The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-12
coon IRiIIS OF THE BRONCO.
Hardy aud Enduring. When Onec Brokea
III i'rovss DoclIe aud IntelIigrnt.

H. Proves DoclIe and In;eliiE rnt.
When broncos broken to the saddle" are
offered for sale in the Enst it is we'll for the
| tenderloot purchase" to learn the exact signiA-
canoe of tho phrase. Tho bronco. as he is
| known in the high valleys Of western Colo
| RADIO. is u beast Of strange qualities. He often
roams the mountain pastures until he is three
or four years old nearly rs wild as the elks that
find pasture in tho higher and moro difficult
parts Of the same region. Then somebody
catches him with laSso and fetches him
home. After that comes the breaking process.
and when done by u hirod professional horse
breaker it Is simplicity Itself. The phrase
broken" implies that the breaker has sad
dlsi and ridden the bronco three times.
The theory Is that after bronco has. been
roerced upon three successive days into letting
n rider stay on his back any rider may there-
after ride tho beast OF course that means
any Rocky Mountain rider.
The western Coloradoan performs marvels
with broncos scarcely better broken than
this indicates. An Eastern hunter was accom-
panied by n guide riding u freshly broken
bronco. and that half-wild creature was made
to carry him over miles OF the toughest inn
acinnblo mountain Wilderness. After the
newly brohon bronco was relieved OF his
master wei .ht. and the guide had transferred
himself to another horse, that docile little
ISHst IA'ltliilS loHONcl lue IultS Iol fuHod
over tho mountain and through woodland.
Tho bronco quickly learns to follow and to
stand. The patience with which he does the
latter seems mex picabo until ono has learned
the secret o! his training When hunters 20
afterthe grizzly bear or elk they commonly ride
on horseback up to the point on the mountain
sds where the eyeryreens begin. Here they
leave their broncos unhitched. sure OF find-
ing them on the return. perhaps Six ur eight
hours later, This is done with horses only =
few months broken 1t Is sometimes safer
with them than with older beasts. for the latter
have often been trained to 90 straight homo
when turned loose.
The. secret OF the hroncos DEBILITY in stand
ing wherc he Is left lies in tho fact TINT he Inns
been broken To bit with II spa g." Now,
in ' the iI mI. Of 'f tho BIT thSt When Ha Curb
teaches the bronco the Uses OF the spade in
t!llows The curt 70 n'rr th' ironcos head
s., Thai IN" Iy.n los nart'y o. 'hG ground.
sudden an imr"tpons. lho l'r"4kcr, with
equal sudH"nneHs places ha i",t halh up9n
driven into IN" roof Of The h:onco's mouth.
Il ~ "A stubborn !"HSt that does not stop short
when hr frris the spade,
This disriuN, Is repeat I'd again and ngaln.
uutII lhr Jrnst Gums thai to mnve while his
gor ' ~ KIT tha spaIc into "" ac,y i WhgS
IN" hr"alor is sure that the bronco his
10 Irn"l h lcs- IA II Is pretty shfH TO iurn lhe
tcaSt lDusN VITA tho rein over his hrAd
Shuuld the bronco attempt TO leave the place
whore H." Is l,n, he must sppn"r or Inter tread
on tn" 'rt:Elng rein and driv" m" srad" up-
ward int 'h" roof OF his mouth, When loft 10
him soil therefore. he Is "Ntr"ia"ly car"'ul how
hr moves Lhout. aud he seldom Htiemrtt 10
tot away lest lao incur tho crdcl retrbution
Of the SPADE,
The bronco rs broken 10 tho pack saddle 10
n most intelligent uIru- urr. II h'Tn Dr n par
~ ~ two q" mora Inrnmphnicd hy rar6
horse. 1T cnet one Iilr, huhint him 80 MS to
watch his movements. Tho pack horse as o
! ul" patiently follows lis leader. scramhing
unite rough mountain side, and carefully
King his way through difficult places. IL
the pi,k hUr-" h"sltates AT an unusually large
fal en- tro' In" npu behind him gives him an
u,lInpnliOry -'rHk and over he goes II there be
calculates 10 nicely how no shall host land
Advantage lhur hD goes all day. baltlug when
'cl"s- dOln-: his work II need hn on gcEuG
iapi too busy - exhibit the vicious tfnita
T.;h wlIirh the teulerfoot imagnat ion has i'm
vested him lie comes OF IA ancestry nrzg1-
toned To- short fare and bred 10 iInr,IEsss ftoIl
'uG fact that tho weGkliHgs OF the race have
lrgishel. III" consequence is that tha bronco
j. tough. -tEoHg iOr his sizc. enduring more
tlnD t"Itcr hrul horses. and surprisingly en-
emit from the discusses of pamuerel DImino
lie has tho same right tn his vices
that the neat housewife has 10 hcr littls
lcrr|dtHs Of tcmner; they arc tho licensed
laiilnls6 q rarp md con SriDuS ElFIup