The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-09-16

Arizona when, with the carp brothers
he made Yuma so unhealthy for the
desperadoes that the population OF that
thriving burg was diminished by the SUD
den migration of at least a hundred
''well-known" citizens.
Tim Oates never was a late sleeper,
but he surprised the night clerk by COM
ing down at O'Clock yesterday morning,
dressed and spurred, and demanding a
broncho for a ride through the reserva-
tion. The clerk finally understood that
Tim desired a gallop before breakfast
in Central Park.
Tim Oates and a half a dozen COM
rades We're doing stunts" astride lively
cobs long before o'clock, and such
craftsmanship as they exhibited had never
| before been seen in Central Park. Early
as il was, an enthusiastic crowd soon
gathered to witness the performance,
which was enjoyed as much by the park
policemen as any one else. No attempt
was made to interfere with the boys in
I their fun.
Rivalry ran high, but soon all dropped
out of the contest except Tim Oates
and Samuel Blackton, of Troop NJ, who
did the impossible without turning a
hair. Such tricks as picking up handker-
chiefs from the ground with the horse In
full galIop were child's play compared
! with the work done by these two. whose
bravery made them conspicuous in Cuba
even among the brave men who sur
rounded them.
In all the uptown restaurants the
Rough Riders were the observed OF all.
In the Waldorf-Astoria one big, raw
boned chap was approached by a timid
little girl, dressed in the flimsiest of
| laces, who lisped out a request for a but
he a
up in his strong arms and gave her a
resounding smack on each cheek; then
drawing an ugly looking sheath knife he
clipped button from his coat and sent
her away with it, the happiest child in
the great hotel.
One of the biggest men in the Rough
Riders regiment, well above six feet in
height, wandered into a fashionable mil
linery establishment near the corner of
Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street
early in the morning, thinking that he
was entering the Waldorf-Astoria. He
was quickly surrounded by the pretty
girls employed in the place, who made
him take a chair and tell them all about
the war. He was given cup of black
coffee, and as he finally made his escape
one the prettiest of his entertainers
reached up and kissed his bronzed cheek
This was too much for the Rough Rid
er. AS he emerged he gave a warwhoop
that brought crowd about him in a few
seconds, and a policeman stepped up and
touched him on the shoulder.
Hello, Mr.. Sheriff." said the happy
trooper. Don't round me up. I'm no
maverick. I'm well branded, the same
being Jim Thaxton, Troop K, Rough
Riders Come on, sherif-let's you and
me drink"
Leading him into tailor shop near by,
the policeman put the Rough Rider to
bed, where he slept from 8 o'clock until
noon.
Thaxton wandered into the Grand Gen.
trail police station later and insisted up
on leaving with the sergeant his belt and
gun as "a present for the sheriff, that
sure used me white
Too much "pizen" lei n few of the
Rough Riders so far astray that they
were for their own protection locked up.
As soon as they were able 10 care for
themselves they were released, the police
recognizing that for the time being New
York and all that is in ii belongs to the
heroes of La Guasimas.
After the dinner to be given tomorrow
night by Col Theodore Roosevelt II is
probable that the great majority of the
Rough Riders viii leave The city for
their homes In the far West
The Copper Queen Consolidated Mining
Company of Arizona gave the Rough
Riders who come from Arizona an ex-
cursion TO West Point this morning on
the steamer Sirius, which left the foot
of East Twenty-third Street at $50
o'clock. All Arizona Rough Riders and
Rough Riders from the Southwest were
invited.
One thousand horses, the mounts of the
Rough Riders, will be offered for sale at
auction in this city next Tuesday and
following days. Deputy Quartermaster
Kimball arranged yesterday for the sale
TO take place at the stables of Fiss,
Doerr & Carroll, No. Isl East Twenty
fourth Street.
These horses will be brought from
Camp Wikoff on the transport Missis-
sippi and landed a day or two before the
sale begins. 1t is expected that they
will bring fair prices, as they were care
fully selected, nearly all having been
bought In Kentucky, and the fact that
they belonged to the famous First Cav
airy is relied upon to help the sale.
Some of the New York members of the
regiment intend to bid in the horses they