Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-28

what does II feel like to ride
bucking broncho?"
That question was put TO John Franz,
the crack rough rider OF Buffalo Bills
Wild West, and probably the best
rough rider and broncho buster In the
world today.
Franz Is man OF ordinary height,
With the typical plainsmans gait or
lope. the modesty OF a novice and the
peculiar drawl and slang OF the west
erner His breezy wit and sens. OF
humor make him an entertaining con-
Versationallst. When the question was
put 10 him, Franz threw back his mas
slNe shoulders and half smiled as he
drawlcd.
Feel Why bless your heart, son,
reel amt the word, Did you ever go cut
IN boat with a natural born fool
whose only idea OF fun was to rock
the confonnded thing, and you couldn't
swim Wen, II feels bit like that
ana bit Ike bein hit below the belt
by trphammer, II you can sort of
guess what thatd feel like.
80 you're one Of the chaps from the
papers, ana want to write a story
about broncho bustln'Y Tell you the
ruin, I've been 90 ALFRED busy OF
latp breakin In the new lot OF ponies
we've got that | haven't had much
tlino 70 study the sensations. You see,
last season we had q sma sh.up, and
had 10 kill lot ~ stock--that IL that
the wreck didn't kill; and this lot OF
ANIMALS we got on are a frisky bunch
Of buckers,
There's a lot OF them that come TO
see the show that seem 10 think that
the bronchos that we ride in the ring
are trained TO act the way they do.
Wei, let me tell you right here that
amt no stage play; those cusses got
their trainin' for that sort Of work out
on the plains. and any one as doubts
| my word can come around any dav be-
| Tore the show. and I'll give him r
chance to see for himself.
But I'm getting away from the
subject about breakin' the onery
cusses Well, there amt much I'm the
way OF rules. There's only one thing
ana that Is that the COMPOUNDED beasts
nave got to be broken, and there isn't
no provision as TO what To do, so long
as We break 'em.
| The first thing we've got to do Is to
| lasso EN- and lead em up close 10 n
broken pony. You know they're. after
| al. much like human beings. so long as
they're by one OF their sort they sort
cf rest easy. Well after you've got
| tnat far you throw the saddle cloth
over 'em, well forward. You probably
noticed that when we saddle one OF the
| cusses We always throw the saddle as
| Tar front as possible. Well that's
| done so as 10 lessen the strain on their
| backs. You see, when one OF them
! cow-ponies get to launching 'emgeIves
and the weight Of the rider comes down
| on EN-, you can about guess that
! there's something doing in the way of
| breaking their backs. But as was saw
In you throw the saddle cloth as far
But supposlng the horse COM
mences to shy and" broke In the re-
| porter
"Supposln amt no part Of fbroncho
| hustln,' pardner" quietly added Franz
| We'll then you try and throw the
saddle over that. You might notice
| that | said try; we'll, that means that
| try is the correct word, for the mo-
ment that animal feels the weight q,
| comm down on his back he knows that
| there's somethin doin' and it's like
ly to mean that he's goln' to shy and
cut up which don't argue well for your
| chances Of gettin' II on for some time.
| Well, II you're lucky and manage to
land the darned saddle you've next
got TO cinch II. Cineh II means to
get II fixed firmly on the animal.
You've probably heard the expression
dead cinch. well that comes from the
plains II means as tight as you can
possibly get II. After you get the
saddle cinched and sort of whipped
into proper shape, you've got to sort
hang around as though you hadn't
anything to do, or wasn't particular
whether you wanted to get aboard the
beast or not. You see the moment
that the cuss gets an idea you're try
in 10 get into that saddle he's goin
to try and keep you out, and II you're
not up to the tricks of one of thsm