Let 'er buck, a story of the passing of the old West . him the hardest horse I everrode. You see, it isnt the horse that sunfishes or twists thatmakes it hardest for one to ride, its the punishment he gives therider. Flying Devil was an outlaw and came from a mountainrange either in Montana or Idaho and I consider mountain-bredhorses the strongest. Until Flying Devil was broken down in hisknees there was practically no direction. You know, a buckinghorses muscles will indicate his action—if hes going to sunfishto the right for instance, his muscles contract accordingly andgive you the cue, but
Let 'er buck, a story of the passing of the old West . him the hardest horse I everrode. You see, it isnt the horse that sunfishes or twists thatmakes it hardest for one to ride, its the punishment he gives therider. Flying Devil was an outlaw and came from a mountainrange either in Montana or Idaho and I consider mountain-bredhorses the strongest. Until Flying Devil was broken down in hisknees there was practically no direction. You know, a buckinghorses muscles will indicate his action—if hes going to sunfishto the right for instance, his muscles contract accordingly andgive you the cue, but he didnt, he was all pure strength andspeed—every move he made was just so sudden, there was nospring, no cue. You see, and a retrospective smile passed overhis face as he pointed to the extreme southwest corner of thepicture, this is where he was when he started this buck, but fac-ing the other way—you see where he is and how hes facing the only horse I ever rode that could apparently jumpstraight backward as far as he could
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