St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-30
kindly Treated Broncho.

+ oNh WAY IN WHICH THIS ANIMAL CAN RI
CONQUERED AND TRAINED.
1t has been, and is still believed bv CIV, =
that to break broncho. he mnst be 1919 soms
thrown, beaten, conquered before he e een
be utilized. | believed so once hit ~ ~
method has always struck me as a dead
failure. Were the breaker of as fine in
tellect as the bro;ncho, in many instances
ne might gracefully submit to a reversal
ol SITUATIONS and allow the broncho to
tIaln MIN, Tor out of the brains of bron.
cnos we may learn wisdom, as well a. ont
u Inc mouths OF babes and sucklings.
had a Trend once, as brave q man nc
| ever graced saddle, levelled a Wincbes-
ter or loved child, and he owned . bron-
emo; Ii ne would saddle the animal once
OF three times day, the pony must he
roped, thrown and blinded on each occso
sion. My friend said that it was Tho
nature OF the brute" l knew that he
could not be wantonly unkind to ANYTIME
IL never occurred to me that it might ba
eoucatlon, and that nature had NOTHING tn |
do with it. W
Several years later. the madam and T
were eamped near an old log road in the
mountains in the vicinity of friends
L iancn. one morning, as l was about
pullolng the ire for coffee, the ranchman's
sen, lad OF eighteen, came up the road
WIN WIN orlole on his arm. He stopped
neAr u.s. and began to whistle, as one
YOU'D 1or dog. After he had whistled
low lines heard whinny, and in few
broke upon the sweet peacefn7nass If ~
summer morning. Looking in the dirac.
lion of the sound, l presently saw a nonv
coming down the old road on a keen nm
dappled gray pony, with ears erect and
name lying his neck was outstretcbed y
mo his eyes seemed to flash with exoni-
lte pleasure he came leaping on as if g
moved by thoughts of love. absolutelv y
rec, beautiful in form, graceful in his s
'oerly' ana IN every movement. Within II
lew RODS OF the lad, the reckless gallon :"
into swinging trot until he y
7acheo his friend, when he came to -,
all ana rubbed his nose against the bows u
boulder. Ao WY
The loud whinny was softened and tho II IL
'ched neck pressed against the lad for l"
10 expected caress. It is a good twenty
ears since that bright morning. and vet 49,;
70 memory of it is as fresh as if I saw it WI
w; l can taste again the very sweetness ef
Inc oalsam- laden air, can see the tender da
1 ue mist that fingered about the distant ID ID
lis and see the pony's head RESTING n sn'
alnst the boys shoulder; and it seemed ps e
me then, as it does now, that If there on
been hands instead of hoofs he would p'S
We Rugged the boy and would have
'sed MIN on the lips, instead of on the
nd, had he known how.
Where did you get that horse. Harrv9,, n
Out OF Hills Drove" VIII
You don't mean to say he's broncbo no
TOO kind and handsome ?" div
That's what he is" In
How long have you owned him 2 disl
About three months" crot
But how did you break him ? SIM at t
Cd that they had to be roped and beaten a &C
=" tud.
Now don't you believe word of it In 7
en,t even spoken cross to him: have blul
xT' wor
he pony corroborated the statement cont
md cavil. The madam went ont 81 b1az
TX hands with the boy and Rugged the corn
%, and | should not have blamed bar it ; i
she Rugged the boy, as looked down he il
his honest, laughing gray eyes. bunl
itlence and its attendant genius kind tent
without any exhibition of mans Som
nlnlon," simple endeavor to bring finds
elf up to the horses standard of in7 alas,
Ct, and the result was two LOVING 1nde'
DIS. THAI they could not talk Creek
or English to each other dignifed
ltuation:: The understanding between ,,o
was quite perfect and beautiful in its ~
and Stream. ~ III