The San Francisco call., 1909-02-28

At an opportune anornent we enter the
corral and stand close together in the
center. for our proxiu1itv has a-asn
set the mass OF horses fairly boiling
with excitement. The alkali dust rises
in clouds. We beat the earth with oar
ropes to keep the half crazy horses
from running over us. A faint breeze
rises and watts the dust away. and We
see that the horses are quoting
As he has been standing WAITING fo-
the horses TO become quieted Al4s3n
has made a large loop in his lariat. he
deftly gives his forearm a twiicl.
which causes writing. snake llEa
movement TO pass along the rooe.
Again he makes the same motion and
the two kinks that were in the loop
have disappeared. Rearranging the
little coils that represent all OF his
RATA except the loop. lie now pre-
pares to perform a feat which few hti-
man eyes have witnessed. yet which
is TO him an everyday occurrence-hi8
days WOrk-often his pastirae. He viii
match his strength against that OF a
matured wild horse. the latter possess
ing all the vigor and energy his free.
unrestrained life In the cpen has de-
veloped, intensified by his fear and
desire to escape. With the reckless
ness and fearlessness characteristic of
his kind, with the GOODNESS born OF
assurance, Allison ties the end o. his
so foot lariat around his body. lust
above the hips. Hard and fast is ths
knot. as he viii depend upon IL, 10
hold when the shock comes. for he is
about to put his loop on a wild horse
and allow him to run headlong at ter
rifle speed to the very end OF his rope
when by exercising that wonderful
superhuman strength he possesses. he
will throw the horse to the ground
and hold him there.
watching for an opportunity: he Sc
lects big pinto STUD, and waits until
the horse IS about to pass him. Now
Allison steps forward. The horse.
thinking his antagonist is coming at
him. leaps to get away like a flash.
with the precision of a master. Allison
has placed the loop Just where the
stallion can not fail to Jump into n.
His aim is true. There Is a snarI as
the honda slides home. The big ufntO
feels the strain and sting Of a rope for
the first time in the 10 years OF his ex-
1stence. TerrO~ized he bounds away
Allison has hurled his body backward.
so that his shoulders seem almost 10
touch the ground at the instant the
stallion has reached the end of the
lariat. The horses feet are jerked from
beneath him-he falls PROSTATE. In
stantly he tries to get up, but Allison
has taken slack, and once more gives
JciA suAtA SlldiEuIenS out the legs
OF the stallion. There in the dust OF
the corral he Hes-a thousand pounds
of fiery horsefiesh conquered by raw
hide rope and the cleverness of man.
AS the stallion hits the ground I run
FOR his head. Before he has stopped
struggling I am astride his neck. and
after tussle have jerked his head up
ward and to one side. Now another
battle takes place; the throwing OF him
aroused his fighting spirit but the
weight on his neck calls forth all OF
his animal fury. In a final effort to
release himself the stallion strikes
viciously and kicks wickediJ with the
free hind feet. straining himself at
times so that those hard. horny hoofs
reach forward almost to his ears.
Realizing the ineficacy OF his struggles
he tries to reach and accomplish with
his teeth what he has been unable 70
do by sheer strength and the Wild
Iashings of his legs. Now he contracts
those mighty muscles OF his neck, lift
ing his head free from the ground
even WITH my weight upon it--pausing
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