New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-13
GLIMPSES OF THE CAMP.
slrxrs AND INCIDENTS AMONG THE
RouGH RIDERS-PRACTICE WITH
RI7CKING RRONCOS.

-, UikoN Sept /. (Spec,sD-A day among
a.. pnugh Riders is always interesting. but vester-
- :, r-as more than usually so. because Of excit-
TIC spisodes that relieve the tedium Of camp life
~ ,bs cowboy soldiers. In fact. the interest be
- ,hs night before. when Josephine. tho
49,. uoress mascot Of Troop 4. got loose and
ra.,lv killed horse
,...nhirs was a little kitten when given 70 the
,on, ,roop by a saloon keeper Of Prescott. and
,re, south by IL &c far as Tampa Now she
oa,Iv half grown and able to Kill horse.
e. uhAn she slipped her collar th4 other night
-. MADE directly for the horses Of the "a
,-.va,r, which were The nearest she saw. she
"a ,rst Jumped on horse and the point
- hurving he teeth in the neck when cavalry
-, ont with club He chased her - som"
,argrou-th 10 the north OF the camp and was he
,,,,,ns her with the stick when some Of The
n.n,h Riders came 20 her rescue and took her
,.,y 10 her cage and chain
'pnr,ous how they love horseneeh said big.
.,srAr.d Arizoniln, as knot Of them gathered
na Josephine and discussed this neu develop
~. T., her character 'Onct let the oritter get
s,e q. a colt. ard she'll never eat anything but
,,ses You can poison them. but vow must use
IA. ~ strvchnine There's only one thing they 70
.r,td ~ dogs Tn. Mttlest fee that ever barXea
It'll max. one Of them turn tail. They won't come
sr.r . man unless he wounds them. and 'h"n they
lid .t,ack whole regiment shot one while
.nr,ire H. the G and Canyon once. The 6nllet
passed through MS ,hroa, ana VIE MS eTes red
Nth SHOT pps eue, 4sd me he n iat sho ~, be
roppsd DEAD JTft 2otG' eap tovsTd me from
bank He measured nine feet ana haii IN lehs'h
f' 16se PS submit, rs,tns vth faiTly e 5D
e,acA once in while she VAL SPrlns ap1uno I'M
open me- sG1bs woolly terrier. which the
RIDERS say "a: Sf rs 2fS5 h s y dosa
6nss not seem 20 extend 70 Cuba With who" SIZE
'r an offer vas made Troop Of t9o for is nasoo
.ssd as The troop is determined 20 take Josephine
hack Prescott
rsddvs Terrors love scrap. ano " me camH
Z. onea with unearthly wells and the troopers are
..An - be running Ike mad toward some part o.
~. oar,n ~ NAV be known :hat there Is hgh'
49,, parde the cook Of Troop H, is q fat. blond
,r,, r,th q bald head He seems 70 be highly IN
.o,,I.- with the troop because OF his nnwlIhnE-
,..s ~ Accommodate Sam" Wilkinson athoush
.Nrh-.looking youth, Is one OF the alh4e.es - va
,,oon and is SAID 70 be New-4orK OhlNN'S",
W., sam" had friend out recentN. ana asSea
49,. .oo,, for -ro rashers Of eggs instead or one
Ne refused 70 comply. and there were some ho'
,oras which ended with the cook calling the tToop-
~ urnr;r,ahle narnes Wilkinson followed the coos
.. N. .de. Of ditch that was nilea Win F~'o"
.,.x There we're several passes ana tneh 'he Two
WAN ci,nrhed ard rolled into the citch' Win nv
,ook underneath Wilkinson instead OF ouhoHipe
49,, nIas,e.ed him With tie bright yellow clay
Ge
., ,,,o NJ. mouth ond ears he plas'ered MS hean
,-,n I, and then he piled heap OF the sncky SUN
-, -. ION Of his bald head Meantime the EouSn IN
Riders did war dance OF uSi,Ss ed scream.
ditch ysii nssh t finally the athlet. SLAPPED
gos q sun IN the COOKS sy soS S4 up he Walk
~ his .nt and resumed hs nm, nsge'e and Whie
Ihs Coz vinns the clay frl his head he hprei
epi!hets variety s an1 doy psns Ven. into
ssiaom oFe nsrTnen. over each outburst OF Wrath
7 DON, think that fellow has haa ehousaa DOS. To-
viIkInson quietly IN give MIN sno'he' N
Morrow
The most popular men among the Rough Kide's
49,. u.s.. Who ride best Il doesn't matter mucn
7so.,, ,,.v shoot or what kind Of work they dio
q, Santiago but y they can stick 10 the PACK o. a
rood bucker they are a. once enshrinso N 'le
heart. OF their cornrades 49,
~o,euel Roosevelt had some women H'enos no.
2 dav or TWO ago and re ordered that some OF the
bae, r,a.,. .baula sixe an exhibition OF riding
"nl,ch,ns" horses At once the riders Tusseo from
,h4 camp and gathered in a great circe on .h7
6cle 20 the east Of tire camp
.--rsnoksv" thin youth. whose cradIe was .
..dsle gave me Arst exhibition. He came oouno-
10 out or notwithstanding black horse. when
b,,oked and bucked until y ihre" 'tse4'' VIM
smokey" landed on his feet ana deHIero1sN
,-rey the bride under the horses knee. 50 '''a-
Z, was helpless when II arose lhen ne go vi
,ya,, and went bounding around the Enclosure
y. mas given a herce-lookng Indian TERRITORY
horse that had been Wild that II could haro'y
Re ted I'D for oats He had 70 ondfold the oes7'
before he could get into he saddle ano al'ei ne
Oh so the horse gave one eouno ana III" '''
a as easy as 9 family Donpin
Hes plumb gentle" said DICK, WIN supreme
d,sds,n ss he dsmounted DICKS endeaVors
rad been a little tame. so Colonel Roosevelt sent
to- Bill" Wood Of Colorado. BIZ used 20 oe
with Carver and then ne went with "Bunalo Bill
otter winning Colonel Cody's 800 reward for any
,,s uho would ride particularly Vicious stallion
y1-ood ts accredited with being the best rider In
she regiment He Jumped on the back OF olaoK
plunrer and 70 make sure that there "oui' Dc TO
Auk4" he took MS hat and struck the morse
across The eyes several times, and then "sVed j.
o-e- his mead TIE horse a. once go 10
business He spraug in the air and came down
s,H or his forefeet Then he began series OF
undulations that made his back and neck look IKE
0 serni-circs. with the surface OF We efopn'
smi1ns rider his BODY waving o. each pItcH AS as
gracefully as p'3me ,s ne e Of an Inverted
cone MS feet being the aHeX Then me oucket
I'm, confnsio, while Colonel Roosevets friends
eiapped their approval Of the brilliant perform
90 Thirteen Ugh, drab h9-s Sc vas r,t nrog H6t
Ginty vas given pair OF PUTS tw% az ,,r0p .de
wise and 10 whirl McGpy gra9gsy Toss in he hr
was in the air Then down came MeGin'y 70
the ground. or his Jack lie Simply s4l"I"i a. ~
h.r.4 as 4, pounded ne torefoet In The vicinity o.
his head and ne eisur@ly got W re mounted mounted
again and went Dobbirg and boiling and WIRING
over the field with loose relns until ga Ihrteeh
tired McC;inty called himself names pc
cause he couldn't get over the thought that he
had been thrown. but his friends moiiined MIN oy
insisting that N was due 20 his loose spurs
Some OF the boys disappointed that sergeant
Tom Darnell aid not ride. Darnell dyioes non,
ors with Wood MoCiintv and Smokey. Darnell
RODE horse In camp he other dey that n has cost
men their lives 70 Try To ride.
"Bi Wood is going 20 manage Rougn tloers
chow that r. TO start from Network as soon as
the regiment disbands. He will take ten or we've
~ the best riders with him. and VIII buy from ne
Government ~ the best OF the bucEng
horses that now with the regiment
rrnon N. Ahge ~ the Cataract CANYON IN Arizona