Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-03

the brands distinguishing. The riders change
horses, from the heavy, lond-winded animals
that can go for days at time. to the smaller,
quicker. more spirited horses that are trained
to the work Of cutting cattle out from a herd
representative of each ranch goes into the
herd. with his horse at O walk, and walks out
the first COW he sees that belongs to him. This
is done by moving the horse to head OF
the animal when it starts to dodge.
WHERE THE TROUBLE COMES.
The trouble comes when the COW gets out of
the herd, for then it wants to get back again
very bad. 1t will rush hither and thither in
frantic effort to get away from the horse
which, if well trained, sticks to the COW like
grim death. At last the COW is taken away from
the herd. and then there is moro trouble to
''hold the cut" This is not difficult after more
than one COW has been cut out, but the first
one is apt to create trouble. When the cows
have been separated the calves are branded,
this being as dangerous piece of work as any
on the ranch. At first sight 1t looks like an
outrage that a great big man should try to
throw one poor weak little calf, and ones SYM
pathies are all with the animal, until it be-
comes very plain that the man has more than
his hands full. and one feels that il is shame
that there should be only one small man pitted
against that great big calf.
ALL SORTS OF HARD KNoCKs
There is difficulty at night in keeping the
cattle still and trying to make them lie down,
for they will stampede on the slightest provo
cation In bad weather this difficulty is in
creased. for lightning frightens them badly. In
winter the work Is terribly rough and many a
man is frozen to death, besides hundreds that
have fingers, noses and feet frozen. The cat
tie have all sorts of foes including grangers,
bears, wolves, panthers and rattlesnake5, al
though the prowess of this reptile is very much
exaggerated by fasteners. In some parts Of
the west the skunk is poisonous, giving hydro
phobia by its bite, and at one time there was a
regular epidemic of deaths from skunk bites.
In conclusion the speaker said he wanted to
give one word Of warning to young gentlemen
who might be imbued with the idea that they
would like to go west and become a cowboy.
He had never talked in public on the subject of
ranch life, but he had received from dozen to
fifty letters during the past week asking his ad-
vice to the chances for young man. He
wanted them to understand that the COW work
a regular trade, we'll as any other. and
would have to be learned by slow aud tedious
steps, and the chances are all against any but
the strongest and hardest men. II a man fails
i'll the east the chances are three to one against
him if he goes west to take up the cow bust
ness. He must live on unleavened bread, bad
salt pork and alkai water, with other little SINH
lar Injuries. and take all sorts OF hard knocks.
There is no sympathy for a failure, and one
must not look to the cowboys for much encour-
agement to the tenderfoot.
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