Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-01

hibited an inclination to dance around
the corral sidewise. Her movements
were not fast enough, however, for one
foot reached the nigh stirrup, and with
a bound and a swing Miss Rogers was
in the saddle.
open the gate" requested the LADY,
and when her desire had been complied
with Christine got a taste OF the spurs.
She flew out Of the corral like an arrow,
but only to be headed up hill that was
steep enough to take the spirit out OF
anv horse. Over the hill, and down on
the other side, and then a return over
the same route. and Christine was pull
ed IN at the starting point, tired and
panting and with no spirit Of resistance
left.
Miss Rogers occasionally gets tum-
HE through a horse falling down-she
has never been thrown-and the falls
sometimes result in severe injuries.
Two wears ago a horse fell on her IN
making a quick turn and broke her left
arm: six months later the same TRICK
sDrained an ankle, and now she is not
entirely recovered from a hurt through
ber horse putting both fore feet into
hole IN the river bottom. Stl she Is
nroud Of the fact that she successfully
rode a neighbor's horse that had nearly
ldIled half a dozen men, that she saved
the lives of a lot Of lambs by SWIM
ming her horse across the swift river,
and that she rode down chalk BLUM
eivtv feet high at an angle of forty de-
grees in pursuit of a runaway steer
"Do 7 ever have any scary times
among nv cattle and horses repeated
Miss Rogers, in answer TO question.
ives I have had several, and l think
they would have caused some fright on
the mart Of even an CID vaquero II ne
had been in my place. One rainy n!gh1
two wears ego last winter my men cama
and called me from my sleep by telling
me that the barbed wire fencing about
the 1.2O0-acre grazing field was washed
ont in a place and the steers were going
over on my neighbours property and
might get lost and injured In the can
yons and foothills. In about ten min
utes was up and in the saddle, going
with the men to the break N the fence.
Il was pitch dark, and drilling, misty
rain was coming down. We knew the
wav we'll. or we should have fallen In
the irrigation bitches and slougAs. On
arriving at the scene Of the break the
men. by the light of lanterns, repaired
the damage as best possible, and by
working in muddy water up to their
waists.
'I turned my attention TO learning
where our bunch Of 400 steers was, and
what part of them had wandered away.
I nut the spurs to my horse and was
soon a. mile away from the fc1ce repair
ers and in Egyptian darkness. A
heavy wind came up suddenly as it
does nowhere else but in California,
and with 1t came lightning. The cat
tie stampeded In a moment No one
can tell the awfulness Of a stampede Of
frightened, believing and surging cat
tie ait night, and on dark night, too
The noise made even by that little
bunch was as terrific to my lonely ears
as if IL had been a discharge Of artillery.
The ground fairly shook under the mOy-
ing mass Of hoofs and immense horns,
and although I felt 1t was critical mo-
ment for me and / might be trampled
on and killed then and there, | plunged
my spurs into the sides of my snorting
and trembling horse and turned away
to the east. / saw by intuition that the
cattle were tearing along like an AM
matei cyclone, from south to north, and
70 20 IN front Of them at fullest speed
-o So IN front of them at fullest speed
and get TO one side.
chow 7 ever got by the herd and
moved over that muddy, heavy abode
soil go quickly l have never been able
to find out. Suffice IL to say that l got
past the steers safely, and they ran pell
nell onward through the fencing for
two miles, until stopped by the foothills
and standing water. 1 believe we lost
half q dozen or so steers in the STAN
pede 1t was 50 dark that l did not dard
70 move from where I was then until
daylight came, and l could see the loca-
ton Of things. There my faithful hOrsd
and / stood In rain, wind and mire for
four or FIVE hours. It was a dreadful
night, and l assure you never before
had 80 much food for contemplation as
to the risk of my life and the suffering
and the hard work the ranchmen i'm the
West have been having Tor years, with
cut a word Of complaint. ! seldom get
up at night now 10 attend to things
about the ranch or 10 give an order. ann
] would not do ii all but for the feeling
Of responsibility that possesses me oil
the time when we have good capital IN
vested IN perishable property"