The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18

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with the forelegs and trotted with tho hind
! legs. When band with one OF these gats was
! found /, was specially pursued its members
| boing held to be OF more value. In the case OF
| the trotters and PAGERS they developed great
| speed and 1t was impossible to make them
| break. They could not break for the reason
| that they knew only that method OF travel
| ling. For some years in ZavaIa county
there was band OF dozen iron-gray
PAGERS that would swing over the ground
as fast az any pony could run with n
man on his back. They were never headed and
were never made to change their mode Of
going. They were walked down eventually
separated and sold. These peculiarties OF
course. had their fountain head in some sire
| and dam Of strongly marked and similar char
acteristics The brdleess wonders were never
timed. OF course. but 1t 10 not improbable that
there have been many trottng mustangs in the
West able to go "A mile over level ground In two
minutes or under. 1t is certain that mono OF
the horses tried against them was ever able to
catch them. and there were some fast ponies
sent after them now and then. 1t was found
too. that although they were not coru-fcd they
were able to maintain their speed for q longer
time than the civilized horse. band OF pac-
ing mustangs going fast that their heavy
tails floated out behind them like banners
would carry half dozen good horses of their
legs one after another and never turn a hair
The Texans used to say ofthem. The longer
they 60 the better they get" and up to a GER
tain limit. this seemed to be true.
They did not miss the corn and oats in fact
In the Southwest. in profusion are two kinds
Of horse food of remark bic value. Ono Ia tho
mesquite grass. which grows very close to a
height Of six inches. 1t has single long and
slender blade. nearly round. and field Of it in
| the springtimu looks like Il soft and cS1usitely
woven CARPET Of green velvet This grass turns
brown and dries in the summer droughts. In
this condition it is the finest OF hay. It, in fact
cures on the ground. A horse which lives upon
this grass does not show the distended alb
| domcn common to other grass-fed horses. He
! does not get at all rot-bellied. He remains
| slender and round. His flesh is as firm as If
| he ate only corn. oats. barley and clover hay.
, and his coat shines as il twice a day he were
curricd from nose to hnd-hoois. Where
tho mesquite grass grows the mesquite
| tree grows. and this tree produces a long
pod which contains n dozen or more large.
firm beans These beans. which it may he
said in passing. are an excellent substitute for
| coffee. give horse better flesh and put more
| strength and elasticity into his muscles than
| any field grown grain yet discovered by man.
They are natural horse food. and thorough
| bred of Kentucky will turn from corn or oats
to them as soon as tIpy are niuccu near. IneS
| hang from the lower branches OF the trees at a
convenient height. and a band will often travel
! thirty miles in day wandering from clump to
| clump. Fed upon such provender the south
western mustang was not to be run down by
! any .teed that carried thirty pounds OF saddle
! and $50 mounds OF rider A herd of mustangs
/ all Of color. or Of size and OF one gait thun-
| dernG overthc long green prairie swells. heads
! held high and names and tails streaming in
! the wind made the most beautiful wild sight
| of America, and it has gone never to return.
Nm ai+b.r side of Fsnio Creek Dimmitt
! co. ,,is,o,,,,o ~ ,hir,v r,i I,s north md
., -; r,,J ,h,t 10 s,i,l unfonoad
:, ~ 1901 ,,a,,Ia ,,,o,,nI hut oof +, 10 nm
toi,oI a,,I s,'o otit IL In li,i,,tion lie Tor
| -. . ,[,,i,, ,roirio thou,h ,boro 10 =
,,',,i ,iaa, ~ ob,n,rr,i haroo,d tbera IN mic
,r,o. t,,tho ,ro,,ar r,rt nf tho INST civ vears
49,, ri,.,, tho o,l, hmrh ~ mrs,,ngs nov, in
.hn Sorthwne, rho hord nnmherod twentv-
.t'.o, ,,,a,,,,ra o,d u,s ho,Jod hv 4, Inv staI
| H., s,,iI, h,t ,r,v snots vore disocrrih,e on
| hi';dos rhnhor,os wore ofI,rga size showing
,ra a,,,,ixtur, ~ American HOOD and NJ
| t,,, ,,ni,a ro,.,rso ,bo, roro tho colo rom
ra,rt,tiyos Of nracticoIlv vanished race
,t,a,. r.aro ,,,uoh buptad for =, ,vbi,o IN an
a',,,.o~r ,,av and Lac,me excasdinclv Wild
| nj. ,,,,u, ,h,ir d,r,,or ,,J this rosu,tad in
| 49, ia ot,lIio, narm;ttin, two NJ bis sons N
| ,,ain i,h ,b. bord uo us.d tbor, ,a
| i.i,a,,. a,I oIroro In 1oyIi,,bt ono or MORO
! rt,ho,, counted n commanding position Mt
a., no,,d n y rise while ,be herd prnzsd IN the
| haI,au, Iolov Two ve,rsogo soma Nexicous
| o,,yfo,s 70 oorp dollars cot ,ftcr thc hord in
| a,,,n,,t t,.woIr II down Tha rursuit vas
| i,nt m, fnrtvo div. and nights Al IN, end
Of that time IN, mustangs violated all prece-
Ian. L hre,Lirp away from their chosen
! ,,,,,o rb., cro.snd IN. Rio ,irondc AT pol,rov
! ra.,T,,I wont into Naxico TRAVELLING duc west
IN 3, g,l,on,,r.l ~ str,i,h, ms a string Further
,,,r-I,i. .,,',. bonr,oss tbs chase was ,hnn-
! don.J rbrn, ,,ortbs lotnr they verc hoard
~ g., en-, r,o,hiIIs NJ +hn Sorta Ros, Noun.
,i,' t.,.i,,,, t,,rrel rorth oster nonatroting n
thn Novic,r interior for nrtv miles II wos
. s,,,,,,sol MT thc, ,vouId r,moin thera and
~, (rr,hor tbouybt NJ thern vast kan Three
,,,,t. ,ao howovor III. herI was discovered
,,,,,,, ;,,' IA r,roo along E.ri, CroeL
! rL,.oountrv hcs M ono NJ nil lving in II and
,h,irr turn w,a renorted NV lin KING mnil
! Ill.,, .,, ,,,,,.o, ,,;s ,,,oI, tr;n o,co , ,raoL N