East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-27

raj gate, but Cougar did not respond
to the reins when l pulled on them,
with a loud, cow-boyish whoa" "
Jerks and more commands. with ap-
propriate trimmings, were to no avail.
Cougar evidently thought that he
should follow the other horses into
the corral, and he did so despite me.
Later | learned that Cougar had
been famed OUT in this same cor
raj numerous times. 1t was corral
used by many ranchmen and partic-
ularly bad bucking horses or out
laws" were always taken to this cor
raj for the buckarooes to ride and
subdue Cougar knew the place and
on reaching the center he apparent
ly thought II was on the program
for him to put on a performance OF
bucking He displayed a most COM
mendable willingness to play his part.
[ mentioned previously that l had
grasped the saddle horn before. For
tunately ] had not released my hold
on that most meritorious feature of
the oregon saddle. 1 had a vice-like
grip which / knew only death would
break and did not worry a great deal
about losing the horn. But / glanc-
ed at the rope with which the brute's
head was tied and / wondered why
ranchmen used small cotton thread
with which to keep OUTLAWS" from
bucking That rope seemed to grow
smaller with each plunge that Cou-
gar made and my brain became phe-
nomenally active. / was being shak-
en- to pieces and / calculated that
just little less than one jump more.
Cougars spirit. however, was not
equal to that frail little rope and af-
ter a dozen jumps he evidently real
lied that he could not get his head
down and he suddenly stood still. He
had chased all the other horses out
OF the corral and they were scattered
again. | instantly decided to dis
mount. As / trrew my foot out of
the stirrup and over the saddle,
Cougar whirled and kicked. Had
dismounted, as 1 intended my obit-
uary would have been published in
stead of this narrative. Several 9TH
er attempts to reach terra firma were
frustrated in the same manner. l H.
nally decided to be contented as pos
sible where 1 was. tried to urge him.
gently, out OF the corral. He refus-
ed to leave. l suddenly realized that
I was captive; the prisoner of an
OUTLAW" broncho and on his back.
At this juncture. Tom, lad in the
employ of my host, appeared to Sc
cure the horses which had been cor
raled and allowed to get away. He
looked upon me with admiration In
his eyes, thinking / had been fan
ming OUT Cougar. He started to ex-
press his appreciation of my work
when he noticed the horses head
tied up. A look of scorn succeeded
the one of admiration. felt in need
Of O friend and decided to make one
OF Tom. / asked him to hold Cougar
"a moment. He refused, saying he
knew that "hoss." then became
desperate and ordered him to find
Mr.. Edems and ask him how could
manage to get off Cougars back
without having my brains kicked out
He went, returned with the desired
information and dismounted, bS
catching the bride at the horses
head and pulling the animal toward
me as / made a leap that would
arouse envy In the breast Of mos'
any college athlete.
Tying Cougar to snubbing post
in the corral accepted Toms In
vitation to ride his horse to the
house, he graciously riding behind
Mr.. and Mrs. Edems were waiting
for me before taking seats at the din
ner table. Their faces were drawn