New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
WILD HORSES.
4 RACE FOR FREEDOM-CAPTURED FOR
CIVILIZATION.

4 RACE FOR FREEDOM-CAPTURED FOR
CIVILIZATION.
From The Philadelphia Times
and cs sn nave recently
the border lands between tn uns1 shs
n Sf'So of boanda line nssWesa
locality say that this is the first herd of Wild horses
tina; has been started up in the Territories IN esntce
eighty horses in the band recently found and at last
they had fed through the chapaTral INTO me the
Rio Crande. 4 dozen or TWO Indians ard twice as
many Mexican vacqueros are after the neri IN sage ger,
ness and IL IL believed that most Of the party VII,
soon come back with several head of Wild horses as
reward for their severe aeGr ana ana
the parched alkali plains OF Sonora. . 49,, ,.
.;os and carv Sos made nonev fast in catching and
training wild horses All OF hem bear marks ana scars
from 9 sea 9or h ms ie
the Wild. fierce llfe they were participants IN would
The best herds OF broncos in the 80, We're found
in Northern New-Mexico and Colorado. In lsS there
In colorado. Abou, 400 more were caught there the
year. but were either killed or turned loose be.
they not good enough for training In the
SOS nearly all the wild horses mad neen captured or
Sen G r 20 sa m and fG Inc q p anas
of Texas During the first two years Of the war tho
sads of Of vans men min in tho Teros regular
business hunting Wild horses and the remnants OF
sands OF horses sold to the Confederate Govern
r9 rSsT sna Ar.o pa ISL s na q her Chez
purchasing agent OF wild horses for the conederscy
and there are s,i he'd by many mon In ne Terri
War Department for many thousands OF dollars for
There il probably no regular pursuit so arduous
and exciting thar of catching wild horses. The
worEed toe~tber FOR season s. mctirnes man
with capital and enterprise would employ rs many
plains In search Of unamed sieeds suitable Tor cap
rure and tanning. 4 party Of three hors" hunters
horses. using one horse while the others rested
from tho severe strains TO which they were sub
When the section Of tho country the broncos IRE.
a suitable location at the entrance Of a ravine gen
orally for 4 corral This the catcEers knew how
10 Construct using great quantities OF rope very
speedily. Then near this corral on tho most slightly
eminence. man stationed himself \ distance
beyond IT, on the apparently most natural runway,
another man with one OF the ncotes' Of the saddle
horses takes his station Ths work OF 'nf mos
upon the picked horse of the lot. with pair OF
deld-glasses. water nag and = supply OF food.
he swings away in the earliest dawn on an easy
iopc 1t may be ten or twenty miles before his
keen eyes. aided by the glasses with which he
sweeps -" broad eNpanse 81 rolling plain detect q
| grazing band OF horses. He approaches them by
the easiest courSe which VIII permit con'smcni
yards h da~ha, into sight and the sport j. begun
morning breeze tanning their ilNuriant names ana
tails. They snort in alarm. turn ana 'toi on az
| a
ure is pursuing. freak into q run. II IS nov that
the race 10 TO both the swift and the enduring
! The trained horse which the man l. astridc
knows his part OF the work and ne does II intcii'-
gently. 80 MI, $500 >o.
| Mill after mir H. rapidly covered The sun comes
up hot and scorchins IN The clOudlesS sky But
there is no stop for restful graz nor onpor ,
! OF tho wild horses has grown into yeritable terror
They throw bits OF foam from their mouths. They
are worried hllf-crazed by this morciless. contnu
! Gus. unrclentng pursuit But the man behind mas
has rSsn "a" f Ss S has Ssc
given = nbblc at the succulent grass and had sip
1pSS or and e pans poy
| frcsher than tho fleeing equnes ahead They now
sno% 5sn arc 81 cmpy their wind is blown their
! tongues are dry. But fear makes Them half-uncon-
uaiy wearing under them. At length. when they
have gone forty nifty or perhaps sixty miles IN"
not as sure Of his course AZ he was. He wheels
and turns. and then goes ahead again but with
They drop out OF sight for moment behind a
| ridge The stallion. his nostrs dilatod and dulVer-
INK and his eyes flashing, makes sudden run. and
in another moment. with his band of faithful
come. Now is the race in earnest and to the bitter
end. The neryy. ,samy swift h2rse behind knows
he ssi NTH the racing blood alane in mis- VEINS
| binary this onooked for dcnouement of what the
Instinct was successful rusc throw the pursuer
of the track. gives them desperate strength too:
ing With thirst. They run for their lives Nearer,
mile after mile. they approach the starting-pace.
The sun Is abaze after MONDAY but still the hot
The man left behind on the emincncc is sweeping
watched hour. perhaps two. or even three. At
/ last his range of vision becomes centred upon some
thing away i'll the distance. He trains the glasses
inten,y until at last he can see behind me running
animals A solitary horse and that horse has rider.
He IS in the saddle with hound. calls to another
| horse grazing near. and away they ny toward ms
/ swiftly he can. and at length spies plainly. per-
IN h.,r has
rider. \ signal tells him he. too has been seen. and
then. SELLING the topographicai features OF the m
tcrvenng space. he skulks swiftly behind the ridges
I and elevations to cross the course. The track Is
} we'll done and while the wary but still daunties1
stallion and his following mares sweep around the
base OF an elevation the tired. gamy pony and the
two fresh horses and men meet AS quickly as sad
dies can be transferred the horse that has made n
rum Of seventy-five eighty-ive, or possibly ninety
miles free and rolling on the grass, and the iron
muscled man who bestrodc him Is on another fleet
Now follows the most skiIful manoeuvring. the
terrorlzed band cannot run much further. They
Vitality They again become confused and resor
to their last device Their s;raightaway tactics are
first II Is two miles In diameter. The pursuer makes
his circle In little less space; The diameter le
duces 10 mile Gradually ms grows less m.
determined to die In what they think Is their oni,
means OF escape They have entirely lost theft
reason. IL such It might he called. Narrower and
narrower becomes their course. until at last with
the sun sinking low in the west. they stand pant
They NAV have run a hundred miles The three mer
close In on them and sklfully drive them toward tn.
corral Among them and in their lead now Ia;
bewIidered 20 know 1t. This horse slowly marks the
course guided nv the men driving and at last lead
the prisoners within tine salf-concealed seclusion
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