The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-20

turn, to name the section of country
from which each man hailed by noting
the style in which he took his smoke
Kane, Fish, Tiffany and the other
fasteners. whose fresh compilations
ana athletic figures differentiated them
sufhcientiy from their associates Of the
camp, lit short heavy. English looking
briar pipes. which displayed much am
Der and were evidently costly A
scent of burning Turkish hung about
them The men from the northwest
Idaho. Montana and neighbOring states
used commOner pipes and plug to-
bacco. which they cut and rolled in
their palms. A band of MissOurians
and garniShed with long. curved cane
stems. Missouri meerschaums they
called them, and were ready to fi=ht
for their belief. and no other pipe in
all the world was half so sound and
sweet. The riders from Oklahoma and
indian territory were addicted to rank.
black, cheap cigars. made wholly
Of western grown tobacco. Chill
Tommy" and all others from the south
west rolled cigaritos of corn shucks
strength. These men were afflicted
with short. dry, hacking cough,
sort OF subdued. single bark. which fol-
lowed each deep intaking OF the smoke
Boots ard saddles sounded Justify
and the men fell in with reasonable
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scenes. Many Of the horses came will
ingly enough. The proportion of them
which would allow themselves to be
caught by hand was small, however.
and only few of them had been suf-
ficiently tanned to admit of their being
battered through the night The air
was filled with dust and whirling lari-
ats, and occasionally a loud thump
sounded as some steed. lassOed by a
forefoot. struck the hard ground and
rolled over and over. In a dozen in
stances the animals were bridled while
prost.ate
Sitting on a large brown horse, the
inevitable glasses on his nose and
light whip in his hand. Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt watched these things
with a zestful smile. Near him was
Colonel Wood, strong and debonnair,
to whom the scene was yet a novelty
The various captains and lieutenants
stood apart while the sergeants di-
Tected the corpOrals and the cOrpOrals
directed the men. receiving in turn
many incensed retorts. AS order
through incessant, though irregular, eff
fort viii always come out of chaos,
gradually the dust clouds in the cor
rails lessened and the sweating troopers
led out their horses, got the saddles on
them in some rough fashion, swung
into the seats and took their places in
growing longer and more numerous.
Now and then there would be shout
of delight from the man yet unmOunted
as some vicious plunger, which had not
learned to submit quietly to dominion,
arched his back, brought his feet to-
gether and endeavored to project his
rder straight into the blue sky. The
men rode with the clinging, Jurr-like
seat of the COW hand, th n bodies
swaying and jerking as the horse
plunged or gyrated sv lily, giving
sickening. dizzying hal Springs and
landing always with ie legs as stiff
as iron bars. There We're a few falls.
but no casualties more serious than
sprained wrists or shoulders, and the
sufferers got no sympathy at all. They
did not look for it.
Chambers, to whom the affair was
merely a repetition on a larger scale
of many he had witnessed in the west
stood looking on and much interested
in the styles of the different riders He
knew from past observation that the
true cOnqueror of the broncho is born,
not made, and was able to tell at "A
glance the men of acquired skill from
those OF whom it was an inseparable
part. His attention then was attracted
by a happening in a small corral to
his right. over the siX-foot fence made
OF twisted brush came the flying fig
ure of Chilli Tommy" Close behind
him, with ears flattened against his
skull and every hair of his name Wav-
ing. neck outstretched and lips drawn
back. rushed a black horse. his eyes
widely distended. The cowboy cleared
the fence IS lightly as a deer and stood
painting outside.
"GOl-ding i'm" he said. He's hongrv
nough to eat me-" The man with the
scar and two other troopers were roll
ing upon the ground in an agony of
laughter. Derisive whoops went ont
from the others who had observed the
chase. The horse had been thrown by
a torefoot hitch, but had Immediately
risen and charged his Captor with the
feroclty of an enraged bull. Chill
Iommy was pale but game. Hep me
to ketch i'm he said to the others.
AN III ride the hair off-n i'm
g
Three Of his companions. among
them the man with the scar. volun-
teered. and the four of them entered
the pen together. The horse wheeled
and started TO the far side of the inclos-
ure, but two lariats settled about his
neck, and in an instant another curled
around his left forefoot. He broke into
a Sallop and went heels over head
When he rose and again attempted to
charge he was held almost stationary
by the men. each sagging back in a
different direction. Then he stood. and
Tor fun minute bucked straight into
the air. literally crazed with anger.
Hes pracucin for you. Chilli" said
the Scared man. 'Lemme send a teIe-
gram to yO' mar"
Blind i'm was the response. tell I
git this saddle on i'm. an don't talk
SO much with yo' mouth"
a cloth was thrown over the horses
mead and brought tightly around his
eyes and throat. He trembed but
stood still. AS the blankets touched
him he shivered hard. and when the
heavy saddle came down upon his back
ne drew together in a bunch. 1t was
doUble-cinched, front and rear. but the
broad stirrups were left dangling free
nor was there a rolled blanket tied
across the front of the saddle. as is
sometimes done to afford a brace for
the riders thighs
II ride i'm" Chilli had said short
", without hobbled stirrups or roll.
or I don't ride i'm at all"
Thets it," said the scar-faced man.
approvingly. 4 couldn't affo'd to eat
with you. Chill, eff you'd ask rr tn
roll
The binding blanket was removed
suddenly. and. with a cowboy hanging
10 his neck on each side and another
grasping his gloEssy. jetty forelock with
iron grip, the stalls Of the bride were
slipped over his ears and a heavy Span
ish bit with a steel-chain curb. was
forced between his teeth. When the
men started for the corral gate lead