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 a man of ordinary height,
With the typical plainsman's gait or
lope. the modesty OF novice and the
peculiar drawl and slang OF the west
erner, His breezy wit and sens. OF
humor make him an entertaining con-
versatlonalIst. When the question was
put 10 him Franz threw back his mas
sive shoulders and half smiled as he
drawled.
Feel Why, bless your heart, son,
reel amt the word, Did you ever 20 out
in a boat with natural born fool,
whose only idea Of fun was to rock
the confounded thing, and you couldn't
swim? Well, It feels bit like that
anu OH Ike bein' hit below the belt
by triphammer, II you can sort OF
bNN"H HhhN wat "a itfl lkts
80 you're one Of the chaps from the
papers, ana want to write a story
about br0ncho bustn'Y Tell you the
truth I've been 90 ALFRED busy OF
late breakin' In the new lot OF ponies
we've got that | haven't had much
tiino 70 study the sensations. You see
last season, We had smash-up, and
mad to XIII a lot NJ stock that IT, that
the wreck didn't kill and this lot OF
animals we got on are a frisky bunch
Of buckers.
There's lot OF them that come e
see the show that seem to think thai
the bronchos that we ride in the rims
are trained TO act the way they do
Wei let me tell you right here tina
amt no stage play; those cusses go
their trainin' for that sort Of work out
on the plains, and any one as doubts
my word can come around any day be-
Tore the show and I'll give him q
| chance to see for himself.
But I'm getting away from the
| subject about breakin' the onerS
| cusses. Well there amt much I'm the
way OF rules. There's only one thine
ana that Is that the COMPOUNDED beasts
have got to be broken, and there ism
| no provision as to what to do, so Ions
as We break em.
THE first thing we've got to do Is tc
lasso EN- and lead 'em up close 10 a
broken pony. You know they're, after
all. much like human beings so long a,
| they're by one OF their sort they sort
cf rest easy. Well, after you've got
that far you throw the saddle clotf
over 'em, well forward. You probably
noticed that when we saddle one OF tn,
cusses We always throw the saddle a,
Tar front as possible Well, that's
done SO as TO lessen the strain on theil
backs. You see, when one OF then
cow-pones get to launching 'emselve.
and the weight Of the rider comes dowr
on EN-, you can about guess tina
there's something doing in the way Of
breaking their backs. But as / was say
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 broncht
Dustin, pardner," quietly added Franz
We'll then you try and throw tht
saddle over that. You might notice
that | said try; well, that means TIN
try is the correct word for the mo
ment that animal feels the weight
comm down on his back he knows tina
there's. somethin' a dom and it's like
ly TO mean that he's goln' to shy an
cut up, which don't argue well for you
chances of gettin' II on for some time
Well. II you're lucky and manage L
land the darned saddle, you've mex
got to cinch II. Cinch It means t
| get IL fixed firmly on the animal
You've probably heard the expression
dead cinch. well that comes from tn
plains II means as tight as you cal
possibly get Il. After you get tn
saddle cinehed, and sort of whippe,
into proper shape, you've got to sor
hang around as though you hadn'
anything to do or wasn't partcula
whether you wanted to get aboard tn
beast or not You see the momen
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 your
not up to the tricks OF one of then