The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-31
RoPMe 4 CAMEL.

Some Cowboy Experiences in Arizona.
The report that an expedition is be-
ing organized to round up the wild
camels Of this region was read here
with much interest. Them eastern fell
lers can round up all the camels they
wan ito. but / don't want no more OF
it in mine" says Glenn Miller, who has
ranch down near the Mexican border,
between Oily City and Yuma. Il
wouldn't mind being of at a safe dis
lance when the roundup takes place.
but excuse me from participatin' in it,
Maybe they do use canels okEhe Saba
~ desert, but they must bea4f differ
ent breed from these Arizony animals.
When started my ranch few years
ago ! thought it would be a good idea
to rope few of them and use them for
freighting, and tried to carry out the
idea.
One morning, four years ago. I set
out with three Of my cowboys to round
up a bunch Of camels. My cowboys
were experts with the rope. Two OF
them were Texans and the other a
Mexican named Manuel.
1T was nigh on to noon when we
caught sigh OF drove of camels.
There were five plants near one Of the
big sand dunes about seventeen miles
north Of my ranch. There were proba-
bly, half a mile away from us when
they first saw us.
They raised their heads and seemed
to snin the air few times and then
leisurely disappeared behind the sand
dunes. I divided my party into two
sections. Manuel and l started around
the sand dune one way and the two
Texans went around the other side.
We were to slip up on the camels
and rope as many as we could. This
plan worked all right as far as it went,
Manuel and I crept around the big
pile Of sand on our horses SO carefully
that we got within a few yards of
three of the camels before we saw
them or they saw, us. They were
standing in a nook Of the sand dune.
THE surprise was mutual. but re-
covered from the shock before the cam
els and let go my coil of rope with my
old-tinle speed and accuracy, The loop
settled down far over the neck and
chest Of the animal before the rope be-
came fully stretched.
Ny COW pony settled back on his
launches. but to my surprise, the cam
Ell walked right off with hin. Then
followed such a race as never before
witnessed.
1.-THE camel didn't seem to be runs
ming, hut I'll be blamed If it didn't car
nv my pony along at what seemed to
me to be the speed Of a locomotive.
My pony sat down on his launches for
short distance, but the dragging eff
fects were too disagreeable and he
managed to get up, and the way that
camel made him run was marvellous.
The pony simply had to run or be
dragged to death, The rope was looped
around the pommel Of my saddle, and
was drawn so tight that it was iinpos-
sible for me to loosen 1t. felt in my
pockets for my knife, 1t being the I'M
tention to cut the rope, but 1t wasn't
there. There was only one thing for
me to do, and that was to get off that
COW pony and leave him to his fate. 1t
seemed to me that he was being pulled
along by that camel at the rate Of a
mile minute when / dropped off into
the sand. The fan shock me up con-
siderable. but was thankful got out
Of II alive. .satt.up and watched the
camel and pony disappear in the far
distance. l looked back and saw my
three cowboys coming toward me.
None of the other, camels was in sight.
"one Of the Texans told me that he
had roped a camel and was being car
ried OF in the SAME way as I, when he
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with his knife. We, rode back to theSi
ranch without any camels, and ! have
newell had any desire to domesticate
desert animals since then.
Two years ago man stopped over
one night at my ranch and told me
that he had seen camel dragging the
skeleton of some big animal tied to a
rope around in the desert north Of here.
1t was the skeleton Of my COW pony. -
Arizona Letter to the New York Sun.