The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-10-03
Selrft Hisrr|lunQ.
Horse Breaking in Australia

1t has been frequently complained
of by casual European visitors to Au-
stralia that the bush-bred inhabitants
of the island continent, however diverse
their tastes and natural predictions or
however apart their occupations, bear
to one another 80 remarkable family
resemblance, physically speaking, as
to render their various types practi-
callv indistinguishable one from an
other.
Th. re- is a certain amount of truth
m the indictment. AT inst glance all
hu>hmen appear I" m' brothers OF one
family. They are all sun-browned.
hardy, Lean and wiry men, possessing
no prominent facial characteristic 10y
which the ordinary observer may un-
hrsila,ingly determine their mental
bent and assign them 10 that type to
which they of right belong. But on
that very account they present study
Of extraordinary interes. TO tho prac-
ticcd ply siognomist.
Confronted with a problem inso.va-
ble by The crowd, ambition awakes, an6
he applies his energies thereto. A
little close attention, little continued
observation of men who follow chosen
occupations at the often unconscious
call OF natural inclination, and, 10! the
task is over. The types marshal
themselves and stand apart, ard soon
those who appeared but lately alike as
peas in barrel it is no longer as pos
sible to mistake as it was formerly i'm
possible to distinguish.
A HIGHLY-pAID PROFESSION.
The horsebreaker is of a totally diff
fercnt type from any of the others,
save in general appearance. Like his
cousins, he is lean and leather-colored,
but there all resemblance ends. His
neck is long, also his arms and legs.
His hands are small hut powerful; in
repose they are usually shut tight.
His trousers are closely fitting, and he
wears strap to secure them beneath
his boot. lie generally carries Il birdie
hanging over the crook OF his lett arm.
He wears huge goosc-nccked spiked
spurs, and has an invrlcrate habit of
chewing straws, fray mtnts of which he
spits out AS he talks. He can con-
verse only Of horses, their habits and
idiosy ncrasies.
A rare judge of h"rscflrsh, he can
tell at a glance any animals faults OF
pace, wind, make, or temper. and he
knows exactly what IA horse says when
it neishs or whinnics. His face is OBJ
stinale and rath, r brutal His chin is
invariably predominant; his eyes are
usually small and hazel colo,cd; his
nose short and blunt When excited
or ANNOYED. he stretches out his neck
and cranes his head forward like a
startled horse H. has no brains to
speak of, is incorporate of all opinions
save his own, and he scorns advice.
Altogether, though no doubt useful
member OF society, he is a person to he
avoided. and he is often a rogue. II
employed to break in horse to which
he takes fancy, he fultills his task in
such a manner that no other man will
ever he safe upon the creatures back,
and 10y this trick usually acquires his
fancy at tithe of its proper value.
know squatters who ardently be-
Iieve in the doctrine of the transmigra-
tion of souls merely because Of the ex
traordinary manner in which most
resemble horses, and the
mastery they 50 readily