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All rights reserved. Commencing at the hindmost off-side bullock, the dog will make a bite at his heel, and then with lightning speed to that of the one in front, following up to the next along the line, and so on. He then wheels back, dodging dextrously in and out between the wheels, with only a bare inch or so to spare from being crushed to death. With lolling tongue he is evidently enjoying the whole proceedings. A good dog, though, is as efficacious as an off-sider. He plays no small part, and a good cattle dog is as invaluable to a bullock-driver as a sheep dog is to a drover or a shepherd.
The horse when hitched up behind the wagon very often takes It Into his head to pull back-possibly objecting to the slow steps he has to take, which means a broken bridle. To guard against this he is provided with a rope breeching. Here again the dog plays his part. Bullocks are very faithful creatures,and, unlike horses, will not sulk and stick a man up if there be the slightest chance of getting out of trouble.
When the wagon is bogged some bullocks will go down on their knees, putting all their energy Into the yoke meanwhile. Two bullock drivers with their wagons generally travel together for the sake of company. Should one get into a fix the other is there to lend a helping hand. The bullocky Is not lacking in jealous prlde. It is common to his kind. Nothing jars him more than to insinuate that his team cannot pull a decent load.
Nothing pleases him more than to have his team photographed. He takes great pride in the manner he puts on his load, and ties it up very neatly; hence the reason why the tarpaulin is not spread over, unless in case of wet weather. So soon as a break in the weather would accrue and the roads got fairly passable again another downpour would come.
Thus the bullockies were stranded. Their trip is often beset with difficulties of a similar nature nowadays, although not for such lengthy periods. As the railways push their way farther out into the interior, so also must the bullocky make further out, and as the years roll on the stages will become shorter and shorter. Where it took months for wool to reach the metropolis it is now only a matter of days. The bales, in place of being carried on teams, are sent direct from the shearing sheds — which are built along the banks of the river—down a slide and landed into a barge, having a holding capacity for a thousand bales or more.
Beyond the Darling, again camels perform the work, each camel carrying two bales. He contracts to deliver the whole clip to the railway at so much per ton, which varies according to the distance.
He travels about 12 miles a day. Although horse teams and the encroaching railways are tending to drlve him from our midst, the bullocky will ever stand as a distinct Australian bush type. In I recorded a retired teamster, Clarrie Peters, who told me of his great admiration for his horses.
He told me how each driver had a specialised series of calls used to manoeuvre the teams. A squatter who lived Bathurst way, And owned magnificent stations, Came down to Sydney town one day, In the course of his peregrinations; He fell in with a lady there, Her beauty was highly delectable, Her complexion was most lovely And her family very respectable. The parents soon gave their consent; Determined no longer to tarry, To church at St. In Sydney they cut a great dash, And often would go out a driving, And as he had plenty of cash To please her he always was striving.
I remembered the incident. The result was that the horses, after several attempts, could not take the kink out of a chain. They thought they were up against a dead pull, and very few horses like a dead pull.
Thousands of horses will pull every time they are asked so long as there is a little give in the object they are pulling at, but if it is something that is actually immovable it is very hard to get a horse to come at it a third time. This is like an ego-driven show for you! When Clarkson abruptly suggested the two play a game instead of continuing the awkward back and forth, Bullock let one more crack fly.
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