The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-27
NEW CAVALRY HORSE.
American l'ucking Broncho, Once Trained,
has met with approval wherever Tried.
st. LouiS HrpubHc.

coming the cavalry horse Of the
world 6 armies.
Time was when the Western range
horsc-thc "cayusc" Of the plains
was despiscd animal, considered as
good for the work Of the cownan,
and. occasionally, as accessible can
ming material for packers not too par
ticular as to the origin ol their beef.
That has all been changed To-day
it is recognized and accepted maxim
that there 4 no letter animal for the
cavalrymai Use than the little,
light wiry. intriug broncho Of the
West, He is nos the cavalry horse
of tho ntcd States, Of England, Of
France and Of Italy.
1t was the rolo players who began
it. Wyoming, cattle country lll,i
with COWS, game, ponies and noun
tains, early appealed to the famiic,
Of England dcsirous Of finding place
for the bcstowal Of younger sons.
The young Englishmcn came, bring
ing with them the sports Of tn. home
country, and among those sports was
polo.
Now the playing Of polo cmphati-
cally demand horse. The English
men found awaiting them only the
tough little Western bronchos, but
before they had riddcl them week
they had discovered that cow pony
trained to turn in its own length while
at full gallop and to follow particu-
lar COW through the steam and dust
of a roundup could also follow a polo
ball in fashion never seen before.
Pretty soon the news Of the wonder
full abilities of those Wyoming COW
ponies, whose virtues Colonel William
F. Cody has long exploited, travelled
to other countries, and there sprang
up demand fol Western bronchos.
After awhile those wonderful ponies
found their way to India, to China, to
South Africa and to every part Of the
world where men ride horses. Then
some travelled, more observant than
others, who had preceded them, no.
ticed that there was a strong family
likeness between the horses ridden by
the Cars cossacks and the horses
with which they had become familiar
under the name of American bron-
chos.
In to that time the cavalry horse of
the world had been sort of cross
between truck horse and the animal
you sec in handsome cab. There was
talk Of the power, quicker, quickness
and endurance Of the American bron-
chos, but the cavalry authorities de-
clared that they were altogether too
light for the work for which they
would be needed. Then tn " found
that one of these little, light, despised
horses could carry big cow-puncher
at gallop through long and hard
days work and have enough grit left
TO buck him out Of the saddle Mt the
end ofit.
And then the cavalry authorities
began to think, and the result has
been the almost universal adoption of
the broncho-slightly modified, it is
truc-by the armies of the world.
When the war between the British
and the Beers broke out the English
sent buyers over here to purchase ali
the bronchos they could get. They
are buying yet. The horses upon
which General French made his won
derful ride to the relief Of Kimberley
were American bronchos The horses
upon which the Italian cavalrymen
perform such wonderful fcats arc
American bronchos, and SO it goes
throughout the world.
It takes good deal of work to con-
vert Western broncho into service
able cavalry mount, for the small
broncho ohas q way of his own with
men, and fromohis youth objects to
being ridden. He is ridden, never
theless, but it is often in such way
that he never quite forgets how to
assert his American independence.
His 6rstilesson usually comes when
some long-limbed cow -puncher of his
home ranch drops the loop Of rope
over his feet, Knocks him fat with q
twist of the wrist and drags him from
his mothers side to the place where q
man waits with q red-hot branding
iron. Another lesson comes later
two years later-when another COW
puncher, professional "broncho bus
ter" this time, gives him his first
lesson OF the rope.