The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
y Charles (Pete) Barnum

try are many horses that we have
as yet been unable TO capture.
Among these are some that may never
be caught Generally they are big.
muscular fellows. fearless when in close
quarters. needless, determined and cap
able, possessing such endurance that
II alone serves many times TO keep them
out Of the hands Of man and thus main
tain their liberty From the very day
they We're born they have been con-
stantly developing their lungs and mus
cles climbing up and down the slopes
and ridges Of the mountains in which
they live. scampering nimbly over the
uneven ground. travelling many miles
each day after their food and water.
always running upon sight or smell Of
q human being. But they do not de-
pend solely upon endurance for their
safety, for combined with it are ex-
IRENE caution. constant vigilance and
wonderful alertness. Acting entirely
upon the impulse Of the moment they
have often fairly outwitted collections
Of their enemy-nan. No matter how
new q plan may be nor how well exc
cUted, certain horses invariably get
away. Loose upon the ranges, they are
q constant source Of annoyance and
the monetary loss sustained when they
escape. but because they influence 9TH
ers TO evade the traps and tricks of the
men whose work il is 10 catch them.
Fence the watering hole they have
been accustomed to using for years.
and they VIII leave and go miles away
70 another range-at least for as long
a time as that water hole is watched.
Hide a corral in some pass in the noun
aer.
viii refuse TO run in that direction or
else go over or under or through the
long, extended wings and make a gap
through which the rest OF the band
blindly follow. Try TO run them down,
and they VIII quit the bunch and strike
out alone where no man cares of fol-
iow-uuless It be with a rife. II by ac-
cident-for It would only be by acct
dent-you should stumble upon them
while they are drinking or feeding, or
possibly sleeping, and you should make
dash and rope one Of these old rene
gades you VIII find that your troubles
upon earth have only just begun He
VIII run around trying TO ensnare your
horse, or he nay run toward you. Civ
ing slack faster than you can take UP
the coils ia your hand; then. without
warning, he viii run headIong on your
rope, endeavoring to break II. Before
think that YOU have tied on to part of
hell itself and IN the end you viii per-
haDs be cursing everything in sight
because he has escaped and because,
with him, you lost the best RATA YOU
ever owned These are the outlaws.
Endowed by nature with exceptional
powers. which they have by constant
exercise developed to an unusual de-
gree, they present a problem to the
lob, &c k1~ %
q keen feeling OF shame I must con-
fess that more than once while suffer-
ing the first huniliations Of defeat. in
a fair contest, the problem has been
solved with a rife.
They Test the Buster"
However, we do occasionally catch.
the outlaws. and If we are lucky Cor
unlucky) enough to hold them after
capture. these are the ones that try
the skill Of the buster skill and
strength. for the outlaws battle is al
ways a battle royal Frequently we
find It impossible to master them, some
preferring death to association with
man. The few that do outlive the siren
nous first lessons and still continue the
@vht ran generally be divided into two
elasses-those actually refusing ever
g Weld even in the slightest degree,
and the ones that surrender condition.
ally, only to renew the fight at any
and every opportunity. Among the
first class are some whose heads are
nnisshapen. showing an apparent lack
% or disarrangement of brain. The
second class is made up Of horses that
surpass by far IN Intelligence the av-
erage equine. II caught. they all have
ore quality in common-vioience. These
are the horses that climb upon the
hacks Of the rest Of the band when
they see their captor approach the
corral which holds them. Tt is the
outlaws that hurl themselves with
reckless abandon at the woven wire or
stockade which may surround them.