The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-19

ride. ] see the men ride and / ride I
commence TO ride the wild horse when /
am fourteen perhaps. ] get tErowu ana
get on, and / am thrown again, and ! try
again and again. and when I am eighteen
] can ride anything"
Pedro's horse is Liverpool and his par
ueular good quality for attracting atteD-
ton and keeping his rider guessing" Is
fashion of falling over backward upon
him.
Ii is an expensive habit. TO say nothing
of the slight Inconvenience e. may cause
the rider, for Liverpool has broken any
number of saddles and is wearing a brand
new one for that reason just now.
We got him in Liverpool says Pedro
land he is named for his place. He is a
South American pony. A man in Liverpool
met Col. Cody and told him he had the
meanest horse that had ever been raised.
He said il any one in the show could ride
him he would make him a present Of him,
and / have been riding him ever since
Most o. the horses have names and the
greater number of the horses were christ
encd for some popularity of their own or
from incidents connected with them. jun
DO is the name of one of the meanest
horses in the outfit. and Joe's Paint is one
of the most characteristic names. The an
imal IS Paint because he is spotted and
Joe's Paint because Joe is his rider
The cowboy saddle is used on all these
horses. and each man owns the saddle
that he rides. They cost about $50.
Some of the boys have saddles that
cost about $50" said Franz.
Scott, the cowboy who wears the white
angora chaps" and rides a particularly
mean horse. has mis- saddle specially
adorned with a picture. 1t can be seen
from the seats when he is in the arena
a good-siZed picture of three persons
family of tumblers who are friends of his.
1t is not such an Inappropriate place for
ii as one might think. when 1t is con-
sldered that a cowboys saddle is his
home. The saddle John Franz rides is
historic.
Il bought it of a man who used to be
here he says, land he said that he had
seen that saddle break 500 head of horses,
and it's pretty good saddle still"
Some of the cowboys are pretty badly
SCARED from their experiences in the sad
die. Franz has the recollection of a wrist
broken last summer. knee cap broken In
a race at the Worlds Fair from coming
down heavily upon spur, scar on the
mp which was split into strings at the
Paris exposition, and stitched up again;
another honorable scar on the cheek from
the horn of a vicious steer he used to ride,
and nobody knows how many more
Il got them all in the show" he says.
but yet in all the time / have been here
l have never known a man killed"
No said Pedro, Il have been knocked
unconscious and carried out but I came
round all right and was ready to begin
again in a little time e."
Pedro's worst scar was given to him by
horse thief on the prairie. IL is on the
neck and came from one of three bullets
that were put into him at the same time
zone of the worst times / have had"
he said in answer to a question, was on
a mountain where my horse rolled with
me. The side of the mountain was covered
with stones with sharp points; you don't
know here what they are. He rolled with
me on them until / was caught against
a tree, but one side and my face were
pretty well scratched up. Then another
time, my horse bucked with me over a
steep river bank. l caught hold of the
branches OF tree then and saved my
self, but there were high banks on either
side of the river. and the horse was car
ried away. 1t was not my horse, and there
are 50 many horses out there that no one
cares for one more or less, but l lost my
saddle and everything with it,"
Are you going to keep in this bust
nessY asked the reporter
No, said Franz. Il am getting nerv-
Gus, and l am going to get out of it and
try something else"
No" said EsquiVel we will stay in it
little longer, and then get out altogeth-
err"