| 1826 - 622 páginas
...horseback a gentleman. Captain Head gives a good account of their very summary mode of breaking horses. As the carriage was many hours behind me, I resolved...horse, and dragged him to the gate. For some time be was very unwilling to ^ leave his comrades, but the moment he was forced out of the corral, his... | |
| 1826 - 590 páginas
...and getting a fresh horse, I rode immediately to the corral, and soon made friends with the Gauchoa, who are always polite, and on horseback possess many...horse, and dragged him to the gate. For some time be was very unwilling to leave his comrades, but the moment he was forced out of the corral, his first... | |
| William Gilpin - 1834 - 394 páginas
...to catch the horses of the Pampas. " When we came to the post," says Captain Head in his Travels, " I found about twenty gauchos assembled to commence...horses, most of which were young ones, about three and * See ante, page 173. four years old. The capataz, mounted on a strong steady horse, rode into the... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 páginas
...thong, about forty feet in length, rendered supple by grease, and having a noose at the end : — " The corral was quite full of horses, most of which were young ones about two or three years old. The chief guacho (native inhabitants of the plains are called peons or guachos),... | |
| Ramón Páez - 1862 - 544 páginas
...Rarey, who has so astonished the Old World and the New with his wonderful skill in horse-taming. " The corral was quite full of horses, most of which...steady horse, rode into the corral, and threw his lazo over the neck of a young horse, and dragged him to the gate. For some time he was very unwilling... | |
| William Youatt - 1866 - 612 páginas
...of horses, most of which were young ones about two or three years old. The capilar (chief Gaucho), mounted on a strong steady horse, rode into the corral,...to the gate. For some time he was very unwilling to lose his comrades ; but the moment he was forced out of the corral, his first idea was to gallop away... | |
| Ramón Páez - 1868 - 566 páginas
...Rarey, who has so astonished the Old World and the New with his wonderful skill in horse-taming. " The corral was quite full of horses, most of which...steady horse, rode into the corral, and threw his lazo over the neck of a young horse, and dragged him to the gate. For some time he was very unwilling... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 274 páginas
...plaited thong, about forty feet in length, rendered supple by grease, and having a noose at the end : ' The corral was quite full of horses, most of which were young ones about two or three years old. The chief guacho (native inhabitants of the plains are called peons or guachos),... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 400 páginas
...circular space surrounded by rough posts firmly driven into the ground. The corral," relates Miers, " was quite full of horses, most of which were young ones about two or three years old. " The chief gaucho, mounted on a strong, steady horse, rode into the corral,... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 398 páginas
...circular spa'ce surrounded by rough posts firmly driven into the ground. The corral," relates Miers, " was quite full of horses, most of which' were young ones about two or three years old. "The chief gaucho, mounted on a strong, steady horse, rode into the corral,... | |
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