bronchos

Though Carmena had made much of probable danger from the "bronchos," she had sent up those telltale puffs of smoke.

Bloom of Cactus Robert Ames Bennet 1912

"bronchos" of our western plains, "bucked" suddenly, and over his head like a flash went the discomfited Dutchman.

Historic Girls Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

A stable with always a couple of bronchos handy; handy to slap the packs and saddles on and be off and away whenever the fever for chasin 'pockets came over me.

CHAPTER 13 2010

This is the usual plan, even where, as in Colorado, the horses are bronchos, and inherit ineradicable vice.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

In doing this, his longtime experience on bucking bronchos stood him in good stead; then, too, his practice was confined almost entirely to pancakes and coffee, for they were but few and simple dishes that he knew by heart.

The Wrong Woman Charles D. Stewart

Like a flash the bronchos sprang to the front, two lengths before the other teams; but, terrified by the yelling of the crowd, instead of bending to the left bank up which the road wound, they wheeled to the right and were almost across the river before Sandy could swing them back into the course.

The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

Two Chinamen, who were riding bronchos and leading pack-horses, were with our friends, and as they came to a halt in front of a saloon that had a sign across the front declaring it to be a hotel, one of them hastily dismounted, and before Young Wild West and the rest knew what he was up to he disappeared around the corner of the shanty.

Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll An Old Scout

Sandy had his long rangy roans, and for leaders, a pair of half-broken pinto bronchos.

The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

They set their bronchos at a gallop and moved rapidly through the pass.

Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll An Old Scout

Kiddie's fall had been violent, and might easily have been fatal; but it had been neither sudden nor unexpected, while his experience with bucking bronchos, and his great skill as a horseman, had helped him to avoid serious physical injury.

Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton