THE ROUND-UP 



saddle. A "wild horse" in nine cases out of ten puts 

 up a live and game fight, but may or may not be 

 difficult for the broncho buster. 



The trained bucker is in the middle class between 

 the "show bucker" and the "outlaw" and usually ap- 

 pears in the semi-finals. However, the term "trained" 

 is somewhat a misnomer, for the horse is not trained 

 in any sense but has simply been encouraged to excel 

 in his wicked ways. 



It is the "outlaw," however, that is the bugbear of 

 the buckaroo, a persistent bucker, which, if he cannot 

 unload his man one way, tries another and still an- 

 other. Both trained bucker and outlaw, with all fours 

 off the ground, often make such gyrations known as 

 the "side wind," "cake walk," "the double O," "the 

 cork screw" or perhaps they "sunfish," "twist," 

 "weave," "straight buck," "circle," "sky scrape," 

 "high role," "high dive," or put on the most dangerous 

 of tricks the "side throw" and "fall back" in order to 

 shake the clinging thing from his back. 



It is because of their proficiency with unusual 

 methods of bucking that they are set aside when the 

 spring herd is rounded up; and some of the worst of 

 these from ranches all over Oregon or even from the 

 Mexican border to Canada are eventually acquired for 

 the Round-Up contests at Pendleton. 



Nowhere can such a large proportion of spectators 

 be found who know the game so well from start to 

 finish, who live it part of the time themselves, or whose 

 affiliations as ranchers, stockmen, or business men with 

 ranch interests qualify them so well as judges. 



The remarks made from the grandstand and bleach- 

 ers are often as instructive as they are humorous. 

 But it is the Round-Up slogan, "Let 'er buck," that 



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