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Show Bronchos and Mustangs. Tenderfeet, by the way, are very apt to mix up the terms "broncho" and "mustang." The mustang is literally a wild horse that is, one whose forefathers fore-fathers have never been in captivity and whose ancestry is believed to be derived from the horses of the old Spanish invaders in-vaders while the bronchos are the children chil-dren of cow ponies, or horses which have been used and which have been turned out on the range for the purpose pur-pose of breeding. These horses are branded, and the colts belong to the man whose brand is on the mother. Horses are rounded up every year, and the colts are caught and branded by the owners of the mares with which they are found running, and when they become be-come of breakable age they are taken by the men whose brand they bear. Of course there is more or less of false branding, but where a "hustler" is found engaged in this industry he is generally sent to a place where horses are not supposed to exist and where there is no temptation for him to indulge in-dulge the fad. New York Mail and Express. |