The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-01

grasped the horse by the ears and En-
cline tried to- get the saddle in position.
! Ihey made two acres of ground look
like Dlowed field before they sue
ceeded..
Gardenhine climbed into the saddle.
For fifty yards the broncho bucked,
while Emelfne sent his spurs home.
Inen the horse had enough. 1t was
| perfectly willing to behave.
When Harper Young roped his. bron-
emo the animal looked at him reproach-
lully. The horse simply arched his
pack when the girths were being drawn
tlght. The cowboys take no chances
win their girths. Just as Young put
MS loot in the stTrrup the horse bolted.
ne INDUCED in ground and lofty tum-
Jung He sprang up in the air and
twisted his body about in the most ex-
traordlnary fashion. He executed a
oack-bucking step that was distinctly
novel and which made the cowboys roll
on the ground with laughter.
1t took Bob Wilson half an hour to
saddle' a vicious looking bay. But
Wnen Bob was in the saddle the animal
behaved i'm the tamest possible manner
ana Bob was filled with disgust.
Il want real 'bronk,''' said Bob;
this things nothin' but hobby-horse.
fbe S as easy to ride as railroad tra1n,:'
| But it had been agreed that each
man WAS to have but one horse, so Bob
Went Off grumbling over his hard lucks
A trim and timid brown broncho,
Wild light, delicate step, was led forth
Tor Marion McGinty, of the U-Fork
ranch. She looked as if a child could
ride her. She made not the slightest
protest when the saddle was placed up
on her and the flank girth was cinched.
McG1nty had looked the mare oyer
closely and he had made up his mind
she was not what she seemed.
She wasn't. Riding that horse was, a
good deal like riding a cyclone-you
can not tell exactly what happens. but
you know that much is going on.
That gentle looking animal shot her.
self into the air. She came down on
four feet and two feet and one foot.
She made the most awful plunges. Her
back curved until she was turnah into
a hoop. .~-l $780,.
Then was the crowd aroused to mad
enthusiasm The cowboys shrieked
and the dlans-there were 500 Co
manches there-whooped with all their
might.
McGlnty was not like his namesake
IN the song. He stayed right on the
broncho, and old cowboys said they
had never seen such gorgeous bucking.
Inc animal made mad rashes forward,
and stopped short with stiff-legged
shock. She fell over backwards and
she sfdestepped like. a shifty prize
fighter.
McGinty sat on her back as if it was
no trouble at all, and the plaudits rang
about him. When the mare was doing
Ter best, or rather her worst, MeGinty
shook one foot loose of the stirrup and
sat sideways with one leg over the horn
of the saddle.
Then the broncho started to run. She
shot away like the wind until her fore
foot sank into prairie dog hole. Then,
and then only, did McGinty 20 down.
Horse and rider disappeared in a cloud
Of dust.
It was taken for granted that Nc
Ginty had been practically killed. But
he wasn't even hurt. There was never
finer exhibition of riding.
Dave Matthews, of the x ranch, in
Shackelford county, drew Old Gray.
A horse with convictions is Old Gray,
and he lives to them. He is willing to
work. When he is being driven he
is as gentle as kitten. When an at
tempt is made to ride Old Gray it is
very like trying to go through thresh-
ing machine.
Several hundred ambitious men had
tried to ride Old Gray and not one had
succeeded. When the saddle was
placed on. his back he behaved beauti-
! fully. He had the air of wise horse
and conqueror. He was certain that
he would throw his rider and there
wasn't any use in wasting strength.
If you have ever seen those fireworks
things called "nigger chasers" you can
have some idea of the way Old Gray
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moves can give any idea Of Old Gray's
aerial evolutions. They are peculiar
to himself. He gathers himself in a
ball, shoots upward and then appears
to explode. AS rule he lands on his
head, but he is not particular about
this. .s.&
| After his first efforts Old Gray
stopped in sheer surprise to find the
man still on his back. He turned his
head to look. An inch Of steel tearing
up his sides made the broncho jump.
He placed his head between his legs,
arched his back until it was like that
OF a furious cat, and began bucking I'M
/ til it seemed that he must tear himself
| and Matthews to pieces. But the man
was not dislodged. z57s55555 #
When Old Gray was led away he
hung his head in shame 1T was his
first defeat in a long and busy life. He
had broken many bones and the pride
of hundreds, only to meet his master
at last BIG
In all !, twelve men took part in the
lcontest, and not one was thrown. lin
Harris had the narroWest escape. He
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