The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-21

al the otner Au eAbLeEuGEl anu III anna
tour, gave a practical exposition OF the
relative merits of the two schools of
riding they represent. The westerner
was a "coW-puncher." supremely at
ease regarding his own horsemanship.
local dealer in polo ponies had picked
him UP in Colorado, and because OF his
skill in handling horses had brought
him east to ride the ponies and to bring
out their best qualities before prospec-
tive buyers.
The polo ponies which the dealer hnd
brought east were quick on their feet
and were full OF IRE. To say, as the
phrase is, that they each could turn on
a postage stamp was scarcely an exag-
geratlon. as a number Of possible Gus
toners realized after they had been
whirled violently around half a dozen
times and then thrown upon the tan.
bark.
These performances amused the cow
puucher, and soon he was giving imlta.
tons of how dudes" here rode for the
benefit of stable boys and hostlers,
Mounted on buckskin, lightning fast,
and able to stop and wheel in its own
length, the cow-punch would dash
back and forth in the shed twisting his
mount from side to side and purposely
landing on its neck or falling between
its legs. The cow-puncher rode always
in big Mexican COW saddle, and never
was without his sombrero. The per-
Torrance was clever.
On the day the fastener who later
took part in the contest arrived at the
dealers placa the cOw-puncher hap
pened to be in particularly exuberant
spirits. A young man from Brooklyn
with polo aspirations had come up to
try the ponies. and he had been thrown
almost as fast as he could mount and
remount. Then the cowboy burlesQued
the performance, and he was in the
midst Of 1t when the amateur well
known on polo fields arrived. He
watched the cow-puncher's exhibition
until 1t was quite over Bully" he
said. "Thore tricks of yours are funny
funny as mIschief-make regular
monkeys OF US eastern chaps"
III tell you what I'll do. You get
on that pony there; use your stock sad
die; do all you know how; then I'll try
to do everything you've done. After we
get through with your saddle, we'll put
on a fiat English saddle-the kind we
customers use mostly-and I'll do nll l
know, and you follow me. Understand
what ! mean2"
The New Workers. proposition was
obviously a challenge. The cowboy
grinned; went at once to his pony. and
raising the saddleskirt, proceeded to
draw up the rawhIde cInch with all his
strength. When the pony began to
squeal under the strain and arch Its
back into an omlnous curve the by
SANDERS began to grin too.
Suddenly the westerner mounted; he
drove a spurred heel into his ponys
ribs. and quite as suddenly the pony
responded and went into active opera
ton. The Tightening of the cInch and
the unexpected rowelllng he had re-
c'ived called into play oid accomplish
men,s inherited through many genera
tons. In four jumps he had bucked the
length OF the paddock; then he bucked
back again and varied the performance
BY oucklng In an ever widening e'EGls
around the enclosure All Tue '''Ae ''ls
westerner sat IN the saoole Us sF@ce
FULLY as man mounted on a peas. 'n1'
was determined to TURN the huFSiue '"-
SIDE" could
The rider oemonStra'eo ms aonlss
TO stay on and then Abruptly DFous"'
MS mount straight on us ti'nu 'esS' : y"
second 1t swayea backward ana LOT
ward paving 10 retain u Da'al'ee' t''e''
ieil over backwards. 4here was ="
mlx'up oil COWBOY ana turlous'y Ssrus
S''ns pony ana the next moment 'he
pony had regMned It's teet ana tHe COW
hoy was sun slttihS eVhpiaceht,S ~
Inc saddle. He got OH theh ana manu-
81 tue Drlu'e over 10 luz e's'e'
Let him blow a minute ne si'u,
that last move pretty 'nuch A''oeNeu
'he wind out OF MN Wtu better 'HSe
another pun on that clnen now "s
suggested later atter inc pony nuu
rested. The amateur o1ered no oo]ec-
uon and swung into the saddle soDerly'