| Show M WILD HOUSES HORSES Anatra llan hunters are in handow Handl laff Mw the kasuo I 1 I 1 the australian herds of wild horses number from ten to twelve animals each made up cp of mares and one stallion no stallion will allow another stallion in his herd and stubborn fights I 1 frequently occur between bota een horses owing to this the beaten w moles after being expelled join herds exclusively of stallions on any herds being sighted by hunters bunters a good idea can generally be formed by the experienced man as to which route the animals will take tak ce in their way to the rugged hills for which they invariably make when disturbed A scheme is dipped out to cut them off if possible and the party scatters fitters k each to take up his allott allotted pd position of course cours e while doing this every advantage is taken of the natural inc qualities inequalities of the ground so Rs as to escape observation when the alarm alam is given however all need for caution Is at an end and each hunter puts his steed in a full gallop the stallion the head of the herd boldly comes out oat to meet him and tn deavors to distract i attention from the rest in some rare instances ces he is lassoed i and captured at once but he generally manages to rejoin his wives which by this time have trooped irato into single me file with the favorite mares in the lead should the herd be turned and get into difficulties the stallion takes I 1 up his bis position in the van and the great object is to shut him off from the rest should this be accomplished both he and the mares become confused and the lassberg lassoers lasso erg ers often manage to take two or three per man instances have been known where horses have been thrown to the ground by the hunters giving a violent jerk to the animals tall when it was making an I 1 abrupt turn when the quarry la Is brought down either by this method or the use off of the lasso the rider jumps from his steed whips a blinder a handkerchief hander chief is used when there Is 13 nothing else procurable over the prostrate horses eyes and straps up 1 one of his forelegs fore legs securely if this is properly done the animal may be safely left until called for for no horse thus secured can stray tar far chambers journal |
