East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-11

nately to the left and right as the
animal bucks. so that the horses body
when it rises in the air is in the form
of an are A sunfisher is generally a
difficult horse to ride.
Pulling Leather" the popular term
for the act of a broncho rider in grab
bing any part of the saddle when rid
ing a bucking horse, in order to
steady himself. At a contest, a rider
who pulls leather" is as much dis
qualified as one who is thrown off
Choking the horn" Squeezing the
Lemon" Grabbing the post" Hold
! ing the jug-handle," Choking the
biscuit" all synonyms of pulling
leather"
Riding straight up consists of the
rider of a bucking horse sitting erect
in the saddle, one hand holding the
halter rein, the other high in the air.
| The approved form of riding bucker.
Riding Slick" consists in riding
with the usual cowboy equipment, l.
; e. saddle, chaps and spurs and with
cut aid of hobbled stirrups, locked
spurs or bucking rolls.
Riding safe" consists in sitting
! tight in the saddle, the legs clinched
! tightly against the horses sides, the
SPURS set firmly in the cinch.
Riding sloppy" consists in sitting
loosely in the saddle and allowing the
body to flop about in response to the
pitching of the animal. This is what
might be called Grand Stand" or
"Show Riding" but it is not consid-
cred good form by competent judges.
"Close Seat" seat in 'the saddle
which is steady and firm, a point
which judges consider important.
"Bucking Straight Up" bucking
that consists of long jumps straight
ahead, without any twisting, whirling
or rearing.
Seeing Daylight" a term applied
when rider leaves his seat with each
jump of the horse, so that the spec
tators can see between the rider and
| saddle.
IAN Honest to God Bucker." horse
that does straight. hard bucking with.
out any fancy stunts or twists
"A Fuzz Tail" means about the
same when applied to horses as "cur'
or "mongrel' applied to dogs.
i Bull Rigging" the special saddles
made for bucking bulls.
Busting" throwing a steer after HI
has been roped preparatory to hog
tieing him
"Hog-tieing," tieing the two hinC
feet and one front foot Of the steel
after he has been roped and busted.
"Thumbing," the raking of thu
horses neck close to the shoulder will
the thumbs of the rider. This gener
| ally makes horse wild.
Cake Walker" a horse that rear
and stands almost erect when buck
ing
High Roller" horse that pitche
high in the air when bucking.
, scratching" the act Of bucka
roo while riding a bucking horse Il
, using his spurs to make the anima
. buck its hardest. In scratching, tn
|. buckaroo must necessarily allow tn
. legs to be free and thus takes NOR
: chances If a buster scratches a ba
. horse, he is generally making goo
: ride.
: "Raking." practically Isynonomou
: boy gives his legs free sweep, roll
=. ing the rowels OF his spurs from shou
: der to rump. This is called rakin
: or scratching fore and aft.
. Throwing the Steel" using Ii
: spurs.
= "wrangler," buckaroo who assis
. the rider in saddling his horse. TIL
wrangling Is often the most difffcu
: ard dangerous part of the task.
"Snubbing." the act of tying
: horses head close to some fixed ol
] ject. generally the horn Of a saddl
: "Hobblel Stirrups," stirrups til
7 down TO the cinch With stirrul
! hobbled. It is almost the same as
: the rider were tied in the saddle
J there is no play to the stirrups. Ho
; bed stirrups are not allowed in bpo.
Z ing contests except that some wont
! riders are allowed TO use them If tn
: choose.
J Locked Spurs" spurs which are
: locked that the rowels will not 70
These are also barred.
"Slick Heels" riding without spui
- Take Him Up" cry given by q