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Pendleton, Oregon. Thursday. September 11. 1913
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"Rsuigeland" Language Has Words
Not Listed in Webster's Unabridged
' :' - - ; , , , ' . .. - - - .
Dictionary of Round-Up Words and Phrases for Guidance of Casual
Visitor Would You Like to Ride an "Honest to God Bucker"?
When Ben Corbett
Tried to Bulldog
A Big Neck Steer
judges to mounted helpers after a
horse has bulked itself out and mean
ing to overtake and catch the animal
so that the rider can dismount.
"Plck-l'ps." the mounted helper
I who catoh the bucking horse when he
! has finished.
I "Biting the Dust," the cowboy name ..1)id vou ever;bulldog a steer, Ben?"
'for being thrown from a bucking I . , , . m, , .
1 horse. It is also sometimes spoken of I Resident Till Taylor and some of
as getting your race dirty." me uireciurs were ihiwiij iu a. uunui
"Hull Dogging," A practice among of cowboys one day before the Round-
me cowoos consisting ot wrestling.,,,, n,i h nil,iAnt .llrecte,! thn
I
"Rajigeland" is rich In idioms, cor-
ruptions, abbreviations and adapta
tions., . The eowpuncher's vocabulary
is replete M 1th short bu expressive
terms,, that to" the initiated are full of
meaning, - but as unnlntelliEible as
'Chinook, unless one is Co the man
ner born. . , !
In the early days of the "Pan
handle Jim and Joe Maverick were
such consistent and persistent "rust
lers' that any "slick ear" found on
the 'range, and about which inquiry
was made, was promptly assigned to
the "Mavericks," hence the term
"Maverick." .
The spring ' round-up. when calves
are branded, and the fall gathering of
beef soon developed the "Rodeo," a
verb of Spanish origin, meaning "to
surround," and in English becoming
the Rouhd-up.
The ' "Remuda" has no synonym in
the English language, but is Mexican
to signify the moving of the com
bined "Rodeo" camps.
Cavajara was abbreviated to "Cavy"
the saddle band of horses that follow
the "Round-up" or "Rodeo" with re
mounts. The "Chuck Wagon" is the moving
commissary department of the Rodeo
or Round-up and is the point of in
terest round which the tired riders
gather after a hard day's drive.
Vaquero, Gouches and similar
terms are the English equivalent of
our "Cowboy," while the Buckaroo or
Buocaroo is the graduate of the range
school, who has advanced to the dig
nity of "breaking out" the bronks for
his less skilful brother of the "chaps.
Broncho Euster One who rides
wild horses.
Chaperajos has, in obedience to the
cowboy's disinclination to use long
words, been shortened to "chaps,"
nately to the left and right as the
animal buiks. so that the horses body
when it rises in the air is in the form
of an arc. A sunfisher is generally a
the leather or haired leggings so ne- ( difficult horse to ride.
eessary in the chapperal, ' or buck
brush country.
"Rep" is the representative of any
large owner sent to a neighboiing
range to attend the Round-up to cut
out and fetch home the strayed ani
mals found.
"Trail herd" ' was used to distin
guish the bunches, usually three
thousand head, being driven in the
old days over the trails to load for
the eastern markets.
"The bed ground" is the spot se
lected for throwing together either
range or trail herd to be held over
night.
"Slick ear," a yearling that has es
caped branding or being ear-marked
"Broncho or Bronk." a native or
Mexican horse of small size, drawing
its meaning from the Spanish, mean
ing rough or wild. It is generally
applied to the untamed range horse.
"Cay-use," an Indian pony; also the
name of one of the tribes of Indians
now located on the Umatilla reserva
tion, members of which are partici
pating in the Round-up.
"Cuitan," another name for the In
dian pony.
"Wild Horse," as distinguished from
the bucking horse. It Is a horse that
is a native of the range and has never
been ridden or broken.
"Outlaw," the term applied to a
bucking horse whose spirit is uncon
querable. "Sunfishing," a movement which
some bucking horses have, consisting
particularly of a posterior twist alter-
WHEN YOU THINK OF
THE "R.OUND-UP"
think of Pendleton's leading home for tourists and
traveling men
The Hotel St. George
"Pulling Leather," the popular term
for the act of a broncho rider in grab
bing any part of the saddle when rid
ing a bucking horse, In order to
steady himself. At a contest, a rldev
who "pulls leather" is as much dis
qualified as one who is thrown off.
"Choking the horn," "Squeezing the
Lemon," "(Jrabblng the post," "Hold
ing the jug-handle," "Choking the
biscuit," all synonyms of "pulling
leather."
"Riding straight up," consists of the
rider of a bucking horse sitting erect
in the saddle, one hand holding the
halter rein, the other high in the air.
The approved form of riding a bucker.
"Riding Slick," consists in riding
with the usual cowboy equipment, 1.
e , satiate, cnaps anu spurs anu wim-
with a steer barehanded. Usually the
cowboy rides alongside the racing
steer, leans, over, seizes the horns of
the animal and swings to the ground.
Then, using the horns as levers, he
twists the head of the steer until Its
muzzle points upward, falls backward
thus throwing the steer off Its bal
ance. In exhibitions, the cowbo
fastens his teeth in the upper Up of
the steer, releases the horns and holds
the animal 'prostrate with his teeth; seen him go after the money in a bull
Another form of bull dogging cqnslstp ! dogging conest. Therefore, the ques-
up
above remark to Ben Corbett. Ben's
specialty is Roman riding but he
knows more than the rudiments of
roping and. can stick the hurricane
deck of a bucking bronk with enough
class to bring him pretty close to the
finals every year. He has the repu
tation of fearing nothing that walks,
swims, flies or crawls but strange to
say nobody In these parts had ever
in forcing the horns of the running
animal suddenly Into the ground and
thus turning the animal a complete
somersault". However, this form Is
more dangerous to man and beast and
is more cruel Inasmuch as the ani
mal's horns are frequently broken.
"Rubber Cinch." An elastic cinch
used in relay races to sa've time. It
fastens with a snap.
"Let 'er Buck." The slogan , of the
Round-up. '
"Tenderfoot." That's what you, are
if you don't understand these terms
I without reading this dictionary.
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cut aid of hobbled fetirrups, locked
spurs or bucking rolls.
"Riding safe," consists in sitting
tight in the saddle, the legs clinched
tightly against the horses sides, the
spurs set firmly in the cinch.
"Riding Sloppy," consists in sitting
loosely In the saddle and allowing the
body to flop about in response to the
pitching of the animal. This is what
might be called "Grand Stand" or
"Show Riding," but it Is not consid
ered good form by competent Judges.
"Close Seat," a seat in 'the saddle
which is steady and firm, a point
which Judges consider important.
"Bucking Straight Up," bucking
that consists of long Jumps straight
aread, without any twisting, whirling;
or rearing.
"Seeing Daylight," a term applied
when a rider leaves his seat with each
jump of the horse, so that the spec
tators can see between the rider and
saddle.
"An Honest to God Bucker," a horse
that does straight, hard bucking with
out any fancy stunts or twists.
"A Fuzz Tall," means about the
same when applied to horses as "cur"
or "mongrel" applied to dogs.
Bull Rigging," the special saddles
made for bucking bulls.
"Busting," throwing a steer after he
as been roped preparatory to nog-
lelng him.
Hog-tleing," tleing the two hind
feet and one front foot of the steer
fter he has been roped and busted.
Thumbing," the raking of the
horses neck close to the shoulder with
the thumbs of the rider. This gener
ally makes a horse wild.
Cake Walker," a horse that rears
and stands almost erect when buck
ing
High Roller," a horse that pitches
high in the air when bucking.
Scratching," the act of a bucka
roo while riding a bucking horse in
using his spurs to make the animal
buck Its hardest. In scratching, the'
buckarfo must necessarily allow the
legs to be free and thus takes more
thane-. If a buster scratches a bad
horse, he is; generally making a good
ride.
Raking." practically ,'synonomiotis
with scratching. In raking, the cow
boy gives his legs a free sweep, roll
ing the rowels of his spurs from shoul
der to rump. This Is called raking
or scratching fore and aft.
'Throwing the Steel," using the
spurs.
"Wrangler," a buckaroo who assists
the rider In saddling his horse. This
wrangling is often the most -difficult
ar.d dangerous part of th task.
"Snubblng.V, the act of tying a
horse's head close to some fixed ob
ject, generally the horn of a saddle.
"Hobble 1 Stirrups," stirrups tied
down to, the cinch. With stirrups
hobbled,- it Is almost the same as If
the rider were tied In the saddle as
there is no play .to the stirrups. Hob
bled stirrups are not allowed In blink
ing' contents' except that some women
riders are allowed to use them If they
choose.
"Locked Spurs," spurs which are so
Inked that the rowels will- not roll.
These are also barred. . ; ;
"Slick Heels." riding without spurs.
"Take Him Up," a cry given by the
tion.
"Naw, never did," replied the dark
haired, sturdy built young fellow un
der the combrero. "Tried It once
though," h added, "Just once."
"Tell us about it." sail Taylor,
"don't be bashful, Hen, we won't
laugh."
"You would uv if you'd been there"
was the rejoinder and the hippodrome
champion smiled at the remembrance.
"It was' In the Eagle Valley over
near Baker when I was with John
Spain and his bunch puttln' on a little
Fourth of July show year or so ago,"
he began. "It was right after John
got his hand burnt off ropln' a wild
horse and we didn't have enough
money in the bunch to send him to
Portland to a sawbones. Me. arid the
bunch figured we could pick up some
change by another show. We got a
rtttle crowd out and passed around
the hat before each act. I rode four
or five bronks and did a Roman and
u few other stunts until the crowd
got tired and wanted somo bulldog
ging. We had a feller In the bunh
who was good at the stunt and e
agreed to tackle a steer If we couM
raised $10. ' I passed around my old
i lid and got the money and then tlijp
j poor cuss got cold feet and backed
down. Refused right up to try a steefr
and, we were up against it. We sure
did need that J10 to help send Johh
to Portland and, when I saw we'4
have to give the cash back, I decided
to take a chance,
"They chased out a great Mg neck
ed steer and I got on my bronk and
started after the brute. When 1
pulled alongside, I leaned over and
made a big Jump and never touched
the darned steer. I lit kerplunk In
-
sli:ih;i:iiammkr nearly
Dl'MVED lilLLIH)GjER
the dust but it didn't take me long to j
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fcfl IWLK III HIV n.lUMT5. A IIC liwnu
gave me the hav-hawand I decided to
show 'em that Benny was game. 1
pulled alongside of Mr. Steer again
and this time I got aholt of his horns
before I dropped. Say, that steer was
sure some animal. He Just raised his
head and shook It onct and he threw
me further than any of your buckers
ever did. I thought I never would
"That's a mean looking anl-
mal," said Art Acord, champion
bulldogger of 1912 us he stopped
before a big gray in the Round-
up bnrns. "That's Sledgeham-
mer," volunteered Tex, keeper
of tho stables. "Yes, I know
him," said Acord. "I oucht to. "'
I drew him last year and he
nearly got pie too. When I .
picked out tho slip with .his
name on It. I asked Bert Whit '
man what kind of a bucker he
was. 'We never had anybody that
would scratch him" Bert said, 'so
we don't know.' When they
turned him loose, I threw the
steel Into htm Just once and
lnrdy how he did buck. I stuck
him alright and had him lined ,
out pretty well when I turned
my head to look at the grand-
stand. Just then, he went into
the fence and ho nearly strung
me out on top of It. Yes, he's
a mean son-of-a-gun and I ad-
vise the man who draws him to
wi;tch out for fences."
hit the ground. I got tp keep the
money though, but I haven't tackled
any steers since. Don't seem to be
cut out for the work."
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