The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05

the most interesting features of the
! performance and those participating in
it were some of the oldest and best
known frontiersmen in the state. Cap
tain Adam Paul drove the coach and
showed himself to be 2 driver who
had been there before. Beside him sat
George Moses of Bingham Junction,
another old time stage driver, and who
/ had been on the road with Captain
Paul in 1862, during the Indian troubles
OF that year Inside the coach were
Jim McAllister, another old driver
and John Robinson and ALT Moses,
who were not unfamiliar with the bus
mess
Aside from the attack on the stage
and three exhibitions of rough riding,
/ the show did not amount to much yes
terday, fact to be deplored, when the
attendance was so large and the peo-
pie who had spent their money to see
it were mostly out of town guests of
the carnival.
The chief trouble seemed to be that
Arizona Charley, the star attraction.
/ had for some reason lost his nerve and
was unable to throw a rope or to shoot
with his wonted accuracy. Then, too.
! the show dragged, so that the people
got tired of waiting between the
events. The result was that though
the riding was good when it did come.
Charley rode out to do his fancy
shooting on horseback and failed in
every shot except two, the crowd jeered
and refused to accept his explanation
when he stated that the shells were
blank
Ed Shurtliff gave the audience the
most pleasing exhibition of the after
noon. 1t was announced that he would
ride q spoiled horse which no one had
ever been able to Tide. The actions OF
the beast while being saddled bore out
the announcement and broke away and
gave the horsemen considerable trou-
Bile in catching him again. When he
was finally captured and saddled there
was the prattiest exhibition of riding
a pitching horse that was ever wit
messed anywhere except on the range
itself where the horses are surrounded
by no civilizing influences.
The cayuse bucked and pitched and
pitched and bucked, but Shurtliff stuck
to him like a puppy to a root and rode
him about the field through sheds and
over fences until the vicious animal
gave up and decided he had at last
found a man who could stay on his
back
There were two other good exhibi-
tons Of riding. They We're by the Nor
gan boys and were sufficiently rough to
satisfy anyone who knows when he
has got enough. Reese rode a wild cay
use without a stitch OF anything to
hold on to except the brute's main and
tail. The horse had never been handled
before and was roped out of a bunch
that was turned into the field The
horse was thrown and the rider mount
ed and stayed by him till he was sub
dued
Bill Morgan rode another cayuse
which was likewise roped from the
bunch of wild horses and saddled He
gave very pretty exhibition. The rest
Of the show was featureless, and the
crowd was justified in kicking, as it
did Justify at times.
The queen was scheduled to appear
with her suite, but was too tired, and
only few of the county queens at
tended. This, too was an element of
dissatisfaction to a great many in the
crowd, but this was certainly not justi-
fed, for goodness knows she had al
lowed herself TO be stared at enough
and has done all that mortal woman
could be expected to do to please the
carnival guests since the beginning of
the celebration
The Ogden band was expected to be
present to furnish music, and received
directions to do So but for some rea-
son it failed to put in an appearance.
1t was said that the members received
their pay al noon and considered that
they had done enough notwithstanding
that they were engaged to play
throughout the carnival.