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Show AUSTMLiANJIORSETAMERS Men Who Tame the Wild Animals From the Bush Well Paid for Their Dangerous Work. i In Australia there aie thousands nf huebteik rs anl it is b) no means a despised -but often a hlghl)-pald -iirnremlnn Two or more reside In almost ever) town and villnac nn the .ontlnent and man) big squattliiR cattle stations sta-tions maintain one jear In an1 vear nut to train the horse In the peculiar fashion required for the station work mustering )ardlng nnd so forth The Australian horsebreak.r s nit I hods of bteaklng In ' a horse would make the ordlnnr) Knsllsh hoisotralner state The. term breaking' la Indeed a veiy ptoper one aa will prescntl) be perceived Ills custom -and I woull emphasise the firt thit the prnctlco I am about to outline is not onl) Invatialile but it Is the one and nnl) mcthol of procedure emplo)ed b) bush hursebreat ra throughout tho length and breadth of the continent Ik ns follows A doien young . ills or lllllea (ilmeilmes less aiinellmcs more are driven to n stockvntd 'Ihls slock)ard Is a stnnll paddock about 100 feet square Inclosed with a stuut post ant tall fence eight or ten feet high 'Ihc horaebrenKer Hlnglea out one from the herd skillfull) easts a running noose at the end of a stout rope over Its heal and then he nnd hla assistants haul qui. kl) on the rope bringing piesenll) the half mangled and desperately lighting colt to earth 'lhe lmi sebrouki r leslgnlnar the mio to Ida companions then darts ftnnard and aits upon the head of lhe prostrate Willi) Mcklnij animal ani-mal The colt so blinded Immediately resigns himself for a time to fate, and Itea still Uhe nasistnnta approach and Hrat toping hla IcRf bind i strong stecl-finmixl stecl-finmixl sndiili tu hla back with Rlrths a stout leather surcingle crupper tin I breast plan lifting hla body by main force when the) nMd to pass the atrapa and girth around hltn This done the horrehrenlfer rises The colt tries to get up loo but iiiiinot rot hlslesTsurt st.urcbj Irbed together bile he lies there struggling mad a cruel thick fled snallle bit Is thrust Into his mouth nnl n bildle drawn over his head lhe horsebieaker then gtaspa the reins In one ti t ml i. lid standing astiltle of the panic -slrl. ken biutt eoolly .tils the Lords enntlnluR his limbs th. mil f. cling himself free snuggles afoot but he has now a m)nltrloua burri.ii em his back At that he cannot undeistand but stands stupidly still trembling like a leaf shuddeitmr with mot tat fcai Next second the cruel spins gore his sides. He spring forward snorting and astounded ravv-hldo whip then dc sec ads upon his ilba and nlvvaya the ipuis bit" blood The eolt a wild unbrok u hoi bltaidod thing still t.rrllio dans hither and thithei among the uu urn iii-ni nu ivnm viuuu to csi ips nut w nen tils Head Is wtonchcd this wn) and thut b) the hot tortuie In hla mouth he com mem is to understand and to associate the burden on his bnek with the agon) he endures His temper rises' nf a BtidiUn he siutius stk still The spurs bite the whin ailngs still he doe not tnovi but his m fall ominously buck The horn breaker his waltel for this moment AUth a reckless laugh he sets his knees hard against the groat knee pads of the saddle an) vv ells his bevdy swavliig like n ro el Huddenly the colt springs Into the nlr anhlng hla buck as ho list Ho conu-a etnttn on his foiefeet and lashes vlgornusl) out vvltn his hind legs The breaker alts like a rock using whip and spur like an engine and laughing like a devil The eolt now mini with rage plunges reals swings munil and round, then finding all his efforts fruitless comment e to buik in earnest The hnrseureakei Is now seen tit Ills best Ills body swnvlng with the move-ments move-ments of the beast his Jaws set tight his C)ea shining like ntara he never leaves hla suddle the fragment of an Inch but rldea tike a centaur oi a god a set grim smile upon hla face The exhibition la magnificent -end never palls lhe spectators spec-tators alnays numerous his very assistants bn-uk out Into ti storm of plaudits 'len minutes later the toll exhuuated with his tertlhle cxeittons coveted with sweat and foam his sides streaming blood gives up the struggle He la I eaten I and he knows It Ills eye a moment ago no wildly gleaming. Is now dull and llfcl. s He stands deje. ted qulveilng but still Ibi hoi biei.kei vaults out of tho sad lit His assistants rush fniwartl 1 The toll nlih hiing-lnR head and reeking (lanka tiun.lv penults tntn, lo un. 1 muss him tn.l lit then staggeia off his ilrt bitter lesson of man a novvei .ivcishnduvvliig his soul 1 Ivo niliiules latei the horebreu-knr is mounted on anothei beast and ko i In gum, go a on - London Mull nnd nte and whl h was ctvered from . liar to naif with orange iindblnk lv r graduate in I unilrgr uhi it. In town regard. d the iIhss ur 77 Willi nd-mlratl.n nd-mlratl.n anil herd It liistllv vvh.u iv. r It npi.ar il ii ntnci ssli.n with Ila iitilfnrm nf Pnnnia bats and grnv umbrellas um-brellas Over riethiv it the original .last wire present Hi, I irgest niimbei nhleh ev.r uppeare 1 at i iwonD-flve )cnr cell, bratlon V large number ef the members have become mil kn wi sine giuiliiutlnn MnoiiK the memb. rs are John A rinip-bt rinip-bt 11 nf 1 rt ntm . .1 I ho nnl tire intutnn. aire who is inrpittinl president stoic. tin) an I H.tis r V'oscs Itolur Pviu. whose In nefni linns lo the t nil, Re itn.j ii.kii em nut i i vtr n million Dra llcurv II e hiii In hiatilc Haiti. Andrew J li led It ii KI111lu.il n,l thnrlia flemsi.n of N n V ik, Lunvers r Dunntug K II I vnele I'rauclalf Sialr Chnrleti H bev flnrk III. h ird A Bjirlngs ih.trl. -.J II ilrtead und I'ratnls K Park, r ut N w V ork I'rufs ll.nr I' Oslmrn f i I imiil i w llllnm l,lhb v II sent n I V 1 Oimonl .r 1'rlnc ton 11 N Mile r of Wooster and Jit I-i I-i Im Vlt Still r I tike I on si Jusih. Wuitrr I gnlt i it th. New Vmk Hupreme n un und Judge It V VV ilktr uf Mabsnu II v Ulllm M sillllll nf the rentril I'resh.t Um . hiireh Hrv M V Jaiublts Itnv li Id l.ullghlll) and n dosen utile r I immcnt CI. orgs riu our M I I em Il.sve) K I'l.k and other flu in. I il men tiuorge vv Ilmwn Mim.i I ns nun uliu I frank P (Hubs an Infill. mini elllnr nf Alabama I) II J tlklr.ee 111. VN'lal tttrdT and 11. rji lain Moll Hie n.ll known sportsmuu uutl cluhtm a lhe tluss his Kivtn a large aiuuiut of meine) in . illen i uruusts M T Pvns II K uslirn in. I eieorge A Vrnieur being the I rviest intiSbutnrs The bin. logleul laborat iv new ittrsrv athleile Vl.l I! M vii si um and other Institutions Insti-tutions have been pictured prtnclpulty through Hie Itiati unentallt) of tin .lass, and nenrlv s'l ih" Prlueatnn exploring e xpedtticiiis have- Iwctn led by mcmbc-t of 77 'We leave no stone unturned Is their moitb und th imve It ISew Aork Tribune |