The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29

mounted ON another horse than tho ono
on which he made his memorable cnase
after him a few days before, pushed MN as =
hard as he could, hoping to wear him OUT IN
time to enable the second or third rider
TO get close enough to rope him.
Although hard-headed, pracucal men MI
there were times during that seven umn n
chase across gently undulating nesa vsaa.
they thought they were ~ pS soJ 70 keen
within a few hundred yards OF the piu o
stallion until he had got close TO the station
Of the flrst relay rider, fliinR ms IeN1i w.
AZ frequent intervals he had warned w
waiting cowboy that he was corning; 80
! when fhe bh,e horse was swim ging by q
! clump Of pine trees he was surtr1sed 10 $50
a now foe coming for him at a great ra'o
OF speed. a..
The surprise seemed only to put him
| on his mettle and within the two miles ne
had almost distanced his pursuer. Warned
by this experience he kept away from the
| next little grove so the next pursuer did not
get such a good chance as the second one
had. The fourth man pushed him as ara
az he could and could see that the staliioh
was tired. His sides were white with foam
and once when he swervcd he saw, the
big palpitating nostrils red and almost
bursting. Into his mountain corral the
big blue sped while the pursucrs waited at
the mouth for their entire party TO arrive
knowing fun well that IL would DE VIZ
possible to stretch ropes across the mouth
of the canon they decided TO build q bar
rier OF fire. II was two hours before the
preparations for this bad been compiet'd
and the torch was applied Notwithetand,
ing this prccaution two men ,reinalhed
near the entrance 10 head of their prey
should he try to dash through the flames,
Then q single rider st Of to flush tile
wild horse. Presently with a tremendous
thump OF hoof beats the big blue and ms
pursiier came flying along. The stallion
was making n bee line for the opening,
hut when he got within a hundred yards
If Il he saw the fire and esrrd un one OF
the horsemrn who had been left to guard
the ent rance taking up TIC oiias" ana tie
original pursror taking the place made
vacant Thus with relay changes rs, often
as convenient they chased the be'.llderd
stallion for nearly M hour. DuIlng INC
pursuit the wonderful racing aDhrieS
of the wild horse were dem'nslrnted Fox
cited ard desperate a. The poor brute was
his every movement was a. regular n q
machine. Timn and again they cornered
him but he broke through the GORDON 10y
valiant ruShcs.
In a straightaway race after he had
become elmo 1t exhausted, a lafiat was
thrown over his neck and within ten sec,
onds afterward another rope encifcieu
his fore leCs. When he bad been thrown
Allavay gave orders not to touch MN
at first, for the movement OF ms heaiI
could be seen and the horse was so TERMED
I mai III Mdk ltdIth It wv VI
A rope was tied with a knot that could not
slip, and the blue stallion was hitched 10 a
tree to deliberate upon his changed con-
dition in life.
The next moning when they went back
for him he was far from tractable, but so
stiff and sore from the previous DAYS race
that he did not resist being led. When he
was turned loose in the big corral at the
ranch he took 10 his new surroundings
kindly. Oats werea mystery TO him but ne
soon learned to like them. Under kind
treatment and constant attention he gradu-
ally became quite docilc. When the time
came 10 put a saddle on him he paid Ear
more attention to getting the bit of sugar
his master had for him than he did to the
process of fastening the girths. For n few
hours with the saddle on his hack he was
led among the horses that had riders and
then a "bronco buster" mounted him.
There were a few preliminary pitches
and then he settled down to the business
of overtaking the other horses ahead OF
him. A month after he had been caught
he was one of the most tractable horses on
the ranch.
The Blue Streak has aristocratic lineage.
The lines OF the Kentucky thoroughbred are
easily tracesble. Already he has beaten IN
n fair race every horse on a ranch famed
for its good horses and now Bren. Ham
mond, a trainer, has gone there to NJ him
for the racetrack. Alawav will give out
no figures as TO the time made. because he
saws no one will believe what the horse
can really do until they see him do II. IN
less some untoward event prevents II Il
Allaway's intention 10 race The Blu Streak
IN tho Vast during the coming season.