TIPS TO THE TENDERFOOT 



GENTLING — any gentle method of taming an unbroken or 



untrained horse. 

 GRISETTE— ask the A. E. F. 

 GYPPING — fooling or deceiving. 



HIGHWAY ROUND— the natural way of living and dying. 

 HITCHED — a pack, a horse or anything tied up with a rope. 

 HI-YU-SKOOKUM — Indian jargon used by Cayuse and Nez Perce 



tribes meaning "very good." 

 HOBBLES — a short rope or any arrangement used for tying the fore 



fetlocks of a horse near together to prevent straying. 

 HONDA — the mettle piece inside the " eye " splice of a lariat through 



which the noose of the rope travels. 

 HORSE RUSTLER— horse thief. 

 HORSES — often pronounced "hoss" or "hawse." 

 Broncho or Bronch (K or without h) — a Spanish word applied to 



the small native Mexican horse meaning rough and wild, now 



applied to any untamed range horse. 

 Cayuse — an Indian pony; also the name of one of the tribes of 



Indians now located on the Umatilla reservation, members of 



which participate in the Round-Up. 

 Cuitan — Indian name for pony. Also called by cowboys bob-tail, 



fuzz-tail and mustang. 

 Outlaw — sometimes called a "bad one" is a horse whose spirit is 



unconquerable and which can never be broken to ride. He 



always rights and always bucks. The animals ridden in the 



Round-up bucking contests are outlaws of the worst type to be 



found in the world. 

 Slick-Ear — sometimes used synonymously with maverick but is 



usually applied to unbranded horses. Comes from the practice 



among early day horsemen of slitting the ears of their horses 



to distinguish them, so a horse with smooth or unslit ears was as 



good as unbranded. A slick-ear can no more be claimed than a 



maverick. 

 Wild Horse — a native of the range that has never been ridden or 



broken. He may be a bucker or may not. The animals ridden 



in the wild horse race each day have never had more than a 



rope on them since the day of their birth. Many of them have 



seen but a few men in all their lives. 

 HOBBLED STIRRUPS— see under saddle. 

 JERK WATER — applied to a little, insignificant place where trains 



stop only to take or jerk on water for the engine. 

 LASHER — man who handles the lash or whip on a stagecoach. 



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