Wild life in the far west : personal adventures of a border mountain man . red by the multitude of its companions, throwshis lasso over its neck. As soon as the noose has firm-ly settled, the hunter leaps off his own steed (which istrained to remain standing upon the same spot until itis wanted,) and allows himself to be dragged on by theaffrighted animal, which soon falls, in consequence ofbeing choked by the leathern cord. When the horsehas fallen the hunter comes cautiously up, keeping thelasso tight enough to prevent the animal from fairly re-covering its breath, and loose enough to guard
Wild life in the far west : personal adventures of a border mountain man . red by the multitude of its companions, throwshis lasso over its neck. As soon as the noose has firm-ly settled, the hunter leaps off his own steed (which istrained to remain standing upon the same spot until itis wanted,) and allows himself to be dragged on by theaffrighted animal, which soon falls, in consequence ofbeing choked by the leathern cord. When the horsehas fallen the hunter comes cautiously up, keeping thelasso tight enough to prevent the animal from fairly re-covering its breath, and loose enough to guard againstits entire strangulation, and at last is able to place oneliand over its eyes, and the other on its nostrils. Thehorse is now at his mercy. In order to impress uponthe animal the fact of its servitude, he hobbles togetherits fore-feet for a time, and fastens a noose to its lowerjaw ; but within a wonderfully short period he is ableto remove the hobbles, and to ride the conquered ani-mal into camp. During the time occupied in taming I /JT i^^wrM—^n^vTr::^ ^^r .^. CREASING HORSES. 4G1 tlie horse, it plunges and struggles in the wildest man-ner ; but after this one struggle it yields the point, andbecomes the willing slave of its conqueror. The rapidity with which this operation is comphtedis reall}^ wonderfid. An experienced hunter is able tochase, capture, and break a wild horse within an hour,and to do his work so efiectually that almost befon^ itscompanions are out of sight the hitherto ^\ild animalis being ridden as if it had been born in native hunter, cruel master though he generally is,takes special care not to damjifU the spirit of his horse,and prides himself on the bounds and curvets wliichthe creature makes when it receives its master upon itsback. There is only one drawback to this mode of is impossible to capture with the lasso the best andswiftest specimens. These animals always take com-mand of the herd, and place themselves at its
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