Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-31
AT HOME IN A SADDLE.
A Western "oltnn Who Iias Made
 a Wide Refatsfja4= pn gss24es.

A Western 3opl::n Who Iifs Made
 a Nide EeBot:sfion pn lsaa2aes.
 Mrs. Minnie AUsJao typical won an of the plains, h7~ reecntlg been gIy- ing eEhib.tias5, Il eeu'4trtaalem it Portland, O. aal has astonishad nanE, even a,sauI tlr experienced td"ih@rea, t# her ei..f~@ feats. says th" Ii;.'s-laore Sun Saa k an absoIit,- lT fearless h3r>pWgual who dc}i@his in fcatS that seem hazardous and in rist,s that .aPpear dangerous. The cfo@a of en@Hnls who were perform Ing II the carnival during tGc horse SheW Were ;,1 confident of Mrs. Aus teii,s ability that thtE were willing to back her to thc extent of $lut to ride any four fooled animal sent to the grounds l>ui.i;l@ the week Mrs Ans ten nightly Gid I taalem hurtlle art that proved i@InrH>s lN pop 13r with tn" carnival Visitors WiIh lU0 spir- itrd horses S9iIass dt thr utmost sr.-4! that vigorous Whi,!:fslins could &at ont of thrm sl," went tearing around the track. t;tGin@ fhe three hurdles as clean as ever an. famous hunter clear ell a brush OF fa1fse.
 Mrs. AtI%tea explains that hnr love fer horses a34d HeF ability to handle them comes from tHa- environment Of her carly cbiiaa57d Her father W#3s Thomas fh6fBc of e&tHefn 8reean. @cli =EnaWn# #th@za2AaHt eha state =as eae ef lHe !3fsast | #flers in horses in the west. Tn speaking If h,r expert ances to#a rspo'ter 24fs. Nas!aa @lftl:
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 For oyer fhree years l worked for Portland cattIe asalefs and cid =the same wefk that #s9e given 10 thn M=91. l would &p into t'le country. ecs a drove of wild cattle aatI bring them in- to the city Without losing single one l did this Sert of work month after month and always had plenty of en- ga gementS ahead, which ought to ar euo that did the work we'll But the part that aSt#enioy is breaking wild ponies. There are an excitement and a thrill in the work that compensate for the eXertions and dangers have worked alongside some of the best cowboys i'll the state and have stuck to my saddle until the wild horse became a tame one and could be handled by any one.
 '.In brealing horse rrefera mans saddle, but in other work use the con yentional sideSadelle The tandem hnr- dle act is full of excitement, but I have never met with a serious accident The other night the horn of the saddle broke. and for a moment, until re- covered my balance. l didn't knoW what WAS going to happen, But the spectators never knew that anything was wronG, and 1 sent tue ponies over the timbers as fast aS they could go 1 have abandoned the cattlc driving and bronche breaking and expect to get into the show business in the fll- ture. l have trained one of my tan dcm ponies to take the hurdle through a ring of fire and other feats that are