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chaff, and was always called the "Domador". He laid 

 no further claim to the title, and the chaff did not 

 appear to worry him. But a day came when there was 

 either more of it than usual, or the little man's 

 temper was wearing thin, and he did speak. What he 

 said was: "Get any horse you like, and I will ride him 

 and show you that I am a "Domador" ' . Then he went on 

 with his work. 



There was almost always on an h.stancia one perfect 

 fiend in horsehide, kept for such occasions, never ridden 

 unless some young blood wanted to give a show, or the 

 peons wished to take the conceit out of some newcomer. 

 Such a one we had in our "Big Zaino", and the little man 

 was told he could try his hand on it the following Sunday, 

 and that, if he could ride it, all chaff would cease. 



Sunday came. The "big Zaino" was run up early 

 into the corral. At the hour fixed for the show the 

 shearing hands and everybody else on the place trooped 

 down there. The little man walked down too, but he did not 

 carry with him his recado (saddle) or bridle. Men 

 wondered, and feared that he was going to cry off, and 

 that they would miss their show; but his expression was 

 not the expression of a man who intended to shirk. 



■alking into the corral, he asked a peon to lasso 

 the "big Zaino" and to drag it up near the slip rails. 

 Then he asked some bystanders to slip the rails out, 

 walked up to the horse, vaulted on, and told the peon to 

 free him. No doubt the horse thought he saw his way 

 to one of the easiest of his long roll of victories, 

 and with one rocketing bound was through the opening. 

 That, to his surprise, did not displace the little rider, 

 and he went on his way, bucking like the perfect devil 

 he was ; still the little man sat there. Now our 

 champion bucker felt he must do his very best. ith 

 a free unbridled head and unencumbered by saddle, he had 

 all points in his favour; yet the easy victory had not 

 come. Yet he had in reserve further devilments; he 



