The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-19

the storm was go binding that he could
not see the Lights.
| or tho jokes OF the cow-puGchers,
| one is connected with old Eagle" the
/ horse which Jack Lyons brought to
| Holly with him when he came from
| his ranch To live here. Some OF us re-
member this particularly well built old
grey. Eagle" had a peculiar trick in
| his young days. and it may be said to
have lasted until his old days, Of buck
| ing whenever he was touched by Il
mans hand on the neck.
Upon one occasion one Of the visit
| ing EEglishmen, many OF whom came
| out to see the ranch, took Eagle" to
| ride to town, and as he was going at c
quiet jog, he leaned his hands over or
| Eagles" neck to rest himself. when ST
once there were considerable things do
/ ing. The gyrat!oEs and peculiar con-
| tortions that Englishman went through
| had curious effect on our tCnGerfoot.
| After having been thrown and catching
the horse again. he rode into camp and
remarked to our friend Mr.. II. A. Pet
tee: "Hy don't knaow what was the
matter with the bloody beast. e must
| ave 'ad pain In is stomach" This
| remark is vouched for.
Another cow-puncher joke Is told
about an EnglishmGn who came as q
| tenderfoot, and Of whom It was said
he knew how to ride. The cOW-pupcher
| considering that knowing how 10 r!do
| in England and on the plains were two
/ different propositions, put him on
| Ducking horse, and, to the surprise OF
the cow-punchers, the Enslishman
rode him, and rode him easily, When
the fun was over and the cowboys had
stopped laughing at eacn other, they
asked the Englishm.n what he thought
OF the horses saits. He answered:
HE was rather g good 'orEc. but he
lored little Ugh, don't you think
| Way back in these days. many OF
you will be surprised to Know that
Honorable Jerry Watson. our present
town counsel, showed up on the ranch
and wanted to be horse Wrangler
which, by the way, is the man who
| looks after the horses and keeps them
herded. At that time the boys had I
| horse called "Baldsnprt." who would
buck every time he was mounted, even
II it was twenty times a day. Bald
snort was kept by the boys as horse
upon which to break in terderteet.
Our long. solemn friend, Pettee, who
was at that time foreman, ordered tho
new horse wrangler to mount Bald
snort" and see after the horses. He
mounted him, as ordered, but instead
of seeing after the horses he saw
stars. After giving Watson a few
minutes rest to catch his breath. Pet
tee ordered him to mount "Baldsnort"
and "see after the horses" with the
same result, but it is to be said for
our friend Watson that before the day
was over, lame and tired and distigured
as he was. he did succeed in persuad-
| ing "Baldsnort" to carry him around
the herd so he could 'see after the
| horges."
One nt the Incidents that happened
on tho ranch, which goes to show the
grit that scmc Of our tenderfeet have.
! is told with much pleasure by the boys
who were not in this particular out
At
A tenGerfoot showed up one day Gad
asked for JOB, and like all tenderieet.
he expected at once to begin to punch
| cattle. He was asked II he could ride
I."Well." he said. "a little" Could he
rope? No Rope what" Throw a
ropc, catch q steer. mo" What
coud he do, He did not know" So.
! beEAuSt Ht stcueu dDle " OD Iosui--S
else he was appointed cook and given
charge Of the IIess wagon and four
horses.
There were plenty OF Indian signs
on the plains and Pettee, the foreman,
had ridden OF to the east and saw Il
bunch OF them He was riding at that
time a horse which he was very fond
OF. called Brigham" and easily out
/ r. hn rod ar,.ir IN
got back to the cock wagon tracks,
which he knew the balance of the boys
were following, he headed north TO
oyertake them and warn them OF the
Indians. but in a short distance he
met the COW punchers coming back.
We'll" said Pc:tee. where Is the
tenderfcot ccok?" To which the boys
answered: I'VE have not seen him FOR
the lsst three hours. The Indians sc:
100 hot for US and we had TO pull Cur
freight" The tcnderfoot was given up
for lost and the next day with 4 crowd
large enough TO give them some chance
with the Indians. the cowboys vent up
the trail to look for the tendertoot
He WAS pOon net riding one OF the four
wagon horses, which he had cut out Of
the team. MY God!" said Pettec. Il
thought you were dead" No" said the
tcnderfoot. Il seem to be pretty well
alive" How did you ever get loose?'
Pettee asked. We'll" said the tender
foot. ito tell the truth, didn't get
loose. A lot OF those red devils got al
ter me and began to circle about and J
took the rifles ont Of the wagon and
went to work and KEEP. them Of all
night. When morning came | got one
OF the horses out. and here | am" The
name Of this tendcTioot was Scott Dar-
ling