Wild Bill Elliott Comics # 6 - 1951

Comics

PROBLEM HORSES

EARING DOWN

SSION USED AMONG HORSEMEN

MEANS THE ACT OF GRABBING

:ORSE BY THE EARS AND HOLDING

FARING DOWN IS SOME-
.MES PRACTICED WHEN ONE MAN IS
3 A BRONCO WHILE ANOTHER
PUTS ON THE SADDLE, OR AS THEV
SAY IN WESTERN LINGO^ "SCREWIN 1
DOWN THE SADDLE." BLINDFOLDS
ARE SOMETIMES USED WHEN SAD-
DLING A WILD HORSE. THE BLINDER
IS JERKED FROM THE HORSE'S EYES
THE MOMENT THE RIDER GETS

Un breaking a horse to
ride, he is sometimes snubbed to
another horse in order not to
let him get out of control. the
bronco is allowed four to eight
feet of rope, the amount depend-
ing on his behavior.

MOST COWBOYS PREFER
NOT TO SNUB, BUT WHEN IT IS
NECESSARY TO KEEP AN UNBROKEN
HORSE UNDER ABSOLUTE CONTROL
THIS METHOD PROVES HELPFUL.

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GROUNDING

Grounding means
dropping the reins to the ground
after dismounting. a cow-horse
is trained to stand this way
without tying.

UvUANY METHODS ARE USED
IN TRAINING A HORSE TO STAND. STEP-
PING ON DRAGGING REINS AND JERKING
HIS MOUTH WILL ITSELF, HELP TO
TRAIN A HORSE. 1FA HORSE IS TIED
BY THE REINS AND SUCCEEDS IN
BREAKING LOOSE, HE IS SMART
ENOUGH TO REALIZE IT CAN BE
REPEATED. IN WORKING WITH CAT-
TLE, ARIDER WILL NOT ALWAYS
HAVE TIME TO TIE A HORSE AND
MUST RELY ON HIM TO STANDSTILL!

MOUNTING A HORSE

iri> COWBOY'S HORSE IS

TRAINED TO BE MOUNTED FROM THE
LEFT SIDE AND THE AVERAGE COWBOY-
BROKEN ANIMAL WILL NOT STAND FOR
A RIDER MOUNTING FROM THE RIGHT.
AS SOME COWBOYS WOULD SAY, "THAT

HOSS IS NOT INJUN BROKE''

MEANING MOUNTED FROM EITHER
SIDE.

Z=i COWBOY, WHEN MOUNTING
A SPIRITED HORSE, CHECKS HIM FROM
-BOLTING" BY TURNING HIS HEAD
WITH A FIRM GRIP ON THE BRIDLE
NEAR THE BIT. THE LEFT SIDE OFA
HORSE IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT SIDE
FOR MOUNTING!