The Colfax chronicle., 1889-01-05

to run. It is now that the race is +,
both the swift and the enduring. I'll
trained horse, on which the man
astride, knows his part of the worl
and he does it intelligently. With hca
well down, swinging out on a Ions
swift lope, he follows the fleeing bani
They run madly, become more an
more affrighted as they perceive ths
they are indeed pursued. The frs
wild burst of speed carries them far /
advance, but not out of sight. By de,
ferrous engineering the rider and hors
behind shorten the distance as much a
possible. The band ahead are to b
kept on the move. That is the trick
Not halt are they to get for a bite 0
grass or sup of water. They have Sc
the course in generally straightawa,
direction. That course they must b,
kept upon.
Mile after mile is rapidly covered
Inc sun comes up hot and scorching in
the cloudless sky. But there is no stor
Tor a restful Craze. nor opportunity fol-
drink from a chance stream. If the
oand ahead. with tails streaming and
nostrils dilated, divert from the gener-
al direction to sweep around the base
OF low ridge, the wary horseman and
his equally wise animal take the short
er and easier way, cutting the seouent,
as it were. but always ever in sight and
always coming, coming. The fright of
the wild horses has grown into verita-
BILE terror. They throw bits of foam
from their mouths. They are worried.
half crazed by this merciless, continu-
Gus, unrelenting pursuit. But the man
behind knows that they will soon do
something that is. perhaps, as strange sa
their peculiar habits of community re-
lation. He has rested his horse at
every opportunity. Whenever there
was a chance, his faithful animal has
been given a nibble at the succulent
grass and had a sup from a spring or
little stream. Ridden though he is, the
tough and experienced plains pony is
fresher than the fleeing equines ahead.
They now show signs of the greatest
perturbation. Their stomachs are
empty, their wind is "blown," their
tongues are dry. But fear makes them
half unconscious of these sufferings.
although they are gradually wearing
lnder them. At length, when they
rave gone forty or fifty or perhaps six |
y miles. the patriarch begins to run in |
IN eccentric way. He is not as sure
II his course as he was. He wheels and |
urns and then goes ahead again, but
With uncertainty.
1t is this the shrewd man and shrewd
'ony knew would happen. They drop
ut OF sight for a moment behind the
idge. The stallion, his nostrils di-
ated and quivering and his eyes fash
1g, makes a sudden run, and in
mother moment, with his band of
lithful spouses. he is galloping back
yer the track he has come.
Now is the race in earnest and to
1e bitter end. The nervy, gamy,
Witt horse behind knows that his
nerg1es have been saved for the task
lat is yet before him. As he feels the I
'ur he springs ahead with the racing 1
ood adame in his veins. 1t is a ter
nc chase. New terror at this extra {
this unlocked for denoue- I
ent OF what the fleeing animals ahead i
"a thought in their brute instinct Y
as successful ruse to throw the pur- /
er on the track. gives them desper- t
9 strength, too; but they are worn a
I'd fretted and starved and burning g
lth thist. They run for their lives. s
carer, mile after mile they approach a
starting place. The sun is ablaze b
ten monday, but still the hot race b
es on. Now faithful, piucky, speedy Il
ny, bearing saddle-worn but Ii
imly determined man, do your best a
'ur strong legs will fail, sinewy as G,
~ are. The faster you run the
ECKER your days terrible effort is
er. "
The man left behind on the eminence
sweeping the plains with his power
glasses. He has watched an hour. Is
rhaps two, or even three. At last IN
range OF vision becomes centered oi
On something away in the distance. b
nay be a bunch Of antelope. Itmay &C
a band OF wild horses that are run di
g for play. But as he watches In
ser he discerns it is not sport that OF
lses that moving group of specks. vi
trains the glasses intently until at sp
ne can see behind the running ami Tn
Is a solitary horse, and that horse
rider. He is in the saddle with gr
ound. calls to another horse grazing 10
r. and away they fly towards this Tn
roaching cavalcade. He runs the 90
ses as swiftly as he can, and at la
9Th spies plainly, perhaps two or go
ee miles away, the fleeing bunch, oWv W