, 1897-09-08
THE BUCK JUMPER.
THEIR PECULIAR TRAIT is NATURAL
AND NOT ACQUIRED.
The Movements by Which They DisIocate
n Would BE Eidcr-Tricks of the Raiser
who Has IL Colt to SeII-Rourh Riders
of Different Countries.

of Different Countries.
How does it feel to ride a buck
jumper"
Many yeas ago we asked this ques
fist meeting him.
"Ioull be surprised when you try.'
was the reply. THE smash of his hoUfs
on the ground is what you'll Eoticc
principally. 1t ome like II pistol shot,
and its enough TO mas" your jaws crack.
Another thing is that his head goes on
Of sigh. altogether, between his fo.o
legs. But tn" real job is when he gees
III for side work and tries to catch hi:
tail Ike IL Young dog. Even ii you stitch
to him then. your" lucky If he doesn't
wulk the saddle over Hls head
You dent mean without breaking
:!.r piIths:' We exclaimed.
"Eltaimly." lie replied. Ask any
mun who has broken wild hos, : whether
a bad II can't jump ont cf the saddle.
II Won ran sit hEI TIL the third buck,
you are supposed to ne able 10 sit linn,
hut let me say that you don't always
get to the tlild.
AS w have sat taud also been throWn)
hy bv"k jumpers since then We can II
durse mlcs5TyCGlv every word Of t.i.
authority Oh the subject. To say one is
surprised is a mild term to employ. On
our first ATTEMPT our chief astorishmeul
was ut the iuiuitesimal time il took to
react the ground after the horse btgin
to go to work.
M-uy who know anything of riding
in ills $50 cUliCd) horse loving nation
Of ours Will think they have ridden a
"!Urk' often ard require no iuf1rma
ton on the GuhJcrt. BE assured, how
ever reader, that it is an exceedingly
rare thing. We have known men who
have broken horses OH colonial cattle
stations for 20 years and have never
seen Il real! buck jumper.
A reason for this is the fact. which
all do not know, that only horses Of
certain strains can "buck.' A vicious
horse may rear and fall back on his
rider, or he may roll on the ground and
proceed to dpvOur him-aEd these Eab-
its are 10 doubt unpleasant and not to
be recommended On II child's pony for
n,tancc), but if lie hasn's got the right
breed he will never ''huCk.'
one Of the imuumrrablr popular de
lusions about horses is that hucS jump.
erS which are exhibited III public, hike
Buffalo ElIls, tor instance. have. re.
ccived careful training in the art. Any
one who has broken horses will know
that III their wild state tlicy require no
instruction whatever in this direction.
The whole art Of breaking consists in
teaching them net to buck This is
why our colonies supply the buck jump
ers of the world. Time there is money.
and hands canno long he spared for
breaking. The 2-ycar old is driven into
the yard thaviug possibly never seen II
maj ..otel. rCvCd up, cast, and while
he is N the ground u saddle and bride
are worried Oh to him. A rough rider
is put up, he drives the siurs we'll
home. and there you have an inveterate
buck jumper for lie.
Pat yuuls"lf III Iii" Ecrsr's rl"rn. and
you vii! hardly wGnl, III it. He is ty
n"tl.;" monthly ICrv"Ls, I'D man is II
thing almost unknown til! ROW TIE
horrld black object on his hack is to
him the ioul ti"nd inctrnntr, and the
first step in breaking he suppuses to be
the final dissolution of the universe.
In Australia 1t used to be no uEcOm-
mUn thing that IL man v no had Il colt
10 sell got him blOkCn il Two hears be.
fore The sale. Tie whole recess COS;
just 10 shillincS.
The rough rider was hOistcd lip, al,i
the colt went through his repertoire o.,
contortions,. being occasionally iashc;
from behind with Il stuCk whip to Ia
;ure all traces Of vice Icing the! O&.h.y
oradicatcd. BY the Time CT the sale h,
was naturally 50 exhausted that all al
tempts at playing up were (for the
time being, of cOnrsel III of the ques-
ton. The mark OF TIE saddle Was point
ed out as prCUf positive that lie cuulu
be ridden, and he changed hands, guar.
anteed thoroughly quiet and broken to
saddle.
Unless lie was n first class rider the
experience Of the buyer on mounting
him next day would he both unexpsct.
cd "@d o%X.i!a.atimg.
Who arc the best riders III the world:
The Australians say they are, and they
are supported by most competent judges.
South Americans claim to be as good,
and they are certainly good IiGers, but
not So scientific. They are satisfied il
they can stick Oh and even resort to
putting the spurs between the girths Tor
u ioothuld. Australians would scrrn
such means. If good riders, they will
sit correctly even under the most diff.
cult circumstances
Can buck jumping be cured? 1t can
not, or rather We should modify this
statement by sayir; taut it can. 1t can
not because buck jun Timg isan ingrained
vice, the resui, of fear, and, once learned,
is never forgotten. 1t can, like all other
vices, be subdued by steady work and
careful handling, but recollect that,
once these ure left off, it may return.
AT all vents such Il reformed ami
NAL can nevcr be ridden by a lady
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