The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-07

horses sweep along IN the wind At
distance tenderioot lmaglnes a
Wild horse to be maieslicc animal
large in size, boautifui IN color. clean
o. limb and neet OF foot At close
/ range however they me a disappoint
ment, especially IN the spring. whcn.
their coats are rough The nauyo
/ wild horse of the Wes is inferior In
almost every point to the average
well kept domestic horse. They have
great endurance. some Of them being
able TO carry a man seventy miles be-
tween suns IN an emergency and
/ their recupcrative power IS wonderful
The best horses I captured were 10.
mcstic horses that bad run wild. or
horses that had been foaled by rum
away domestic mares. Bays. sorrols
and duna were the usual colors:
mixed color was rare7
Williamons pursued the largest
band he could Gnd. Notwithstanding
great precaution the horses would
take fright at arst and run for ten or
twelve miles before stopping Will
hanson tried to keep in sight Of them
! II possible and always made &c a point
20 be close to them I'D suudown as
-they sought water ot that time and if
not disturbed would remain near the
water an night " startled however.
they would move and before morning
would he many miles away from the
spot They were eeiag % the FIRST
streak o. duwn After being followed
tws Or three days the horses grew
fiess Wary and williamson would De.
! gin teaching them 10 drive a re-
markahle Characteristic Of wild horses
is that it an attempt is made to ride
to the right Of them, for instance. for
the purpose OF turning them, 70 the
left they viii invariably bolt so the
right anil run directly across the path
of their pursuers II requires much
! time and patience to teach them 20
run in the opposite direction VIII
hanson bad won his FIRST point when
he had taught his horses to be driven
Re then began driving them Ia cir
Gle which at first had o large circum.
( ference. AS the horses grew weaker
for want OF rest and food the circ.e
grew smaller until les diameter lid
not exceed quarter of a mile Then
they We're taught auother lesson A
long lariat was stretched on the
ground. and in the path Of the hor ses
Wild horses are very sagacious and
quick to suspect trap The rope al
rays frightened them greatly at first
jut in time they grew accustomed TO
Il and could be driven across II.
Then the Horses Were narled.
Williamson wa snow ready for bust.
ness. The lariat was strongly anch-
ored in the ground by tying il TO a
buried log. The best horses OF the
outfit were brought out and haddled
Riding as swiftly as possible he now
started the wild horses moving IN a
circle and kept after them until his
own horse was exhausted An assist
ant took his place and maintained the
swift pace. Before a great while a
cot would give out and drift toward
the center of the circle where Il
would be joined by it's mother A
band Of wild horses viii not desert
one another. and there was no longer
any fear that the running horses
would bolt from the circle in witch
they were moving In the free end
Of the lariat a big running roose had
been tied AS the circle grew smaller
the horses would begin running over
the moose. One OF Williamson's help
ers kept close watch and gave a
strong pull on the lariat when he saw
that horse was stepped into the moose
The horse would fall SHARED by the
foot, A heavy log chain about three
\ feet long was fastened to one Of it's
/ torelegs with leather strap and the
1lorse turned loose. The animal would
spring TO its feet and start away at
breakneck speed only TO turn somer.
sault, caught by the swinging chain
encircllng its forelegs.
When hale dozen horses had been
caught in this manner the others
would begin shying away from the
moose, wrhich was then abandoned foi
the time being. Williamson and his
men would coil their lariats and ride
straight into the midst OF the band
and rope them until the band was
scattered The captured horses we're
then rounded up and the lesson Of
teaching the others to pass over the
rope was resumed After time
when their fear had abated they
would again pass over the rope with
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