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Updated: June 3, 2025
Behind the stable lay the "pasture," a thousand acres of desert fenced in with wire. There the hardy cow-ponies sought out the sparse, but nutritious, bunch grass, sixty of them, beautiful as antelope, for they were the pick of Senor Johnson's herds.
"Of course, there are Kentucky saddle-horses that could beat him. But they are not cow-ponies." "No. And they couldn't beat him if they had to do his work in the hills. About a week of the trails would kill a thoroughbred." "Boyar is very conceited, aren't you, Boy?" And she patted the sleek arch of his neck. "I don't blame him," said Collie, his eyes twinkling.
Howsumever, the foreman an' I are good friends, an' I don't reckon he'd ever let me be hung fer this job. We better try the other side o' the road, Jim." They were in the flicker of light for scarcely an instant, merely two darting shadows, vanishing once more swiftly and silently into the gloom. Nor were they much longer in releasing the two cow-ponies.
We started after breakfast, riding powerful cow-ponies, well trained to gallop at full speed through the dense chaparral. The big black hound slouched at our heels. We rode down the banks of the Nueces, crossing and recrossing the stream.
Scott nodded. They broke camp at once and trotted off, each one for himself. The Moose was not yet a cow-pony, but, from Doug's viewpoint at least, he was now quite manageable. Any one in Lost Chief could rope a steer from a well-trained horse. Douglas proposed to repay Scott's sneer by bringing in on his half-broken mount as many animals as either of his companions on their seasoned cow-ponies.
The rivers when in flood are extremely muddy; when not they are very shallow, and the water is usually alkaline and undrinkable, as well as quite useless for bathing purposes. Cow-ponies generally have sound feet and durable hoofs, but in very sandy countries the hoofs will spread out in a most astonishing way and need constant trimming.
Mingling with the vehicles were the cow-ponies of horsemen who had ridden into town on various errands; and in the company corrals were many cattle awaiting shipment. Sanderson stood beside his horse at the hitching rail for a look at Okar. There was one street wide and dust-windrowed, with two narrow board walks skirting it.
Oh! he was mean to you, Molly dear! A fellow like Ratty M'Gill will stand watching, sure enough." Finally, she got the saddle cinched upon the nervous pinto and rode her out of the corral and away to the ranges for her usual round of the various camps. She had not been as far as the West Run for several days. Cow-ponies are never trained to trot.
His radiant dreams of a rancher's life tumbled about his big unfortunate head, and, for the moment, left him staggered. His first visit was to the barn, where Kid Blaney, his brother's ranchman, was rubbing down two well saddle-marked cow-ponies, after his morning out on the fences.
"If your ponies won't stand, I'll look after them." "Oh, they'll not run off, unless we forget to let the reins hang, as has happened once or twice," said the girl who previously had spoken. "For they're regular cow-ponies.
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