New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30
TRAVELLING FOREIGNERS.
u1rMoRs OF A WESTERN TRIP.


NERs OF TWO YOUNG ENGnsHMEN-A GERMAN
CREATES SENSATION IN CHICAGO 1hE'T
--INCTD sNTs IN THE NATIONAL PARK.
rrRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUSEl
NORRIS GEYsER BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK Sert. Ibid Won ever SEQ cavaleade OF
inexpereuced riders start journey in the pres
ence of a host of admiring friends, gathered VIII
saw for the sake of illustration, on the porch OF
hotel 70 my mind few more ludicrous sights can
be had in this world ludcrous and at the same
time instructive The amount of pretence ana
| deceit displayed at such "a moment does not
exhibit human nature in one Of ITS most favoraole
aspects. Why should aman ora woman he unWhl-
pg to acknowledge that he or she has never had any
experience in riding on horseback Is II aisgrace-
fuI NOT 70 know how TO bestride horse or a mule;
or donkey for that matter7 Yet, did you ever find
people ready to admit ltY If they do they gener-
ally qualify their statements by either saying: IL IS
such long time ago sinceI rode on horseback that
or: rarely can manage a strange animal anu
| this am afraid is-and score OF smllar EXCUSES
Just watch the young fell0w-he scarcely KNOWS
on which side of his beast he is ~
mount-get into the saddle with his right leg oeht
into the shape of q parenthesls. How he stretches
and straghtens his legs after he gets his seat and
has thegnIde alter the length OF the strrups over
and over again. With what knowing look he
surveys his nag's forelegs pats its neck The is all
this while in dreadful state of mind lest the BEAST
| should take it into it's head 10 make
| sudden starD and then puts the balls Of his feet
we'll into the stirrups and turns his toes inward ana
his heels down. He is an old horseman, he tells u.s.
in fact he rides every day of his life when at home
and he Is looked up to at by the more tlnld Oh
the party on the strength of that statement. See
that young ady-who tips the scales with COM
Portable 175 pounds or so-in her frantic attempts
| to gain the saddle Aud that weakened young
gentleman, who will certainly burst blood vsssel
in his efforts to balance her weight on the palm OF
his hand. He evidently has not acquired the knacx
of lifting lady into her seat. Indeed, neither OF
the two has the faintest idea how to mount yet
\ both would die rather than own they
had never been horses back De-
fore in their life. "Leddies and gentlemaine are
YOU reddy ali 2" at last excams the little French
| doctor in his shrl-
| Well. we'll what am / writing abOutf This is
| not our party that is prepared to start on the
| trip around the Park! Ours is composed OF
ladies and gentlemen, would have you understand,
that would scorn to make those little pretenslons
| to horsenanship described above. Those OF us
who find any difficulty IN mounting by themselves
do not disdaIn the use of chairs and benchesj and
the prudent get into wagons or buggles. mat must
! have been another party whose strange antics 1
| pictured, and somehow got everything mixed up
IN my recollection of that day. Our people,
! the first detachment twenty-five strong) start
ed in good order and with the decorum becom-
ing the character of its members And nobody
| knowing them would have expected anything diff
ferent
! AN IRREGULAR START.
! We started, then, at about 2 O'CLOCK IN
the afternoon lit is true We intended to leave the
hotel at about 10 O'clock in the morning but every
body knows bow difficult it is to set large number
! of people into motion promptly except, PERHAPS
when dinner is in prospect)-we started, say, In
| four wagons seating fifteen people, attended py
| four drivers and two servants. led by two guides
! and escorted by fine cavacade composed
of one lady and four gentlemen. II was an
imposing sight, as the goodly number OF
| travellers. in the best of spirits and full OF
expectation as to the wonders they were to see left
the hotel amid the cheers of those remaining behind.
1t was perhaps not quite so imposing sight when
! scarcely out view of the building, while winding up
! the steep sides of Terrace Mountain, the party
broke nm I'm wild disorder. Some of the teams
| proving better than the rest started ahead. Three
| riders, tolerably well mounted, scaled the steep
turns of the road without difficulty aud left behind
them clouds of dust and dirt for others to swallow
Two ponies absolutely refused to at first. but
Piled by the experienced guides, took to the woods
where even the "old horsemar" much less the
young lady whom he had very CALAMITY offered to es-
cort was not able to control their vaga"es ndsrong
predictions for browsing. Brought to their senses
refer to the ponies now) the guides saddled one OF
the animals anew the young lady betook herself TO
a wagon, q gentleman took charge oil her horse and
everybody was happy once more. AS we move
along those experienced riders of ours begin to for
GET clutching the pomme of their saddles whenever
the horses start into gallop; ther right arm now
hangs gracefully at their slde the left hand guides
their nag with an easy motion, and their
carriage is nearly faultless-that is, whenever
they pass one of the wagons in which
the ladies are seated. Once passed. they seem
to forget themselves at times and become demon
allied. but after all they manage to u" catch on"
The ROAD from the Mammoth Hot Springs TO the
Norris Geyser Basin Jour first days destlnatlonl
| winds through beautiful valleys, along mountain
sides over rocks, through bubbllng streams ana
| past numberless lakes. Among such scenes ana
| in the midst of such surroundings 1t Is difficult
to tell how anybody can read a guide
| hook, Yet such Is the strength of this habit
in certain class of people Y ca IL npe t tor wshe
passon) that even here some OF the company cOuid
be for the greater part Of the way Immersed IN
books reading up" on the PARK examining maps
the scenes around them.
BRITISH REFINEMENTs.
The more tedious stretches of the road are en-
lyened by conversation chiefly concerning our
friends who are to leave the hotel on the following
dav. What has become of the Hon. S. S. and his
eye.gIass What are those interesting young peo-
nile. the b. brothers. doing just nowf And those
charming young English ladies whose reperto ry OF
songs everybody by this time is thoroughly ac-
ouainted With Are the Captain and his
friend NJ, whose isping dre vi is oitenest
| La :, the neghborbOOd of the barroom,
stin engaged in cursing their luck in having
to nav 81 tits beastly. you know for bottle
| Of ''beah"f And our noble Lord is he going to
leave the party to go hunting BY himself What
will the Y's do in his absences Whom will they
courtf They cannot descend from an English
pobleman to a French carouf Good heavens, the
| foil would be too great!