, 1902-02-04
A COMING CONTEST
WELL KNOWN BUSTERS TO EN-,
GAGE ON THE WILLIAM
BRIDGER MEADOW.
Entries Include Some Of the Most Not
ed Horsemen and Horses in This
Part of the State-Mining Activi-
ty in the SybiIle Distriet-Pleas-
ant Dance at Home of J. e. Miller
Big Horse Breaking Contract.

Sybille. Wyo., Feb. 3.-(Special Cor
doubtedly Laramie folks will be think
ing that the Sybille is dead. but We are
not dead but sleepeth as Shakespeare
says in Hamlet"
AS mining is the coming great in
dustry of Wyoming. it is only natural
that we should unroll our tale of woe
concerning it first. Evidently mining
is far better than cowpunChing. at
least from a financial point of view, as
our cowboy neighbor. Otto w. Playa,
has turn his hand very successfully to
the aforementioned business. His
group of claims, consisting of the
well known Teddy Roosevelt" THE
BrOncho' and the Agnes" have been
bonded and leased to a Denver party
at $1,000 apiece. Evidently the cow
boys death-knell is sounded. veri-
ly, yea, verify.
AS Dol as il is definitely settled We
shall invite all the readers of The Re-
publican to a great treat of Ole fash
Toned frontier life. during which we
shall settle who will be the contestant
for the belt at Denver next fall. We
expect at least the following famous
riders will appear in full wal paint:
Otto W. Playa, Oscar Waechter, (the
justly successful ranchman and RIDER.
| w III Priluar 1nDa11u Ernu-n &c sspi11v
the Brigand." Oswald Colditz, better
known as the Chicago TERROR" AL
bin Playa. Pink Mccoy and last but
not least Archibald Dryden.
AS some wanted the contest at
Wheatlaud and some at Laramie. it
was finally decided to pull it off at the
big meadow Of William Bridger's
ranch. The horses that will be ridden
will include the following. according
to the boys names above: "Kiowa."
'Devilish," Dandy" ''TruXilla," Co
manche," Red Cloud" and "Czol-
gosz."
We unfortunately have to state
that while driving a spirited team by
Henry Bridger's, Raymond Henke. the
prominent Sybille stockman. rode into
the hind end of a wagon while upon
a g colt utterly demolishing the
wagon and 100 yards of fence.
Archie Dryden had his usual bad luck
demonstrated to him by having both
ears and ditto hands severely frozen
and he expects to have a few of the
members amputated; but it did not
materially affect the stock in this sec
ton.
Last Friday in a bowling blizzard J.
f. Miller of Iron Mountain gave a very
enjoyable ball to a small but select
party. AT midnight a delicious supper
was served to the following couples:
August Berner and Miss Annie Allen.
Clarence Underwood and Miss V. La
an, Oscar Wacchter and Miss Miller,
Otto w. Playa and Miss Agnes Melon
aid. There We're also many others
there including Mr.. and Mrs. Melon
dlu, MI. Id fdSne, MISS OllueI oou, II.
Waechter, Richard Fitzmorris and Ed
Allen.
Mr.. Pink Mccoy and Albin Playa
have quite a large contract for break
ing horses for Mr.. Hardy Martens. We
wish them luck.
Like the "Encampment Enterprise"
our neighbors evidently uphold gamb-
ling as a certain neighbor instituted a
roulette wheel, but owing to the sur
prising eagerness with which our
friends deposited all their ready cash
(and their some), it was decided at last
to put our foot through it Literally.
Miss Annie McPhee has. We are sor-
ry to say, had to abandon her school
at Rudolph Henke's, owing to a seri-
GUS illness.
A recent deal has come off in the
shape of decided land. the lucky buy
er being Alex Jadgmann of Wheatland
from Joe Naffziger.
..p1JnEpE rN- TILL, MAINTAINS"