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m tho south side. Of the Frenchman Hill,

Ion the south side. Of the Frenchman Hill,
Lying to the north OF Grab Creek, and a
gently rolling country. The drive extends
only about fifteen miles and about 600 horses
were turned in at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon,
The fact that sheep, had been through the
country near the corrals now necessitated
the driving of the saddle horses and wild
band some eight miles from camp TO forage
and more herders for the days and night
w%ranglers for the saddle horses.
Some fine specimens Of saddle horses
were found amongthe Wild band, and they
ltN&te speedily roped and saddled. Man y
Of them were FUCKERS OF the first grade
and In the trying out there was plenty Of
Coolidge, Kan, a lad Of about 10 ears,
won many compliments among the old
h riders for the way In which he handled him.
! self and his mount when breaking in a new
| one
Saturday was an easy day and Foreman
! Burgen laid a plan for riding the Saddle
/ Mountain again. This time about forty
riders sta rted up the ca hon to Ben Hutchin-
som q, ranch, some twenty miles from camp,
and spent the night. In the morning they
| and the first bunch Of horses sighted were at
once rounded up and held and succeeding
punches. run into them during the day.
fAtthe camp all wereabout early In the morn
ing and by sunrise fifty, or sixty riders
started. outsround the end Of the mountain
with q herd Of extra saddle horses to meet
their comrades about noon and I'll We them
all fresh mounts. This plan res ulted In
nearly 900 horses being add ed to the wild
band although quite a number still eluded
the riders. 80
= One buno h numbering from 100 to $50,
all Of them white or gray or spotted black
and white, and bred from Ara bian stations
could not he captured. IL is known locally
as the wild goose band, from the gray
color and straishta way 5uns they make
riders had to get out Of the way or be run
down, and no horses under saddle were
able to keep pace with, them. It is said
that fully half the band have never been
Nbrapded'or felt the swish Of q rope 'about
them,
It-is a beautiful sight to see the long line
of gray swiftly, rounding a slightly butte,
or taking a slide down passes that seem
bound to hurl them into depths below,
hut the Wild things are sure footed and
chWbs like goats. No EFFORT viii be made
andthe further en croa chmsnt OF the farmers
on. the range they, will doubtless be ridden
down with relays Of men and horses, until
thsy areitired out.
The. wild band was now so large that
It r was s nsGe s%se ry to R0 tSs Amen anshor 70 br 1.ner'
belonging to. Sam Gabriel. whose ranch
Il on the Saddle Mountain, was cut out,
the colts branded and turned loose, except
ing those he wis he'd to dispose OF this season.
When this work was accomplished the wild
ba ndowas mGvad northwest some twenty
miles to a natural corral and feeding ground.
in what Ia known as Red Rock Coulee. A,
few riders, stationed at the mouth and at
the head Of this clnyon can hold any num-.
Der OF horses, for the sides ara, 90 precipitous
that II, IL almost impossible, for a man to-
scale them. Springs furnish water, and
the bunch gras IS grows luxuriantly. ~,
The, camp wagons still pushed, onward
toward the northeast some twenty-five or
thirty miles till they. reached the oorrals
at West Lake, a small sheet of water west
Of the south end Of Moses Lake, These
are the best corrals in the county, and
the pffncipaI' work Of cutting out, brand
ing, selectins, holding and delivering strays
will be done here. Up to May 4 fully 5000
horses had been rounded up and brought
in and the work Of cutting out begun. This.
will occupy fully, D week, and the big herd
viii not. Iteach Ephrata, the shipping point
before May IL.
It,is a picturesque sight to zee this big
bald of Wild horses with the young colts!
coming down to water or grazing on the.
lSt5fIifis, And then to think that this Is,
ebS66ficaliy.Sbe Last 81 ,thsm-thatg they are
doomed 70 give way to the tiller Of the coil