Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-17
TO WELCOME ROOSEVELT
Participants In Cowboy Races
From DeadwCCd to Omaha
will Greet President.
Noted Riders From Dakota and
Wyoming Is Race for Ak-Sar.
Ben Carnival Trophies.

Ben Caravan ATCpnleS.
Omaha Herald, l4th: If the nego.
tiAtions now under way do not fail
President Roosevelt will he greeted or
his arrival in Omaha by band OF
genuine cowboys, rough riders fresh
from the ranges of South Dakota and
Wyoming.
The riders will represent the mer
who finish in the big endurance race
to he run from Deadwood, s. d., tC
Omaha The distance from Desdwood
to Omaha as the men will ride, il
over 600 miles, and the time
consumed i'm making the ride, it is
estimated, will not consume over ter
or twelve days.
wood in ample time to allow the riders
to finish either the day before the
presidents visit, or on the day of his
arrival. The finish is to be made i'll.
side the street csrnival's Enclosure al
Eighteenth and Douglas streets
where the prizes offered for the race
will be bestowed upon the lucky
riders. The race is open to anybody
who cares to enter and the conditions
are simple. All entries must be
American western bred horses of any
size, description. color, age or con
dition But one horse Is to be used
for the entire distance. Relay riding
Will not be allowed.
The race will be started from the
front of the city hall in Deadwood
Mayor Mcdonald of Deadwood will
give the signal to go by firing revol-
yer. 1t is expected that no less than
twenty riders will start, including sew.
eral cowgirls. The Deadwood end of
the race will be handled by Mayor
Mcdonald. "Doc" Middleton, the pic
turesqne western character; Tim Hart.
Eel, the champion revolver shot of
America, and an old frontiersman of
lurid history; Captain Bullock of the
South Dakota rough riders regiment
and James Black, manager of the
Combination theAter.
Among those who have expressed
themselves as willing to enter the race
are several who have figured largely in
the early frontier history of the west.
Such characters as lSroncho Buster
Billy Chadwick, who has never been
thrown by q horce; Lear Face
Thompson, "Seven-Up KID Mexican
Ed" Calamity jane" and "Lsriat
Pete "Doc" Middleton and James
IIartAell are also entries. AT the crack
of the pistol the cavalcade of horse
men will ride out of Deadwood to the
music of their peculiar yells and the
rattle of their 44-calibre Colts revol.
vers. AT the city limits each will
choose his or her own route to Omaha
1t is not obligatory that all ride the
same route.
The only handicap some of the
riders will carry, is that some of their
fellows will better understand the
of the country and thus be
enabled to ride more direct route. AS
to mounts, all will be pretty well
eyened up. Already In the east where
the ride has been made known, as
much interest is being manifested as
there was in the ride made from
Chadron. Neb., to Chicago, during the
worlds fair. In army circles the race
is the topic of the day. The Chadron-
Chicago race was won by an Omaha
man Berry, the pathfinder for the
Union Pacific railway. He rode an
Iowa bred horse called "Poison."
High water stories are quite
popular now and we listened with
pleasure to an account by Ben
Comstock of the fall rains OF 1875
when he says the river was so high
and wide that people could not
cross the Boyer for month with
teams At that time Mr.. Comstock
was about the only man who
owned n boat in Logan, and he
usel it to carry the mail and pro-
visions across the river to people
who would come to James
MoCoid's and signal across. He
also used his boat to take the
McCold children to and from
school in his boat. The water
Wednesday, lacks two or three
feet of being as high as it was in
1899, when the Central was build
ing, when the campers at Whites
boro were driven out of their tents
to the high ground and the Bay
family who were living in a little
house near the wagon bridge came
near being washed away. Anyone
desiring to see how the water ap.
peared may do SO by calling at
this office, as we have series of
photographs taken at the time,
which will give you very good
idea of what it was at that time.
observer.
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