New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

Dustin A 'BRONC.'"
A TEXAN COWBOY TELLS JUST HOW II
is DONE-BEST RIDERS GET
.THROwED" AT TIMES.

so YOU want 20 know how to bust a 'bronof I"
said John Franz. an original Texan cowboy who
does stunts on horseback in Buffalo BlPs Wild
West Show. Not thinkin OF doin' trick Jour
self your Cause IL you you'd better gss
out short time life policy; you WON'T need q
long one Why, you'd stand more show OF busttn
UP an automobile and gstttn' out with your hide
whole"
Cowboy Jack like many other true lovers OF
horsefesh. has fine contempt for automobiles.
He has owned a horse since he nine years DID,.
and wouldn't trade his "Top" horse. the horse he
likes ride. FOR the best automobile IN Nsw-York,
had ride in the machine.
Jack Is Of medium height and put together like
q piece of solid machinery His hair is Jet black.
is his close cropped nlustache. and the long
years which he spent on the COW trail under
blazing Texas have dyed his skin indeii5Ie
yellow. There is snap to his eyes which horses
first fear and then respect.
Il don't look much like cowboy. do I? he said.
taking of his derby hat and looking at the crease
all the clothes. don't dress up for the benefit OF
an admiring crowd like some Of the boys But
can bust a bronze and don't you forget it: and X
1t Is Dustin receipt you are after. why you can
have il
The plains horse first learns what a rope is
when 1T is year old When round up the
pony herd for the branding the colts driven
into a pen. in which big fire is built for heating
the branding iron Then the boys rope EN- around
the neck tie up their front feet and throw them
objection. AS they let the younsster get
up IT runs OFF it's nanny. and for TWO years has
nothing TO do but around and kick up its heels.
Most ponies are broken in when three-year-ods.
We EN- out twenty or thirty at a time Each
cowboy ropes his horse, and then the fun begins
The services Of a helper necessary TO
get the thirty-ive pound saddle in place. and it
would take dozen if the horse was not blind
folded II takes only a second TO slip 'haccomo.
or horsehair halter the beasts head, and then
ra task of saddle. A ZOOd
bronco buster gets his leg before the horse
knows that anything Is doin'. Then the helpers
turn the horse loose. and buckin' without
waiting to think about it. He pitches and jumps
and tries to turn backfips. for all the world Ike
small boat in a big storm. Then he will take a
turn at paving the ground and kicking with his
front feet Perhaps he will jump into the air and
come down on the solid ground with all four legs
rigid. The whole business simply means that he
wants to get you off his back
And were you ever thrown the reporter asked
Was I ever throwed?'' replied the cowboy.
Well. I guess, yes The hair that grows on a
horses back falls off at times to say nothing OF
man. The best OF cowpunchers git throwed once
in while. There's more than one way Of stickin'
to a bucking horse however. Some keep their
seats by grtppin' the saddle with the knees others
punchers who hold on by the reins- A good cow
Eooss Ike. and is ready for anything that comes
even to zettin' throwed once in a spell
Charley Wilson and his fatal experiences with a
killin brOnC' out captain rancn.
Santa AertruleS Tex. He breakfn IN a raw
boned crftter that about as wild as any ever
see. He had been ridin' the beast a couple OF
hours when he came past the corral on the Jump
Wantin' show off before the boys, he dug his
spurs into the big bays shoulders. and IN about a
second he out Of the saddle He would have
been all right IL he hadn't caught his foot in the
stirrup. That settled IL for him. The horse saw
him hangin' there. and rushed Off into the brush.
kckin his poor body every once in a while.
We picked his body up in pieces. here and there.
where the wild critter had dragged him Then We
gave him the OF funeral We could
The horse became outlaw. and We hunted
him for weeks before discovered him in the midst
II the herd. Poor Wilson's saddle or rather what
was left of it, hangin' under the brIte's belly.
and the gfrths had made such sore place on his
back that had shoot him. IL don't pay to
show off when you're breakfn' broncOs used to
DO IL. but more for Jack
II helped break my first horse when was nine
-ears old. and I've been breaking them ever since.
don't mind breakfn' real wild horses but deliver
ne from the kind that have spoiled-that is.
horses that have mastered some man. I'd rather
break six wild horses than one that has been
spoiled.
Franz saws that a real cowboy will be relic IN
|, dozen wears. He expects live long enough to
% known a living member of extinct pro
'ession Rarbed wire fences sounded the death
tote Of the Western puncher. Even now they are
practically confined to Wyoming Montana and the
'anadian provinces Sheep herdsrs have taken up
he hrAa king Of horses a side line. They will
york for almost nothing. and have almost driven
he real punCher Of business.