The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-03

Twenty-Five hundred people gathered
TO see the cowboy show. II was d
good natured crowd bent upon good
time and il is question: BILE whether
they found less enjoyment in the III
dicrous and bungling entertainment
presented as a makeshift than they
would have found in the genuine, bona
fide wild west show which the manage
.ment hoped TO be able to give on time
and according to programme.
At 2:30, on the dot, Captain Adam
Paul. who is in charge of TIE Wild west
exhibitions. rode up in front Of the big
audience and explained the crippled
condition IN which the management
found itself. He announced that, to
make the best of a bad job he would
put on a few volunteer cowboys and
give the audience the best possible ex-
hibition of wild horse handling that
was possible under the circumstances.
TIC this end he introduced the Morgan
brothers. a couple OF rough riders from
the rural districts VINO esSayed, one
on foot and the other on horseback,
to lasso, saddle and ride wild horses
in quick time.
The game was ON before the assem-
blage knew il A herd of wild horses
was scampering across the enclosure
hotly pursued by the Morgan brothers,
rope in hand and evidently bent upon
bringing the fugitive equines to earth
or knowing the reason why. Cast after
cast was made by rider and footman
with no result other than the arouSinS
of the merriment of the spectators
The wild and woody roDe singers were
suyed numerically, evidently much to
their disccp- fture The herd, finally
snorting a. parting defiance to their
pursuers. broke through the enclosure
and Sook to the sta bleS where one of
them was. in the course of time, run
into a corner. roped and led forth to
be ridden. lust as the crowd was on
the tip toe of expectancy waiting to
see the fiery and Unframed steed
mounted and ridden by the fearless
denizen Of the plain. the captain an
nounced that. as the captured animal
was not qualified to give a desirable
exhibition another would be substi-
tuted in his place. Another half hour
was expended in vain attempt to take
another equine prisoner. Finally an
outside cowboy in an Indian makeup,
jumped into the breach. lassoed one Of
the horses and turned him over to the
rough riders" Fully twenty minutes
were consumed in saddling and Birding
the belligerent steed. When ii was at
last saddled 70 suit the eXacting taste
of the Mr.. Morgan who was to ride
him, a school girl might have bestrode
and ridden him in a Fourth Of July
parade. He had scarcely enough
strength left to stand on his feet when
the daredevil COW Duncher mounted
his weary and swaying back The
haplesS brute was rowelled and quirted
about the enclosure until the audience
was more than surfeited with the
sport and there the exhibition of horse
manship ended.
At This jUnctuTe Charlie Meadows.
C'Arizona Charlie') arrived at the
grounds and was introduced to the
audience by Chairman Rognon. of the
Carnival executive committee. Mr.
Rognon stated that. owing to the late
arrival Of AIr. Meadows he would not
participate IL the days events, but
that he would be ready today to give
the public q cowboy show that will be
worth looking at From the record
Mt. Meadows has made throughout two
continents he ought to be easily able
to make this promise good. He is a.
rife shot with few equals and a horse
man whose fancy work has never been
excelled in this or any other country.
Meadows viii positively appear today
with an entirely new change of pro-
gramme.
After the presentation Of the cow
boy star, the stage robbery act was
given 1t was a fairly realistic repre-
s>-station Of the early-day hbGd-ups
and went long way toward making
amends for the previous failures.
By tomorrow arrangements will have
been perfected which will guarantee
to the public an exhibition which will
be worth the time to witness. Mr.
Meadows viii introduce his fancy
shooting and rough riding act and
there Will be other features of excel
lence