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certain range. This range was known from men who secuted on the , prairles. For instance, one man may | have seen the bunch" for that is what herd is called, up near some | particular point in the northwest of the | panhandle. Another ranger may have seen the same bunch fifty miles southeast of where the first man saw it. Others may have seen 1t along the route | between the two points. Thus it would | be concluded that the range was be- tween the two points mentioned. Four or five men would enter the expedition l to walk down the bunch" A man would be stationed every twenty or thirty miles long the range route, and then the "bunch" would be start ed. For the first day the wiul horses would scamper off, throwing their names and tails to the breeze, making a sight that would whet the desire of those pursuing them to capture them, | for there is nothing prettier in the | world than troop of wild horses at a | distance They look perfection as they throw up their heads and sniff the wind and then scamper away. l have seen one or two punches myself. The man who starts them on their trip follows | them for day on pony. taking his | time. His place is taken about night l fall, presuming that the bunch was started in the morning. This second | man follows them all night, for the hunt is made when there is full | moon, so that the bunch can be tracked | ta night as well as during the day On | the morning of the second day the l stallion, or master of the bunch, is be- | hind his herd, biting and kicking the | lageards in it. The third day, or even | the evening of the second day, finds the bunch strung out in line, each following 1 the other in Indian file. They are get | ting very tired then.
 | They are allowed no time to eat or | drink The pursuer, knowing that they | are tiring. forces them and thus the chase continues for about five days, when the whole herd is so tired that 1t is easily taken with the rope or Dasso or can be driven into a corral. But so said my informant when the work is done and every horse taken, the pur- suers are always unanimous in ther verdict that the game was not worth the labor expended for the horses taken are measly set and never good for anything. Here and there a pretty one and good one may be picked up, but these instances are rare. There are stories about these horses on the plains something like the nautical stories about the Flying Dutchman" and the like. There was once white stallion that ranged with his bunch from the panhandle to Colorado. Every effort
 was made to run him down and te "crease' him,s but all efforts proved un- availing. It was said that he could pace faster than the best tame horse on the plains could run, and his herd was
 exceptionally fast. All sorts of stories are told about his swiftness.
 There was very fine stallion down in the southwestern part of the state which defied all efforts to reduce him t.
 slavery. Dick Ware, formerly marsha
 for the western district, was very desir- ous of obtaining this horse and he had
 himself made several efforts to capture
 him. Finally a man came along who said he would walk him down. Ware
 offered a large sum for the animal
 The man who knew how to walk hin
 down started out after him and failed
 But he was not to be beaten by a crea-
 ture of the desert, and so he started out after him, this time with a gun, deter
 mined to Grease" him. In day ol
 two he got back and bore the animals
 tail He explained that he shot too low
 and killed the animal. When the ami
 nal was alive his tail swept the ground
 Ware had it short time ago in his of l 4 ..z IL.
 animal just beneath the mane, not low
 enough to break the neck, and yet low
 enough that a shock sufficient to bring
 down the animal will be inflicted Il
 requires the best craftsmanship to dC
 this, and as the distance at which the
 shooting must be done is usually great
 very few animals have been taken ir
 this way.--Galveston News.