The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-14

Many times before Lad be faced hi.
ira itional enemy--the cowboy. Il,
knew how TO dodge and how to run
lie knew how to toss the hurtlina
rope from of his shining horns. lie
was there to fight for freedom.
on he came
II looked as II ne were going To
overwhelm the girl and the pony that
faced him The larlat whirled round
and round; the steer stopped in his
tracks and bolted. He knew his bus
mess The rope fell short. In FIVE
seconds the girl on the horse had
her lariat in hand again. coiled just
the way she wanted it. Her pony fol-
lowed up the great steer that had
turned tail The beast saw that he
must give battle again. He turned.
That was fatal
"Whishl'
The sinuous strings of cowhide
ziprsi through the air It caught the
big Steer clean around the fetlocks
He started to jump out, but az the
mom1nt the rope was drawn taut
Instead he stumbled and fell.
Just then the pony felt the spurs.
He plunged straight a. the prostrate
animal His rider never lost her
head Instead she reeled in her lar.
lat faster than the pony could gaI-
lop in When Mr.. Steer essayed to-
rise he found himself in such tangie
that every kick of his lusty legs on.
ly made his plight the worse.
The rest was easy.
The steer was hopelessly tangled
up Soon TIE girl had him bound in
regulation cowboy fashion-roped of
from the rest OF the herd and power
less to start a stampede. that Joy of
any well conditioned and well eiucat.
ed steer The stop-watches recorded
the time.
Steer No. was just as bad. He
was out for freedom. The girls blood
was up; she was there to beat him
to standstill She did. It was real.
ly a throw down No. passed iout
in quicker time than No. 1.
The luck of the dpaw brought in a
steer who didn't know his business
Perhaps he looked upon any woman
AS an easy mark At any rate he
didn't try to dodge or to run. The
result was that he was down and out
long before he ha made up his bo
vine mind as to what was the best
way to get out OF the muddle His
hnish came in forty seconds.
This was the record.
Man after man essayed other steers.
only to fail True. the skill displayed
was irreproachable But no man
could do the required trick in the
time in which Miss Mulhail aocomp.
lished her feat. There were on hand
the best on earth to try IT, but not a
man of them could equal the girls
time or skill
Please be easy on some of them
there were quite few who couldn't
round up their requisite three at all.
Yet these cowboys were the pick of
the ranges OF the United States.
Who is Bessie" Mulhau9
It is quite time the enete cas-.
knew all about her She's the pret
lest. richest. most stylish. best dres
'ed, most popular girl on the cattle |
ranges Of the west
Her friends love her for her work /
With the rope Her acquaintances
Ike her best in the ballroom As a
'ule, the amateur COW puncher pre-.
ers dancing to rounding up and Miss
dulhan dances as well as she throws
Ter lariat
Miss Bessie" would fell very much
distressed II anybody in New York
hould think that she can only ride a
'orse and rope a steer. she plays
dendelssohn and Beethoven as well,
uotes Browning and Byron, scans"
Iomer and Virgil. discusses physics
nd astronomy aud can order a COOL
Inner. She can also bring down
'rairie wolf at 500 yards. if the skin
which President Roosevelt prizes so
ighly is any proof
She loves society, She viii tell you
rankly that she never had so much
un In her life as she did when she
vas the guest OF the Roosevelts at
he white house. She has courage
nough TO refuse a Waldorf waiter his
xpected tip if the service isn't exact
y right and the dishes of the proper
Miss Muihall met Mr. Roosevelt at
hat first historic reunion OF the