El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-21


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= and Brand Wild Steers, Shoot
8 A Coyote at 500 Yards, ,
e Quote Browning Construe D
4 Virgil. and Make Salad y
q Dressing. s
A cowgirl of IA was in many respects
the greatest attraction at the Roosevelt
Trough Rider" reunion. Her name ia
Lucille Mulhall. Attic exposition of
frontier life that formed part of the
festival she gave an exhibition of her
prowess.
Little Miss Mulhsll, who weighs
only ninety pounds, CAP break q
bronco, lasso and brand q steer and
shoot q csyote at 500 yards. She can
also play Chopin, quote Browning,
construe ''Virgil" and make mayon-
naise dressing. She is little ashamed
of these latter accomplishments. which
are concession to the civilized pre-
JUDGES of her mother.
Mrs. Mulhall has two famous daugh-
tiers, and although she isintensely proud
of them, che shrinks from the attention
they attract. Miss Agnes MulhalI's ad-
ventures suggested to Hoyt the plot of
"a Texas Steer" and her own figure
may be recognized in the heroine of
the play.
Her little sister won reuown by kill
ing lobo wolf and last fall took pre-
miums for lessoing wild steers against
competitors from every part of the COW
country from Canada to Mexico.
At the Trough Riders " reunion
Miss Lucille matched her skill and
courage against the world of cow
punohers and che covered herself with
glory. She has spent one term at q
convent in ST. Louis. but she was
honesiok for the plains and glad to
mount . fiery COW pony with q lariat
cooled at the pommel. And the cow
boys welcomed her rs If she had been
one of themselves. Mrs. Mulhall emiled
even as che sighed.
All the territory was talking about
the approaching Trough Riders
reunion. Delegations came to invite
Lucille to give an exhibition of her
frontier accomplishment and enter
the competitions. Mrs. Mulhan con-
sented to her daughters appearance
for this occasion only. Lucille, ever
joyed, went into training and was de-
lighted to find that her term in the
scholarly shades of the convent had
and rifle.
In the fall she will return to the
convent, and in the course of time, if
her mothers hopes be fulfilled, she
will be too dignifed q young lady
to engage In any more boisterous d.
version than q cotilliOn.
But she will never forget the proud
moment when, flushed with victory
she was presented to Governor
niously and told her that not q
Rough Rider" in his famous troop
could have done better than
she.
The Mulhall ranch Is on Beaver
creek, fifty miles from Oklahoma City.
Its owners are a southern family and
have imported with them into the
solitudes most of the refnsments of
civilization. In the drawing room of
the hom estead is baby grand piano,
on which the mother and daughters
play classical music. Thew are en-.
vironed with books and periodicals,
and their conversation shows that
exile on the prairie does not prevent:
them from taking q lively interest in
the thought and culture Of the day.
Mr.. Zsck Mulhsll, the father of the
family, 10 the general live stock agent
OF the st. Louis & San Francisco
railroad, but the ranch is his own,
and little Lucille is his mainstay In it's
uoudR 6m6Qb.
In earlier years it was her privilege
o.claiA every yearling calf that she
bad without assistance roped and
branded with her initials, "L M"
This system worked very we'll for q
time. but Lucille's ambition increas.
ed with her skill, and her private herd
kept pace with both.
The climax came when during q
snors Absence OF her father she roped
and branded twenty of the finest and
widest steers on the ranch. Wishing
to avoid bankruptcy Mr.. Mulhall made
haste to repeal the law.
Her wolf adventure was one of tho
most exciting In her career. The lobo
wolf ts the largest known In Oklahons,
Earnest Seton Thompson, the hunter
and author, has immortalized Its Zero.
city and wisdom. Miss Lucille's ANITA
Ronist was an unusually foe specimen
OF the breed. He probably weighed
more than she did
For weeks he had been devouripp
her fathers young calves and escapin
under cover of night. Miss Lucille
organized an expedition of one aud
took her wi chester along. She
found the wolf and shot him through
the heart before he had time to spring
upan her. His pelt Is the hearthrue in
her mammals drawing reom.-New
York World.