. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 32.—Construction and use of a child's hobbyhorse, Blackfoot. Lazy Boy said that by the time Blackfoot boys were 10 or more years of age they abandoned play with toy horses for the more serious and responsible activity of tending their families' horse herds. Girls also had little time for such play after they were called upon to help their mothers with household chores. At the Heart Butte Sun Dance encampment on the Blackfeet Eeser- vation, Mont., in the summer of 1944,1 watched three small boys, aged about 10 years, playing at bull dozing and calf roping in imitat
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 32.—Construction and use of a child's hobbyhorse, Blackfoot. Lazy Boy said that by the time Blackfoot boys were 10 or more years of age they abandoned play with toy horses for the more serious and responsible activity of tending their families' horse herds. Girls also had little time for such play after they were called upon to help their mothers with household chores. At the Heart Butte Sun Dance encampment on the Blackfeet Eeser- vation, Mont., in the summer of 1944,1 watched three small boys, aged about 10 years, playing at bull dozing and calf roping in imitation of these modern rodeo events. In the game of calf roping one boy played the part of the calf, another the horse, and the third the rider. Tlie horse carried the rider after the "; When the rider roped the "calf" he jumped off and bound the "calf's" hands and feet together with a small rope (pi. 12, 5). In the game of bull dozing the i-ider attempted to grab the "steer" around the neck and shoulders and wrestle him to the ground. Such play is of recent origin, of course. However, in spirit it is akin to the "horse play" of Blackfoot children in bii ffalo days. HORSE RACING David Thompson wrote of the Piegan ca. 1800, "They have also sometimes horse racing, but not in the regular manner; but bets between individuals in running down animals, as the Red and Jump- ing Deer, or the killing of so many Cow Bisons at a single race" (Thompson, 1916, p. 359). It is possible Thompson had not been in Blackfoot encampments in late summer, the traditional horse racing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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