2o6 MOBILITY OF STOCKMEN 



usually seven in number running with the 

 herd. 



Routine. Long before dawn the wrangler 

 drives the herd home to the camp, where two 

 men hold ropes outward from the waggon, 

 making a rough enclosure in which the ponies 

 are handled. Each rider selects from his own 

 string the pony he needs for the morning's 

 work. At noon the herd is run in and he picks 

 out his afternoon horse. At supper time the 

 herd is run in and he selects his horse for night 

 duty. 



The rider uses his first three horses and his 

 second three horses on alternate days, keeping 

 the seventh in reserve. These animals are not 

 fed with grain, but live entirely on the range 

 grass. By changing his mount six times in 

 each two days he is able to ride on grass-fed 

 ponies at an average rate of fifty miles a day 

 for a period of eight months. The distance 

 ridden in this season is i i;i 50 miles. 



