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<blockquote data-quote="Idaman" data-source="post: 768759" data-attributes="member: 14119"><p>Burt! As we discuss the characters that made up the Empire crew no discussion would be complete without mentioning Burt, Burt came to Empire after he had left Gang Ranch and also came for the horse breaking job. Burt was very knowledgeable in this area as well as without fear of horses of any kind. Burt had two faults if they can be classified that way. He was an incessant talker (as in bragger) and he ate more than anyone I have ever seen although he was tall and very thin. On the talking side the rest of the crew tried to avoid him but he lived in the house situated highest in the Empire yard. From this vantage point while leaning on the bottom half of his opened screened front door he could be ready to pounce on any potential victim on a seconds notice. He always began with an ear piercing whistle to alert the prey and get their attention. After that he would hurry down to where the prey was sadly and quietly awaiting his coming fate. He then went into his lengthy oratory on what ever subject he had prepared for the occasion. The rest of the crew would then come out of hiding and chuckle as they passed the captor and his victim.</p><p></p><p>On the eating side I went to town with Burt one time and we arrived at a restaurant for breakfast. Burt ordered the largest breakfast that they had but wanted two set side by side in front of him. He slicked both of them up in a second and probably wanted more. When he stayed in the mountain camps we always had to really increase the amount of food that we sent to his camp.</p><p></p><p>When Burt first arrived he said that he wanted me to find several 4 year old horses that had never even been halter broken and then let him break them from the beginning. I found some across the river and we went after them. We drove them into the stock truck and hauled them home. The next morning he announced that he was going to break all of them that day. There were three or four head in the bunch. He started by roping, bridling, and saddling the first one. As soon as the saddle was tight he literally leaped on and hollered to open the corral gate and let them run for a while. The first horse half ran and half bucked right through a bunch of old farm machinery but without mishap. Finally the horse broke into a run and he just let it go until it was winded and stopped. After the horse stopped he headed it around and brought it back to the corral. He did all the others the same day the same way. Later in the afternoon on the third or fourth horse he let it run to where I was cleaning a ditch with a Caterpillar. The horse ran out of wind near the Cat so we visited for a bit. When the horse had rested she jumped into the ditch and tried to climb the bank on the uphill side. Of course she fell back into the ditch and tumbled around for a while. When she had started to scramble up the bank Burt calmly stepped off and just stood there beside her while she thrashed about in the ditch. When he could see that she was about to get up he just stepped into the saddle and off they went for another run. He rode and rough broke all of them that first day and they have been some of the best horses we have ever had. One is still alive and lives a plush life of retirement right out in front of our present house. A few days ago we were trying to figure out just how old she is and came up with her being born in about 1982 so that makes her 28. She was for many years our distance horse at Empire and I would hate to figure out the number of miles she has traveled. I have pictures of her in the mid eighties and also now that I will post sometime.</p><p></p><p>Burt had had several wives and when one of the other members of the crew tried to find him several years later and say hello he contacted some of the past wives to see if they knew where Burt was. All he got was a very irate cussing out from each of them. He finally decided that there must be a better way to locate the unpopular former husband. Burt had suffered some really major accidents in his life but none of them related to his fearless approach to horses. Burt also died some time ago at a fairly young age from cancer I believe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaman, post: 768759, member: 14119"] Burt! As we discuss the characters that made up the Empire crew no discussion would be complete without mentioning Burt, Burt came to Empire after he had left Gang Ranch and also came for the horse breaking job. Burt was very knowledgeable in this area as well as without fear of horses of any kind. Burt had two faults if they can be classified that way. He was an incessant talker (as in bragger) and he ate more than anyone I have ever seen although he was tall and very thin. On the talking side the rest of the crew tried to avoid him but he lived in the house situated highest in the Empire yard. From this vantage point while leaning on the bottom half of his opened screened front door he could be ready to pounce on any potential victim on a seconds notice. He always began with an ear piercing whistle to alert the prey and get their attention. After that he would hurry down to where the prey was sadly and quietly awaiting his coming fate. He then went into his lengthy oratory on what ever subject he had prepared for the occasion. The rest of the crew would then come out of hiding and chuckle as they passed the captor and his victim. On the eating side I went to town with Burt one time and we arrived at a restaurant for breakfast. Burt ordered the largest breakfast that they had but wanted two set side by side in front of him. He slicked both of them up in a second and probably wanted more. When he stayed in the mountain camps we always had to really increase the amount of food that we sent to his camp. When Burt first arrived he said that he wanted me to find several 4 year old horses that had never even been halter broken and then let him break them from the beginning. I found some across the river and we went after them. We drove them into the stock truck and hauled them home. The next morning he announced that he was going to break all of them that day. There were three or four head in the bunch. He started by roping, bridling, and saddling the first one. As soon as the saddle was tight he literally leaped on and hollered to open the corral gate and let them run for a while. The first horse half ran and half bucked right through a bunch of old farm machinery but without mishap. Finally the horse broke into a run and he just let it go until it was winded and stopped. After the horse stopped he headed it around and brought it back to the corral. He did all the others the same day the same way. Later in the afternoon on the third or fourth horse he let it run to where I was cleaning a ditch with a Caterpillar. The horse ran out of wind near the Cat so we visited for a bit. When the horse had rested she jumped into the ditch and tried to climb the bank on the uphill side. Of course she fell back into the ditch and tumbled around for a while. When she had started to scramble up the bank Burt calmly stepped off and just stood there beside her while she thrashed about in the ditch. When he could see that she was about to get up he just stepped into the saddle and off they went for another run. He rode and rough broke all of them that first day and they have been some of the best horses we have ever had. One is still alive and lives a plush life of retirement right out in front of our present house. A few days ago we were trying to figure out just how old she is and came up with her being born in about 1982 so that makes her 28. She was for many years our distance horse at Empire and I would hate to figure out the number of miles she has traveled. I have pictures of her in the mid eighties and also now that I will post sometime. Burt had had several wives and when one of the other members of the crew tried to find him several years later and say hello he contacted some of the past wives to see if they knew where Burt was. All he got was a very irate cussing out from each of them. He finally decided that there must be a better way to locate the unpopular former husband. Burt had suffered some really major accidents in his life but none of them related to his fearless approach to horses. Burt also died some time ago at a fairly young age from cancer I believe. [/QUOTE]
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