El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-15

of the fiesta.
Living apart from the balance of the
world the cowboys amuSe themselves
on the ranges by horse racing, flag
picking. steer tying and they delight
to put their craftsmanship abilities
to the test. They acquire wonder
full skill in those things and take pleas
ure in exhibiting to awed spectators
feats which nave been learned after
years of training They revel in bron-
cho breaking and difficult riding and
the prizes in this line will be sufficient
ly inviting to put the cowboy talent
of Arizona into competition at the
fiesta One event of the program win
be a stirring frontier scene in which
several scores of cowboys will decend
on band of ApacheS, rescuing pio-
neer family from a burning cabin. In
cidents of this kind are yet SO fresh
on the minds of many cowmen that
the sham fight is calculated to recall
wildly many scenes of the early days
of Arizona.
The typical western cowboy is about
to pass With smaller ranches and
wire fences his sphere of usefulness is
about to disappear and the new gen
Grafton of cowmen are looking around
for occupations of civilization
Nowhere in the world are there as
many typical cowboys as in Arizona
where there are still vast ranges and
extend to the last maverick within
range of the cowboys lariat.
Opportunities of witnessing the west
ern cowboy as he really is, engaged
in pursuits which he naturally follows
on the range, are growing less fire.
quent, but in the coming carnival the
cowboy and his methods of living and
handling cattle will be presented in de-
tail. The short hair of the Arizona
vaquero will surprise and disillusionize
many eastern people. He is not attir-
ed in loud colors with his back covered
by long and dense growth of hair, but
on the other hand has his hair clipped
shortly and is painstaking in forming
the part precisely on the left side of
the head.
The Mexican caballeros however
will compensate the transformations ap-
pearance of the American cowboy He
also will come from the cattle ranges
and Mexican settlements of Arizona,
where his custom and manners of liv-
ing do not differ from those of the
Mexican in Mexico. In fact most of the
MeXicans in Arizona are natives of
Mexico and they bring their dressing
habits and characteristics from Sonora
and chihuahua. They will be attired
in gaudy colors. with heavy folds of
fast colOred cloth depending from their
shoulders. Their great broad-brimmed
and high crowned sombreros will tow
er above all the rest of the headgear
on the streets, and their high-heeled
boots and savage spurs will play havoc
with the feelings of their ponies.
Singing girls, cowboys. Mexicans
western characters and timid eastern
people will make an incongruous gath
ering on the streets and in the gamb-
ling houses which are always wide
open, and more so. if possible. on an
occasion of this kind. High stacks Of
gold coin will be in evidence to tempt
the gambling Neophyte and the fare
and roulette dealers will divide their
time between the plunger's troubles
and the button which is used to SUM-
mon the bar keeper.
The carnival association has already
raised by subscription several thousand
dollars and that amount will be -
swelled that every amusement which
money can furnish will be INDUCED.
The primary object is to attract the
eastern resident and invite him to take
up residence here, to assist in the up-
building of a new region presenting a
diversity of opportunities. He will be
SO lavlShly entertained at the carnival
as to tempt him to return L. H.
Buckley. who has managed carnivals
IN all parts OF the country has aSSum-
ed charge of the Phoenix fiesta. and
,. NJ MCGOWAN. superintendent of the
Phoenix Indian school, and ]. c.. Adams
both former residents of Chicago will
figure prominently in the arrange
mentS.