The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-13
Wild BR0NCH0S
How Dr.. Carver's Cowboys Break In
the Giddy Little
Buckers.
Hard Falls and Harder Riding
Essentially Part OF tho
Programme.
"A Glimp sa Of How It IL Done by tho In
DEMONSTRATING Bears lar
riCndc.

Did You ever see q broncho 'busted2" It's
! sight one does not soon forget, especially
II tho bronoho happens. al ID often tho case.
ia "bust'' the rider, says the San Francisco
Call. Dr.. Carver and his company OF COW
boys and Indians have for the pasttTo Gays
been busily engaged in the task OF break
Ing or. a. the cowboys term IL "bustinR'
soms eighty hoad Of foet, sturdy and wild
horaes from the prAiries Of Arizona and
Texas. The outdoor show will start on the
road shortly, and il 10 necessary TO it, snc-
cess that the horses ridden BY the cowboys
and Indians DO only broken to the saddle.
The more tho horses kick and fight their
riders the moro exciting the performance.
II ia needless to say that the cowboys in the
Carver show are the genuine article. Every
man Of them stands ready to ride any
thing that Roes IN four legs" and they
have bsen schooled to their work BY years
OF experience on the plains.
A new batch of unbroken colts was
brought to the grounds Thursday, and
Manuel, Indian George. Cowboy Joe. Pete
md the rest OF the OUTFIT stood around the
animals, 'sizinR them mp and selecting
mounts from the lot. Central Park had
been plowed, narrowed and rolled, for u
WAS expected that tho riders would get
many a hard fall, and in the place of tho
prairie grass soft dirt was provided. II was
early morning yesterday when Indian
George led out a stocky. clean-limbed bay
and deity twisted a hackamore about its
hend. Then a half-dozen cowboys put
ropes on the neck Of the pony and held it
while a double cinch' Mexioan saddle was
fastened TO ito back. When all was
ready George made a running jump.
landed in the saddle and yelled Let CO."
The rider wore the great roweled Mexican
spurs, but so far as speed was concerned he
did not need them. Tho horse fairly flew
across the ploughed ground end then began
to ''buck." Talk about riding an AMI
mated rainbow. why the back Of that horse
WINS a perfect arch. The horse struck the
ground two or three times each second with
George up and down through a distance Of
from a foot to a foot and q half from the
saddle with the rapidly of q shuttle in q
loom. Every time the broncho would
''buck'' the rider would yell like a Conan
che, and the Sioux Indians looking on
would answer him, and every time the
horse shot the rider into the air the cruel
Mexican spurs raked its sides. Five, ten,
fifteen minutes the horse fought and
bucked, and then storped dead tired, rs
the boys said. and ready to recognize its
master.
gray was the next selection and Manuel
mounted it. The horse made one jump,
striking the ground so hard that the blood
flew out of its ~nostrils. The rider escaped
by th~rowinphimself to one side AS the horse
fell, and as the animal struggled to his
feet he was again in tho saddle. All the
''buck" for the time being. was ont of the
gray, however, and it was led back to the
stable. Then came a little bay, and on it's
back Pete sprang with a ''let 'er co." and
she went. Head between the fore legs. the
hind legs gathered in close undor the body,
the bay went across the park in q series OF
jumps that must have settled Pete's early
breakfast, no matter how hearty the meal,
long before he reached the fence. BY COAX
ing and the persuasion of the spurs the bay
was headed toward the stable.
Ono Jump, a buck. a broken stirrup, an
other buck-and the last one was a verita-
bic ea~rthquake-and out of the saddle went
Pete, down in front OF the plung'ng borse.
Even the cowboys drew . quick, sharp
breath az they saw their oomrade fall. 1t
was all over in an instant and Pete got up
limping. The horse had ste 3ped on his
foot. The watching Sioux said ugh" and
turned to look for the next horse. If it ID
possible 1Or tQo 0bOllu lhCob W oApEo00 any
thing they seemed to Rrieve that Pete
hadn't been jumped on n killed. Then
Prince took a gray-a magnificent animal
and full of fight. Buck, buck. buck it
went for a hundred yards and then made a
run for the barrier fence. The old Sioux
chief Standing Bear was coming along the
fence right in the path of the frightmad-
Prince couldn't turn tho horss. It re.
fused to answer to the bit and. in fact, was
giving Prince all be could do to keep the
saddle. Standing Bear was equal to the
mergenc He grabbed q ladder lying on
the ground near him. and awaited the on
slaught with tho ladder for a bnrricade.
The gray saw the ladder raised, made a
quick turn to the right, tried to jump the
fence and hurled Prince a dozen feet
across it. Prince was over the fence again
and in the saddle before the gray realized
he had unseated his rider, aud the fight
went on.
A large crowd of men and boys Witnessed
the "bustinR"' of the broncos. n the audi
ence kept yelling for the Indians to ride,
but tho native sons refused a mount. The
breaking of a broncho 10 indeed q difficult
and perilous undertaking, and only those
who have tried il can imagine just how
hard the work 10.