. Canada; a descriptive text-book . Juliml-Up. he finds a cowboy on his back, while another on a trained pony circlesabout him and keeps him from running too wildly with a quirt or a bit ofrope used as a whip. Then the fight begins in earnest, with skill andcool determination pitted against wild, blind fury. The pony springsforward and sidewise, shakes himself like a dog, jumps high into theair and comes down suddenly with his feet close together and hisback arched. He rushes forward and stops suddenly, lies down androlls over, and tries a dozen other tricks, but all to no purpose. Anordinary
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . Juliml-Up. he finds a cowboy on his back, while another on a trained pony circlesabout him and keeps him from running too wildly with a quirt or a bit ofrope used as a whip. Then the fight begins in earnest, with skill andcool determination pitted against wild, blind fury. The pony springsforward and sidewise, shakes himself like a dog, jumps high into theair and comes down suddenly with his feet close together and hisback arched. He rushes forward and stops suddenly, lies down androlls over, and tries a dozen other tricks, but all to no purpose. Anordinary rider could not stick on for half a minute, lmt the cowboy sitsas coolly as if nothing were happening, only dismounting when the pony lies down and remounting the moment he rises. Then flu- pony CANADA. 51. tries his last trick. He rears high on his hind legs and lets him-self fall backward, hoping to crush his rider. But just at the rightmoment tfie nimble cowboy slips off, and the horse gets a had he recovers from the shock and picks himself up, he finds thepersistent rider still in his place. It is no wonder that after severalsuch attempts the pom broncho givesup in despair and submits quietly tolearning the fine points of riding. The cowboys guide their horses, notby the bit, but by the pressure of therein on the horses neck. They teachthe ponies to respondinstantly to this pres-sure, and also to standperfectly still when leftwith the bridlerein trailing overthe head. Theirown mounts arewonderfull yclever little fel-lows, and at the round-up, the way in which they will follow a steer in and out throughthe surging, bellowing herd, until they have driven it out, is epiite re-markable. When the rope is thrown by their riders they stop at onceand throw their weight on the haun
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