A RANCHMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS 



S. B. Burnett of Forth Worth. It is the result of a 

 carefully thought-out and followed line of breeding. 

 Mr. Burnett and the Indian chief Quanah Parker 

 formed a close friendship in early days, which lasted 

 until that Indian's death not long ago. Mr. Burnett 

 had something like an Indian's lov^e for a "paint" 

 horse, as he is known on the range, or pinto or calico 

 or circus horse, as most know him. Quanah Parker 

 furnished the basis, and Mr. Burnett has lived to 

 gratify his dearest wish — "To drive a purebred herd 

 of cattle to market with a paint ramuda;" but the 

 paint ramuda is a story In Itself, which I may tell as 

 such at another time. 



Every other Texas ramuda that I know contains 

 all colors and classes: Horses that will weigh i,ioo 

 pounds, others that look like schoolboy's ponies, and 

 some of the best horses in the ramuda in both classes. 



A brief history of the S. M. S. cow ponies will 

 probably typify the haphazard methods of cow pony 

 breeding. Perhaps some cowmen and cowboys of 

 other outfits may smile when I classify the S. M. S. 

 ramuda as "good." It has more size than the aver- 

 age ramuda, but is, I think, regarded as above the 

 average, from a cow horse standpoint. In 1882, 

 when the S. M. S. Ranch was started, a horse trader 

 came through the country with what was called a 

 good bunch of Spanish mares. Fifty of these were 

 bought to start the S. M. S. breeding band. Spanish 

 horses, as I understand them, were a pure Mexican 



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