Who is man from snowy river

Riley had grown tired of failure, so he resolved that he would head them off by careering through a patch of equally bad territory littered with fallen timber. He cut-off the outlaws flight, all right; and then occurred the epi- A B "Banjo" Paterson sode which the stockmen say Banjo imprisoned in his lines:. And he ran them single handed till their sides were white with foam,. He followed like a bloodhound on their track, Till they halted, cowed and beaten then he turned their heads for home,.

And alone and unassisted brought them back, But his hardy mountain pony, he could scarcely raise a trot,. Examination showed that the horse, not John, was hurt - torn by a stake, a snag of timber beneath an arm, so severely that the shoulder seemed half severed.

Mr Benson relates that, when taking over the Ingeegoodbee cattle run from John Freebody, of Moonbar, near Jindabyne, he was shown the remains of an old hut - a stone chimney, rapidly falling into rubble. So there is no doubt among the stockmen of the Kosciusko foothills about the identify of the Man from the Snowy.

It was, they declare, none other than John Riley - John Riley, whose horsemanship is a legend, whose grave is in Corryong Cemetery; John Riley, whose name is still uttered about the stockmen's fires, as in a high moon they see.

On a dim and distant hillside the wild horses racing yet, with the Man from Snowy River at their heels. Thanks for using Discover Murray River. Riley vanished from sight in a flurry of heels and a shower of dirt - and hardly a man among the hunters thought to find him alive. He cut-off the outlaws flight, all right; and then occurred the epi- A B "Banjo" Paterson sode which the stockmen say Banjo imprisoned in his lines: And he ran them single handed till their sides were white with foam, He followed like a bloodhound on their track, Till they halted, cowed and beaten then he turned their heads for home, And alone and unassisted brought them back, But his hardy mountain pony, he could scarcely raise a trot, He was blood from tip to shoulder from the spur.

Others have previously suggested the man was Indigenous. Another candidate is Jack Riley who, while not Indigenous, is said to have met Paterson and whose reputation as a fearless rider was legendary.

Jack Riley had a reputation as a fearless rider. Credit: Dennis Gregory. Banjo stayed with the family and Jim Troy fits the description even down to the horse. They bred them tough like their horses which were a mixture of Timor pony which are really tough and thoroughbreds with a bit of Arab to make them a bit finer. The horses were a mixed breed Podcast: listen to our daily episodes on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or search "Full Story" in your favourite app.

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