Frostburg mining journal., 1894-01-27
COWBOY HORSE JEWELRY.
The Very Finest Cheyenne Goods Now Go
to England and Germany.

to England and Germany.
All over North America, for many
years, Cheyenne saddles have been IA
nous. and every equestrian, outside of
our cavalry and of the Northwest
Mounted Police of Canada, has either
had his horse tricked out with Chcy-
cnnc leather or has wished he had.
The fancy work on saddles, holsters
and StirIup hoods that once made Mex
lean Saddlcry famous and expensive
long ago, was copied by the Cheyenne
makers, who kept up the fame and
beauty of American horse trappngS.
but made them so cheap as to be with
in til" means of most horSemcn. In
the old days when Western cattle
ranged All over the plains and the cow
boy WAS in his glory. that queer citizen
would rather have Il Cheyenne saddle
than ii best girl. in fact, to be without
a Cheyenne saddle and a trSt-claSS re-
volvrr was to be no better than the
ShrcphrrdcrS of that era.
When II reporter of the sun found
himself in Cheyenne the other day. the
first places he looked for were the sad
I'll" makers shops. He was surprised
to find only one snowy. tirSt-claSS store
Of the kind. and, instead of there being
Il crowd in front of it. of people from
everywhere between HudSonS Bay and
Central America. there was no sign of
more business than was going ut the
druggist :. near by, or the StatiOnrr'S.
over the way. In one way only did
the reporter find his hopes rewarded:
TIL" goods displayed in the windows
were beautiful and extraordinary
Thcr" were the glorious heavy hand
stamped saddles; there We're the huge.
cunbrouS tapadcroS: there were the
lariat$ or ropes, the magnificent bits
that looked like Moorish art outlonr
and there were the mule -SkinncrS''
and the fanctul spurs, and in short,
the windows formed Il museum of
things that Il cowboy would have
paWn"d his soul to own. Tho metal
work WAS all such as !; cavalrymAn
once declared it. the most elegant
horse irWclry in creation"
In the store went the reporter and
at his work went he. He found that
the old trade that covered Amrric;
WAS dead and gone. or rather had Ian
guShcl so long and So much that the
period of mourning for it had gone by.
EngliShm"n and Germans now buy
the fancirSt and the best trappingS to
send abroad To their homes. Hand
stamped saddles cost from So To SIS,
but SO buys rs good Il one as Il mod
est man who knows Il good thin" will
care 10 use. Cowgirl saddles were Oh
vicW-S"v"ral of thrm-With rigging
for side seats and with StirrupS made
in slipper shapes. 1t is not that there
are really halt-aloZcn cowgirlS in the
world or half-a-doZcn women like the
Colorado cattle queen or the lady horse
breeder of Wyoming. but there are
Western girls who have to ride II great
deal. and they have fond fathers and
brothers and still fOndrr lovers: hence
the manufacture of magnificent side
saddles. I'LL dcckrd with hand-Stamprd
patterns. and looking as pretty us the.
richest BCdollin ever dreamed of horse
gear being made. There is still Il good
trade in cowboy outfits. that are or
d"r"d from Montana. the DakotaS.
Wyoming. Colorado and Texas. and
similar goods 20 to the horse ranches
of Nevada. Idaho and Oregon. More
over. as long as men ride horses there
will be Il trade in fancy outfits for
thcm.-NrW York Sun.