The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
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Amateur PHOTOGRAPHERS Extroo"di-
nnry E-cnpc from ~ Texas steer.
Denver Republican.
Il had II novel. and somewhat exciting
and dangerous experience down on the
Cucharas river last July said IL. c.
Turncy Of Brooklyn. N. Y. at the Wind
sor yesterday. 81 have n friend In Brook
Ign who Is writing n book on peculiar
phases of American life. which is TO be
very handsomely illustrated. In fact ii is
TO be n handsome and expensive work. de-
signed specially for the establishment OF
the home. | have achieved little distinc-
ton among my friends as an amateur
photographer and when | came out here
this summer my friend asked me TO bring
him some pictures Of characteristic fca
lures of Colorado scenery and HE. Last
July after coming over tho Neta Pass ]
learned that there was To be roundup OF
cattle over In the Cucharas canyon. about
twenty miles away from the railroad. aud
as this was n good chance to secure one
peculiar phase of Colorado life | went over.
1t was wonderfully interesting sight TO
me. and | took a number of very fine
| views Of different features OF the round up.
| My last attempt YVES to secnre 'front.'
| view Of the herd which was greatly eS-
| cited and was only held IN check 10y the
most strenuous Efforts Of the cowboys.
had secured favorable position ON the
/ outer edge Of the cedars bordering the
canyon aquarcly Ia front Of the angry
herd and congratulated myself on the OPP
portuniiy OF getting the very best pie
,ure IN Tho collection. ! got splendid
! focus and had my head under the cloth,
giving it tho final touches when the herd
began to move. aud at the same time J
heard the most frantic yelling by the cow
| boys.
Somewhat startled, looked up and
saw that tho entire herd, led by mag
uiiicont Texas steer, was bearing down on
me. and no, more than ii.ty yards distant,
while the cowboys were riding furiously
toward me. yelling to get out OF the way.
The cedar brake was about twenty-five
feet away from me. and naturally ran In
| that direction. snatching my camera, tri-
pod and all ! found that would be un
| able 20 reach the shelter Of the trees with
| my burden, and so threw away the tripod
| and ran with the camera in my arms.
never ran quite 80 fast in my life, and
can assure you that | was never quite 50
happy az when ! Jumped behind n big
&C dar and looked Out to see the result and
then Notwithstanding my fright was COM
PEELED TO laugh, when threw away MY
tripod the herd was 80 near me that before
II had fallen entirely to the ground The
big steer caught It and tossed 1t into the
air AS turned around behind the tref
I saw my tripod coming down. while the
steer. with head down. was paving Tho
ground In an instant one of the points OF
the tripod struck him on the back rcne-
trating beneath tho skin to the depth o
no, less than eight inches, You never saw
such an astonshod steer in your life. Ht
beloved with pain and ran nearly a hun
dred yards with the tripod dangling from
his side before # tore itself out. ana II
two minutes the herd was laundering OF
with the cowboys in pursuit 1t was my
frat experience in this line. and | dom
want another | thlnk that tripod sayot
my life ! lost snlendid picture but
was fortunate In getting another nearly a.
good lnior in the day. though the BIZ
steer Was very meek after his contest with
my trlDod"