Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-12

| W Ith WV ouli1 Sel 70 HEHtllk IA q
bunch Of cattle II Is Interesting 10
watch the cowboys ponies. They stand
rs quiet and attentive As possible, their
keen eyes upon tho combatauts When
| q range bull ID whipped he turns and Is
on like q flash, head down, blind and
senseless. When this happens even
| the instant before, when these expert
onGed little iascals know IL is going 70
happen, the ponies I'LL about and along
| his way bolt for safer locations. J saw
a cowboy, once, sitting on his horse
carolessly while such a fight was In
| progress. talking across 10 Someone
and with his leg thrown around the
saddle bow. When the defeated ami
| NAL turned, little Texas eye was upon
| him; he sprhng away Us swiftly rs an
| antelope. He didn't run away like o
| crazy, frightened curt-horse, but went
| at thg right moment, az bound, like
| clever little pony that know his BUSH
| ness, and left Ills rider Fat on the plain
| whore they had been standing. as who
| should say "Nuu may stay thcre and
/ wait for the charge III yuu want %; I'm
| going for safer place" The bull
| missed the fellow by a haud'- breadth,
| lie went and climbed again on the pony.
saying: "Guoss you think You're darnci
Hnart.h But The pony, wgll satisfied
with his whole skin, glanced away
carrlossly and foreborc TO wink at hfs
| ueighbur or 10 take note OF his masters
dusty clothes and dishoyeled frame OF
mind.
THE IDEAL COW PONY
A concise cowboy description Of
fine. quick, we'll trained cutting pony
is, "a foot like mules an he en- turn
ON dollgh. And he has the utmost
contempt for what he calls great.
big, churn-headed, lsliy-eyed, Hitter
footed horse, that would tako whole
pasture 20 turn in why he says.
III one OF those beasts should fall on me
going at q dcud run, cutting cattle, he'd
| shore kill me dead, an not leave u
decent loolNn corpse To send home 10
my folks; but I've had ono OF those little
fellows fall down with me- and roll and
| wnllow about all over me; one OF US was
about as big as the other' and we go'
| up aud went on, sUmc's IL uOthin had
happened
When a man gets his pony trained No
! ho can ride him with no Bride or bit,
just little string around his neck. Il
touch OF which on either side viii turn
him Instantly In the desired direction,
u little pull upon il stop him like
shot In full run, aud turn him, as
they say, ION q dollar, he Is q source
OF great pride and pleasure precious
| possession which money cauuOt buy.
such one was Sheep, the cX-cuttle-
| mans iayorlte cutting pony. He pos
scsscd all the quick intelligence and
| odd Individuality Of tho best OF his
| tribe, and was up 10 all their cute,
/ knowing tricks aud lodges. He was u
/ hnld-laoed dun with the white extend
! ing over one eye, and giving IL sheep
! lsh sort oil look, from which little peci-
| lihrlty he got his name Sheep had
/ all the sharp bright cunning
] ways OF tue regular cutting pony un-
| commonly developed and added TO
| them some ideas, accomplishments aud
notions Of his own that made him
| unique, Sidling along after a staor 10
| bocut cut, he was the most studicdly
| stupid, idlc looking little scamp Won
ever saw %, he fairly ynwnod Then
when he got tho animal OUT. and had 10
racc for IT, he was lightning. He
would turn and double aud tack 80
sharply, leap sideways 50 abruptly,
that u was ms hard work as riding
hucNing broncho, When he'd got the
steer IN the "out' he would como Jog
Cling back 70 tho herd half asleep
again Ike u clover man who saves his
strength for the strain aud test. Sheep
was the best cutting pony In tho
country mink Tits was perfectly
clear 70 him, and he ulaimed--nrrathei
arrogated 20 himself privileges there
for Ho would cut cattle lust about so
long, then stop; and 1t was not In the
power OF mortal 10 force, or coax. on
beguilo him to any moro work that
day. He didn't kick, NOR buck. nor
rum he Just sauntered on nouohalantly
ana turned upon all threats, caioemonts
ana ontreatlcs an aspect OF nmiahle nh.
stfaotion' In the fall, when tho round.
ups were over, aud II was time 10 put
the horses into horse camp, sheen
would regularly slip away and get with
lho Wild mustangs, He would stay with
them all winter; and when somebody
would see and rope him IN the spring.
he would be quito wild aud "hronohor
for time, fun u snorts, and rolhnrs OF
The eyes, and brash mustang WAYS: and
lat and sleek as a little kltton.
TEXAS HORSE TERMS.
The horse terms here in Texas are
even moro commonly Spanish than
those OF tho Northwest. There. they
shy ''saddlo-bandn Ia speaking of ira
saddle-horsos Of an outfit; hut here Tie
Spanish torn pronounced vamootha,
and spelled lat guessl romude IS uni.
vetsal, a bunch OF stock horses Is A
menndo pronounced me-uah-tha.A A
bunch Of oil eorts Is called eavavard
- hale 20 idea how tho word should
ns spelled, though L evidently Is a
ieNas corruption OF some word dorivod
from the Spanish cahallo, horse, tho b
ana IN Spanish being sounded alike,
and ca0allo pronounced ca-vah-yo, ac-
cent ON the second syllable.
Y hasn't been 50 long since au This
Panhandle country was full OF mustangs
thy Original villa stock from which
our friend and hero tho Texas pony q
desoeended--ana when the way 10 re-
pleniah Your mount and have
some sport at the same Zine
was TO go on mustang hunt.
There would often be odd finds amona
them Sometimes big cavalry horse
whose rider had hcen ehoi on him N
honio Indian fight, sometinae,. A ,,o,arr.