Army Remount project, which Congress began funding in 1921.īy 1897, or perhaps before, horsemen in the United Kingdom and perhaps continental Europe, too, had found that Wyoming horses possessed exceptional strength, stamina and wind. The next two were World War I and the U.S. The Boer War boom was the first of three waves of such military horse sales that ebbed and flowed through Wyoming for more than 30 years. The Moncreiffe brothers had contracted with the British government to supply thousands of horses for the Boer War, in South Africa. on Little Goose Creek southwest of Sheridan. These brothers, sons of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe of Perthshire, Scotland, owned a ranch about four miles from Big Horn, Wyo. In the late summer of 1900, Bard had been hired as a wrangler by Montana rancher Grant Dunning, who was buying horses for William and Malcolm Moncreiffe. He figured that if the horse had kicked out the door, it would have cost him $50 to replace-exactly $47.50 more than his fee for riding the horse in the first place. alley by the Bucket of Blood Saloon, then across Main Street and up to the O'Mare grocery store, which had a big glass door.Īn accomplished rider, Bard stayed in the saddle even after the horse struck and broke the bridle with a front foot.
The bronc, "a keen-lookin' bay wild as a rabbit," began bucking as soon as Floyd Bard mounted.
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