The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05
ARIZONA CHARLEY
One Occasion When He Got All the
Excitement He Wanted.

One Occasion When He Got All the
Excitement He Wanted.
Cowboy Charley Meadows, every
thing considered, is just about the
sneediest wild western character in
the country today. Big Buffalo Bill
-gbo certainly ought to be an aulhof-
it1- on these things. declares Meadows
to be THE best all-around man the
west has ever produced.
The big Arizonian is certainly Woli-
der in his way. AS a rifle shot he is
without an equal anywhere; a Wielder
of the lariat he enjoys the distinction
of being The Master" and as foush
rider there are few. il any, VINO care
TO try conclusions with hlIll- 10 pe
srre it is Meadows specialtfes Which
make him the bright particular star
of the buocarro armament. In certain
kinds of shooting, riding and rope
throwing there are men who are able
10 "sfand him off" but let him make
the pace and he is without a, peer any
where.
Meadows is the only living type of
the dime novel hero. His life, his daily
conduct is no less picturesque than his
personal appearance. 4 perfect specl-
men of physical manhood, this dashing
child of the plains is endowed with
poetic nature which is forever reach
ing out after the spectacular. Disdain-
ing the prose and commonplaceness of
life he seeks excitement, action, color,
pomp and circumstance.
on one occasion, at least, 1t is said
that the hurry up gentleman from
Arizona got all the excitement he was
looking for. II was during his Austria
Ian tour and happened in the city of
Sydney. Meadows and his manager
got into town q day in advance Of the
time they were to open their show,
and resolved to kill a portion of the in
tervening time by looking over the
city To this end they jumped into
hack and commanded the jehu to get
a wild west move on"
The drivers seat was out of the
view of the passengers. but from the
speedy manner in which the horses
started down the street they were sat
isfied that he was attending strictly to
the matter of getting a move on"
The team fairly flew over the cobbles
and the carriage was yanked from side
to side of the street in a manner which
threatened at any minute to wreck the
whole outfit The fast and furious gait
just suited Meadows and he called out
from time to time 10 the invisible dri-
Yer to let 'er 60" Astonished crowds
hocked to the curb to see the rig go
by, and the Arizona. man was in his
element. Reclining among the cuSh-
ions he assumed an indifference to the
whole proceeding. which was clearly a
bluff
Finally the speedy Americans be-
came, between tnumps. aware of the
presence Of half a. dozen mounted po-
licemen galloping by the side of their
cab with wild gesticulations and ad-
monitions to keep cool" At a sharp
turn IN the road one of the blue coats
swung a lariat over the head of the
team, caught one Of them about the
neck and brought the outfit to an alb
rupt standstill 1t was then discovered
by Mr.. Meadows and his friend that
they had been without a driver all the
time. The team had started up be-
fore the hackman had had time to
mount to his seat. and had galloped
about through the principal streets of
Sydney at their own sweet will.
'Oh. yes, to be sure" said Meadows
Yesterday, speaking of the Occurrences.
Il viii not attempt to conceal the fact
that we had taken cocktail or two