Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-11-11
COWBOY HoRsB JswuLnY.
The vsyy Finest Chsye.ns Goods Now
20 to Eat ropes. Buyers.

All over North America for many
years. Cheyenne saddles have been
famous. and every equestrian. out
side Of our cavalry and the North.
west mounted police OF Canada, has
either had his horse trickod out with
Cheyenne leather or has wished he
had. The fancy work on saddles
holsters. and stirrup hoods that once
made Mexican saddlery famous and
expensive. long ago was copied by
Cheyenne makers, who kept up the
fame and beauty OF the American
horse trappings, but made them 90
cheap rs to be within the meant OF
most horscmen In tho old days
when Western cattle ranged all over
the plains and the cowboy was In his
glory. that queer citizen would rather
have Q Cheyenne saddle than q best
girl, In fact. to be without Choy-
ennc saddle and a hrst-class revolver
was to be no better than tho sheep
herdcrs OF that era
When q reporter OF the New York
sun found himself In Cheyenne tho
other day tho first places ho looked
for were the saddle makers shopa
Ho was surprised TO ind only one
SNOWY. hrst-class shop OF this kind.
and. instead Of there being Q crowd
in front OF IL, OF people from every.
where between Hudsons bay and
Central America. there was no sign
OF more business than was going on
at the druggists, nearby. or tho
stationcrs'. over the way. In one
way only did tho reporter md his
hopes rewarded; the goods displayed
In the window wero beautiful and
extraordinary. There were the glori-
Gus heavy hand stamped saddles;
there wero tho hugo cumbrous. to.
paGcros; there were the lAriats or
ropes" tho magnificent bits that
looked like Moorish art outdone, and
there were the mule skiLners" and
fanciful spurs. and, in short, tho
window formed n museum OF things
that a cowboy would have pawnod
his soul to own Tho metal work
was all such as osvalryman once
declared IL the most horse jewelry
In creation"
In tho store went the reporter. and
at his work went no. lie found that
tho old trade that covered America
was dead AMI gone. or rather had
languished so long and so much
that tho period OF mourning for
II had gone by. Epglishmen
and Germans now buy the fanciest
and best ,rappings to send abroad
to their homes Had -stamp ped sad
dies cost from ts5 to els. but $S5 buys
as good one as modest man who
knows a good thing will care to usa
Cowgirl saddles were In view-ssvsr-
al Of them-with rigging for side
seats and with stirrups made In slip.
per shapes Ii 10 not that there
arc really half a dozen COW. girls In
tho world or half q dozen women like
tho Colorado cattle queen or the lady
horse breeder OF Wyoming. but there
are Western girls who ride q great
deal. and they have fond fathers and
brothers and still fonder lovers; hence
tho manufacture OF magnificent sido
saddles all docked with hand. STAN pod
patterns and looking as pretty rs the
richest Bedouin ever dreamed OF
horse gear being made There 10
still n good trade In cowboy outfits
that are ordered from Montana. tho
Dakotas. Wyoming. Colorado and
Texas, and similar goods 20 TO tho
horse ranches Of Nevada Idaho and
Oregon. Moreover. As long as men
ride hornes there will be . trade In
fancy outfits for them.