New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
wITHTHE WILD WEST SHOW
BREAKING IN NEW HORSES BY REASo->
OF THE NUMBER KILLED IN RAIL
ROAD ACCIDENT-SCENES IN
TRAINING ARENA

whoa, whoa, Look out, there! ugn-oaliiI,
and as Picket Pin sub-chief Of the bui,3iO w
Tnaians crawled his feet with oauis "
80 arm and shook the dust from his gigantic
frame a wirv little Western horse went scuuoie
,,-,4 the canvas walled arena at breakneck speeu
II was on the training grounds OF me Oie W.
West Show Just of Bridgeport Coli'' anu
Picket Pin is not the only man VINO mas oi'tei'
the dust in that hoof ploughed arena "l'hin Inc
last few days. $500
win the opening in Madison Square Garoen
coming tomorrow and nearly two hundred I'M
broken horses train. there have peef' as -HdJo,
Holm NJ burke. the press agent OF the snow put H.
Things doing in Bridgeport for the last few Gays
And Colonel W T. Cody. standing near aooeo
that peoule would certainly get their money
,-orth in "wildness'' and "wooiness VINO a1teHueu
sne opening performances. The Tribune man. as
ne crawled under ring rope just IN Tune 10 nlIss
a hoofprint in the middle Of his back came TO lhe
mental conclusion that they knew whereof they
spoke.
From across the big arena came the shril squeai
of a maddened horse. jangle of bride and spurs'
the swish strap, the calls OF the r1ders DUST
wreathed visions Of men astride jumping. buckins
stresks of foam hecked. dirt grimed horsehesh'
and not person within sight could doubt the big
Wild West Show lat work
81 think we've made pretty good progress. don't
you?" Queried Colonel Cody
WHY look here he continued. in burst or
pardonable pride. these horses were all green
when we took hold of them They were never in
the arena together until this morning Look at
that"
And Just then Martin Sanders came down the
arena like a shot Of gun. Sanders is one OF
the best horsenen with show. This is his first
trip East Last fall he won the mountain ana
plain riding championship in Denver. Peggy, the
little mare he rides. is knowing little least ana
seems to enter heartily into the spirit Of Sanders
daring exhibition of horsemanship.
-,Oh but YOU zyon't know these horses Mon
day." Major Burke saying when the crowd
scattered like many sunbeams, and from oehlno
tent poles guy ropes and canvas flaps, gave thanks
that the ring ropes still held. for there wedged IN
between them, head TO the crowd, was a DUCK
ing bronco doing his best kicking. Astride the
animal bobbing up and down like cork in foun-
tain chung John Franz. The horse was as WIG
as the widest in the bunch and plunged and bucked
frightfully. but the rider experienced man
and game TO the core. He stuck through it all
Ike seaweod TO a clam, finally after the vicious
animal had been freed from the tangle of ring
ropes. rode triumphantly out OF the arena. The
whole thing occupied perhaps not more than two
minutes, but while 1t lasted it was a superb ex-
hbition Of Craftsmanship. Later Franz Joined the
crowd outside the arena and received many hearty
handsnakes
These horses" said Colonel Cody, when the ex-
citement had subsidized bit, were all green when
we got them. They're from Wyoming and Kansas
They are take the places Of those We lost in
that accident back there in Linwood last October
How many did lose? On, there were us killed
think. and 20 odd wounded. Well these horses
landed here recently and they only began rehears
ing together Tuesday. I think they doing
pretty WELL" and away the Colonel to take
charge of the grand formation
See that horse cried johnny Baker, when
Colonel Cody dashed into the and up the
head of his assembled troops few moments later
on Duke. Well sir, that the only horse saved
Of a carful of twenty-eight in that accident.
Noble old beast, amt he? He's twenty-five years
old and present to the Colonel from General
Miles who rode him through the Pine Ridge cam
paign l found him high and dry over in a corn
field after the accident, head and tail up snortng
and tearing around ike mad. You couldn't get
him within gunshot of that railroad. Stree"
and the crack marksman chuckled himself a
the memory of it.
why, look here" he added, 'Old Dad the
colonels shooting horse, stood beside Duke there
IN that car, ana he cut through twice
his body, We got these horses two hundred Of EN-,
February IS. and landed them February Is. We
kept them month TO get them acclimated. for
horse must be acclimated. you know. We have
trained them some separately since, but this is only
the second day they have been together in the
arena
1t was plain during the training process. first on
the afternoon programme that the Western horses
showered upon one why little stead
d TeieS1G 70 6e sSqqiea s5d e 9@g
brought TO halt with a lassc around one hind leg
and cowboy clinging like grim death to the
bride Finely the saddle was adjusted. the rider
up, and the vicious little animal off and away,
down, touching the ground only TO go shaped.
with BACK bumped hlgh, uF INTO the ar again IN
this fashion she worked a ZigZag course down the
length Of the and lost herself in the bunch
OF horses and riders the other end. The process
repeated until all the wild ones had been
worked
Membership in the Congress Of Rough Riders
a sinecure, but this year it is fraught
with danger than before. Another Ind
Jan took toss somewhat similar Picket Pins
later in the day. and there lull in the sport
while a hurry call for a doctor in.
Colonel Cody attends personally to the wants of
any injured rider in his command. matter what
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needed for his comfort.
Nothing but a shake-up. He'll come out all
right the colonel announced TO the bystanders.