. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. S2 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA. MRS TRELEW camp and frightening all the other horses. On one occasion, when it was judged well to give the Big Overo a lesson, Hughes bolassed him and after a gallop of a couple of hundred yards he came to the ground in an inextricable tangle.* The Gateado remained by his side and allowed himself to be caught without any struggle. After a time j the intimacy between i these horses grew to such ! a pitch that we gradually dispensed with a rope for the Gateado, knowing \ that if the Big Overo was once tied up h
. Through the heart of Patagonia. Natural history. S2 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA. MRS TRELEW camp and frightening all the other horses. On one occasion, when it was judged well to give the Big Overo a lesson, Hughes bolassed him and after a gallop of a couple of hundred yards he came to the ground in an inextricable tangle.* The Gateado remained by his side and allowed himself to be caught without any struggle. After a time j the intimacy between i these horses grew to such ! a pitch that we gradually dispensed with a rope for the Gateado, knowing \ that if the Big Overo was once tied up his friend would stand beside him and allow us to put on his cargo quietly. This odd friendship finally reached such an extreme that when the Big Overo was sogaed out for the night, the Gateado was in the habit of giving up his hours of feeding in order to satisfy the claims of friendship. The feeling was mutual, for the Big Overo manifested almost as many proofs of his preference. Another case of friendship was struck up between two of the madrinas, but this was an essentially feminine affection, all upon one side. The Rosada would follow the Trelew mare, who was in foal, and would hardly allow her to feed in peace. Mrs. Trelew, as the men nicknamed the round-barrelled old black mare, objected very strongly to the advances of her admirer, and once they had a regular quarrel owing to Mrs. Trelew kicking the Rosada with such force as to nearly break her ribs, which the latter rather resented. The Rosada was a vicious unbacked brute within five yards of whose heels it was unsafe to approach, and she, in common with the long-maned Little Zaino, acquired the execrable habit of attempting to kick any one who on horseback * Except in very rare cases the boleadores should not be used to catch horses. For a kicking animal they are, however, a good Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - col
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