The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Baltimore SUM

Speaking of birds" Baltimore
travelling man. said the other day,
while L was down IL North Carolina
last month l heard OF "A unique game
that was put uD on an unsuspecting
EngiiShman, Sir Charles Somebody
while he was ON a visit 10 California,
by couple of gentlemen who were
helping TO enlarge his mental horizon.
Judge Pierce of San Francisco told
the story one day to some of US, while
we were enjoying the glorious view
from the big porches. at Battery park,
at Asheville. One Of the North Car
liEians present happened to say some
thing about hunting for birds on horse
back.
That's novel idea said the Judge;
then, turning to his wife, he added
with twinkling eyes, 1 wonder II any
body here has ever hunted on brOn-
CO?
&c We do that out in California some
times, he went on, but you've got to
know your bronco pretty we'll 10 make
success of it. You know, you can
cure a bronco of bucking, but you
can't cure him Of all his bad ablts,
and one of the tricks that is generally
left behind is an ineradfcable habit Of
dropping down fiat if pricked with a
spur OF touched with a sharp stick
One Of the lawyers who had AN Of
fee near mine, when 1 was practicing
my profession in southern California
had just such a bronco, and one day
when he had a visiting Englishllan in
tOw-Sir Charles Something or-Ct her
he took Sir Charles out and gave him
this bronco to ride. The Englishman
was tremendously interested in every
thing American, and believed every
thing that was told him.
In the course of the ride the Eng
lishman happened TO prick the bronco
pretty hard, and down went his steed
an in ha
meanwhile had caught sight of a coVey
Of birds, and, being something of a
wag, he sOOthed the startled English
man by telling him that the bronco
was a most intelligent creature, could
even point at birds and doubles there
were some in the neighborhooo. In
proof of his assertion the birds just
then came into sight, and Sir Charles
said: Fancy, how remarkable"
A little further on my friend espied
a jack rabbit He quietly touched the
Engltshmans bronco, and down he
went again. The bronco was not an
ordinary bird pointer he told Sir
Charles. but even pointed at jack rab-
bits Maybe there was one near. And
again his words were confirmed by the
game jumping into view
This was more than the English
man had expected Of American beasts.
and he begged my friend TO sell him
this wonderfully sagaciOus animal. Ny
friend kindly consented, but only on
condition that Sir Charles would return
the animal and get his money back if
he were not entirely satisfied
A few days later. glancing out OF my
window, 1 saw Sir Charles, looking as
though he had just come out of a
shower bath. come along the street
leading that bronco. We hurried out to
the door to meet him, and he told his
tale of woe. He could not get used TO
the broneO's peculiar ways. he said. and
he had come TO claim my friends prom
Use TO take him back again. 1t was all
right-most sagacious OF the beast to
point at birds and jack rabbits but just
little while before he had been ford
ing a stream. and when they reached
the middle down went the bronco. Now.
why was that2
My friend was deeply grieved at
the occurrence and blamed il all on
himself. He told Sir Charles that he
should have warned him before. but he
had forgotten TO do SO. The bronco was
an all round pointer. He not only
pointed for birds and jack rabbits. but
for fish, too. Sir Charles said, Fam