Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-27
THE BUCK JUMPER.
THEIR PECULIAR TRAIT is NATURAL
AND NOT ACQUIRED.

The Movements by which They Dislocate
Would Be Rider-Tricls of the Raiser
who Has n Colt TO sell-Rough Riders
of Different Countries.
"How does it feel to ride buck
jumper"
Many years ago we asked this ques
tion Of we'll known rough rider on
first meeting him.
you'll be surprised when you try"
was the reply. 1.-THE smash of his hoofs
on the ground is what you'll notice
principally. 1t comes like pistol shot
and it's enough to make your jaws crack.
Another thing is that his head goes out
of sight altogether, between his fore
legs But the real job is when he goes
in for side work and tries to catch his
tail like young dog Even if you stick
to him then, you re fucky if he doesn't
work the saddle over his head. "
You don't mean without breaking
the Girths?" we exclaimed.
"Certainly," he replied. ASK any
man who has broken wild horses whether
d bad one can't jump out Of the saddle
If you can sit him till the third buck
you are supposed to be able to sit him,
but let ne sly that you don't always
get to the third.
As We have sat iard also been THROWN
by buck jumpers since taCn we can IN
dorse unrcscrvedly oYry word Of this
authority on the ..t5ect. To say one is
surprised Is a mild terra to employ. On
was at the iI&uit,-iual time it took to
reach the e,ouud after tie horse began
to 20 TO work.
Many who l:lCW ANYTHING Of riding
in this $50 calicdj horse loving nation
Of ours Will think they have ridden
"buck" often and require no informa-
ton on the subject. Ee assured, how
ever, reader, that II is an exceedingly
rare thing We have known men who
have broken horses On colonial cattle
stations Tor 20 years and have never
seen a real buck jumper
A reason for this is the fact, which
all Go 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 devour him-and these hab-
its are 10 doubt unpleasant and not to
be recommended On a child's pony, for
instance, but if he hasn's got the right
breed he will never buck. "
one of the innumcrable popular de
lusions about horses is that buck jump
ers which are exhibited in public, like
Blffalo Bill's, for instance, have re-
ceived careful training in the art Any
one who bias broken horses Will know
that III their wild state thcy require 10
instruction W hatevcr III this direction.
The whole art Of breaking consists in
teaching them not to buck, This is
why Cur colonies supply the buck jump
ers Of the world. Time there is money,
and hands cannot long be spared for
breaking. The 2year old is driven into
the yard (haviLg possibly never seen a
man hefore), roped up, cast, and while
he is on the ground saddle and bride
are worked Gu to him. A rough rider
is put up, be drives the spurs well
home, and there you have an inveterate
buck jumper for life.
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