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I was glad the hay was there, otherwise I might have broken some of my bones." "It is dangerous sport at the best," said Mrs. Endicott. "But the cowboys feel that the ponies must be broken in, and there is no other way to do it." Dave had his doubts about doing any "bronco-busting" on his own account, but he did not say anything to Roger and Phil about it.
A little lower than the angels, he had been given dominion. He rode to the gate and opened it. Hawks was looking at him, a puzzled look in his eyes. He had evidently seen something he had not expected to see. Harshaw had ridden up during the bronco-busting. He spoke now to Bob. "You'll cover Beaver Creek to-day you and Buck."
"So do I," echoed Dave, heartily. "Some place where none of us will ever hear of him or his son again." Two days after the shooting of the wildcat, Sid Todd announced that the cowboys of Star Ranch and Hooper Ranch, up the river, were going to hold a contest in "bronco-busting" and in fancy riding.
"Oh, don't get mad, Phil; I didn't mean anything," interposed Roger. "If you don't care to try it, you don't have to." "But you needn't insinuate that I " "I am not insinuating anything, Phil. I merely wanted to know if Dave will try riding with me, that's all." "Well, I er I know what you think. And if you try this bronco-busting business, why I'll try it too, so there!" answered Phil, defiantly.
Hooper, the owner of the other ranch, told them to keep away, too. Some of those fellows drink, and if they got to quarreling there might be some shooting, and then there would be no telling where the thing would end. I made up my mind I'd take no chances." The "bronco-busting," as it is called, was reserved for after lunch.
From one man he learned bronco-busting, from another fancy roping, and from others all that there is to know about horses, cattle, mountain, and plain. And around the camp-fires he got stories of the winning of the West such as never found their way into histories. When one picture called for jiu-jitsu work, he didn't rest satisfied with learning just enough to "get by."
After this almost every day we had exhibitions of bronco-busting, in which all the crack riders of the regiment vied with one another, riding not only all of our own bad horses but any horse which was deemed bad in any of the other regiments.
At the house the talk was entirely of the things they had seen. Jessie was rather glad it was over, for rough things made her somewhat afraid. Belle was enthusiastic and said she had once tried "bronco-busting" herself. "But I didn't do much," she said. "The pony started to run and then stopped suddenly, and I went over his head into a stack of hay.
It was a long time before I became even a respectable rider, and I never got much higher. I mean by this that I never became a first-flight man in the hunting field, and never even approached the bronco-busting class in the West.
"And no fifty cents admission, either," said Phil, with a grin. "I hope nobody gets hurt," said Jessie, timidly. "Oh, they are generally more careful than you think," answered Mr. Endicott. "But bronco-busting is dangerous, isn't it?" questioned Laura. "Yes, for anybody who has had no experience. But Todd and some of the others can saddle and ride any pony in these parts."
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