…On the other hand, it is very far from the work of the ranch and while this latest version of the Cutting Horse is a delight to present to a judge on the cultivated footing of a modern arena, this same horse would be an absolute nightmare with wich to work cattle in on the open range…instead of a neat and finished movement, one is presented with a quick, syncronized double motion that suggest that the job of the cutting horse is not much to control the cow but to challenge it!!!
Thomas McGuane
Paradise’ Gate, Gran Teton Ntl. Park, Wyoming.
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Probably few knows that ITALIANS have a big part in bringing the traditions of cowboyng in the New World.
Since they were scattered all over the West and very often their surnames were changed in “anglo” speech, few tracks remaining about those excellent and fine horsemen that bring the italian ranching traditions into the American West. Here we have some paintings and ol pics about ‘em. Think and enjoy…
Italian vaquero ( Buttero…from the latin word Bovum Ductor, cow-puncher). 1865.
Dally up. the use of the rope was introducted by the Italians in the west ..but few knows it..
Giovanni Fattori, 1885.
Taming the wild horses in Tuscany…early ninenteen century. Artist Giovanni Fattori.
Italian Cowboy, north of Rome, 1889.
Italian Cowboy, 1889. Southern Tuscany.
With Buffalo Bill, Rome , Italy, 1907. the saddle of the italian cowboy is the one used to ride the young horse…
