Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-26
ONE way TO TRAM A BRONCO.


A Western Lad Who Docs Nat Believe In
the Throwing" PrincipIs.
1t has been and is still believed by
SOME that 10 break Il bronco he must
be rOped. thrown, beaten, conquered
before hergn be utilized. | believed
so once, bun the method has always
struck me as 4 dead failure Were
the brestur OF - hle intellect rs tho
bronco, ono many instances he might
sdglacetIi.y submit To a reversal ~. stu
billsns 'ud allow the bronco Ia rain
4sa:., fUr ont uf the brains of proncos
we may learn wisdom, as well rs out
of the mouths of babes aud sucklings.
| had "A friend ouce, lis brave q man
as ever graced a saddle, leveled "A
Winchester or loved Il child, and he
owned q bronco. Ii he would saddle
the animal once or three times q day
the pony must be roped, thrown and
blinded on each occasion. My friend
said II was the nature OF the brute. A"
i knew he could not be wantonly I'M
kind 10 anything. Il never occurred
TO ne that II might be education, and
that nature had nothing 10 do with il.
Several years later the madam and
1 were camped ear an old log road
1 N the mountains IN the vicinity of a
friends ranch. One morning, ms |
was about building the fire for coffee,
the ~raEcIman's son. "A lad Of Is. came
up the road with a bride on hls arm.
lie stopped c III and began To whis,
tie, as one would for n dog. After he
had whlstled a few times | heard a
whinny, and in a few moments the
RAPID beat Of a horses hOois broke
upon tue sweet peacefulurss OF the
summer morning. Looking in the Iii.
rection Of tue sound, | presently saw
a pony coming down the old road on
a keen run. \ dappied gray pony,
with ears erect aud name lying; has
neck was outstretched and his eyes
seemed 10 Fash with exquisite pleas
ure; he came leapIug on as If moved
by thoughts of love, absolutely free,
beautiful Ia form, graceful in his lib
erty aud N every movement Within
a few rods Of the lal the reckless
gallop resolved itself uto "A swinging
trot until he reached lis friend, when
he came to a halt and rubbed his nose
against the boys sho llder. The loud
wlnnny was suftcuc. and the Grched
neck prcSS.d agai st the lad for
the expected caresS. Ii is a good TWEEN
ty years since thai bright morning,
and yet the memory Of il is as fresh
as II saw it now; | can taste again
the very sweetness OF tie balsam
laden aIr, can see the tender blue mist
that fingered about tie distant hills,
and s. Tie lCuys Ee~d resting
agains. tie boys shoulder; and il
seemed 81 me then as II does now, that
If there had been hands instead Of
hoots, he would have Rugged the boy
and would have kissed him on the
lips, instead of on the hand. had lac
known how.
Where did you get that horse,
Harry
"'Out of --'s band"
You don't mean to say hes bron-
Coles too kind and handsome!'
That's what he is"
.'How long have you owned L.mT
"About three months
"But how did you break Llmi |
supposed hat they had 10 be roped
and beaten and
"Now, don't you believe a word Of
II. | haven't even spoken cross TO
him; have |, Dieki"
The pony corroborated the state
ment beyond cavil. The madam went
out and shook hands with the boy and
Rugged the horse, and | should not
have blamed her had she Rugged the
boy, as ! looked down into his honest,
laughing gray eyes.
Patience and its attendant genius,
kindness, without any exhibition of
mans dominion, a simple endeavor
10 bring himself up 10 the horses
standard Of intellect and the result
was two loving friends. That they
could not talk Greek, Latin or Eng
lish TO each other digniiied the situa-
ton; the understanding between them
was quite perfect and beautiful in its
~eloquence. Forest and Stream.