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Mustang or Wild Horse of Texas When residing on the coast I heard much concerning the numbers, excellence, X and easily tamed of the Mustang from some people, whilst the observations others went to shew that the same animal was just what it was "cracked up to be", being very wild, difficult to catch & break in & above all full of 'Mustang tricks', such as running away when an opportunity offered & 'taking to the woods, dangerous to bridle & saddle &c &c. The Texan Mustang is not like the Wild Horse of the Pampas of Buenos Ayres, as regards its blood numbers or beauty, these & other desirable characteristics must not be expected from them considering their ?. The Wild Horse of Buenos Ayres has descended from a better & purer stock, the ? the Barbary or Jennet had both sides of Spanish horses had & still has boundless prairies of 1000 miles broad & 2 to 3000 Miles in length & only occasionally hunted for his hide & this by the White Man; being seldom harrassed by Indians excepting by those who dwell to the S W of Buenos Ayres, who consume their flesh, particularly that of Mares & make use of the hides. Thus in