor, and the horses are
Oh ma j.Gy.
TIE W Ter - the best season for wild
horse hunting in Wyoming The animals
e.. discouraged by the deep SHOWS aud be-
cane hungry and poor They are apt at
slcA times TO bunch in the cottonwood
royes where they eat the bark OF the
trees and chew up all the small limbs they
csn reach In winter, too, the horse
hunters can unite with it the business OF
"wolGng." Perhaps some people do not
kl0v what "wollng" is. Well, a
"wolier is simply wolf hunter, or q
ms4 who kills wolves for their hides and
Tie reward offered for their destruction.
\ wolfer goes out into the section OF
country where the wolves are thickest and
tl.lls him q cabin. He will then Kill one
o. Two autelopes, skin them and drag the
Ulooly carcass In pieces all about the
country The meat Is then poisoned with
,,Iychn.ne and left near his cabin. The
wolves get on the bloody trails and follow
lagm Up until they come 20 the meat Of
which they est heartily, and Of course
t., is the last of them. The wolier has
Dr. b4lis in all parts Of tho country, and