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And the way things are going today [1605], I believe that within a few years there will be no masters of Jineta in Spain, since with the limited use those of this era will not be able to be one, and in time those of the past will be dying out. Thus, it will be necessary to turn to the New World for them, since with the poor treatment that Jineta has received in Spain, it has become completely denatured and has gone to New Spain and elsewhere, where it has been embraced and esteemed, as our long experience of this and the great horsemen who come from there show us today.
Although it is true that Barbary gave Spain the beginning of it [—of jineta horsemanship—], and Spain to the Indies [Americas], in this part it has been perfected more than any other
It is true that throughout Italy and Spain they know how to ride well, although not as gallantly as in New Spain, because the horsemen there have practiced greatly, adding new ways of drawing the lance, giving it an extremely impressive air. And their curiosity is so great that, in order to perfect themselves in this art, they cripple the horses on which they are to carry lances by hamstringing them in one foot, and they highly esteem anyone who rides a nearly lame horse [...]
To brand and mark each animal, four men were required. One of them, on horseback, would enter the rodeo, or the corral when there was one, and rope the calf and take it to the working area. As soon as the animal was brought out, bucking and leaping, a man on foot would rope it, taking hold of its two front legs, tossing it on its side, placing his foot on its ribs and holding it to the ground; […]
The lassoers, spurring their horses, approached the corral with the lasso in their right hand, looked at the unbranded bull, and, like a flash of lightning, swirling the rope around their head, would noose the horns of the animal which, angered, was pulled by the rider towards the ropers on foot or "pialadores", who, spreading out on the working area with the lasso in their hands, waited to rope it by the front legs.
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