. Canada : a descriptive text book . s if nothing were happening, only dismounting when the ponylies down and remounting the moment he rises. Then the ponytries 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 the nimble cowboy slips off, and the horse gets a bad shaking. CANADA. 49 As 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 poor broncho gives up in despair and submits quietlyto learning the fine poin
. Canada : a descriptive text book . s if nothing were happening, only dismounting when the ponylies down and remounting the moment he rises. Then the ponytries 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 the nimble cowboy slips off, and the horse gets a bad shaking. CANADA. 49 As 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 poor broncho gives up in despair and submits quietlyto learning the fine points of riding. The cowboys guide their horses, not by the bit, but by the pressure ofthe rein on the horses neck. They teach the ponies to respond instantlyto this pressure, and also to stand perfectly still when left with thebridle rein trailing over the head. Their own mounts are wonderfullyclever little fellows, and at the round-up, the way in which they willfollow a steer in and out through the surging, bellowing herd, until they. liOUlKl-Up have driven it out, is quite remarkable. When the rope is thrown bytheir riders they stop at once and throw their weight on the haunches,so as to pull up the captured animal with a sudden jerk. They enterthoroughly into the spirit of their masters work, and aid greatly incarrying it out. The cowboys are a jolly, noisy, restless lot of men,picturesque in dress and manners, brave and strong, but full of mischiefand rough fun. They are, perhaps, the finest riders and revolver shotsin the world, while their handling of the long rope, or lasso, seems tothe tenderfoot, as they call any newcomer, simply marvellous. There is one incident in ranch life which the cowboy always fears,and yet it never fails to call forth all his noblest qualities. At the 50 CANADA. round-up, and when the separated herds are being driven to the ranchesafterwards, the cowboys are constantly on the watch to guard against astampede, for, with the exception of a prairie
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