The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-30
ROUGH RIDERS
OUT IN FORCE
Over 400 Pass in Review Before
President.
SHOW THEY ARE REAL THING
WITH YELLS THEY CHARGE UP
AND DOWN THE STREETS.
SHOW THEY ARE REAL THING

The rough rider division of the pres
idenual parade pleased the chief exec
utive of the nation more than any other
incident Of his stay in Salt Lake. He
made the remark after the cheering
and yelling cowboys had passed him at
the reviewing stand on the west steps
of the joint building that this part of
the reception had given him more real
pleasure than any other greeting on
his memorable trip from ocean TO
ocean.
There were more than 400 of these
horsemen in line. More than tWo-
thirds of them were dressed as nearly
alike as it was possible TO clothe the
man who herds cattle from the texas
deck Of rearing and plunging horse or
pony.
There was the broad brimmed light
felt hat. dark shirt. with kerChief tied
around the neck: dark trousers, many
of them covered with chaps; the ugly
looking spurs and high-heeled boots.
The saddles were the regulation kind
in most instances having high pOmmel,
with quirt hanging down when not in
use. AS for brides. each rider had
one which was different
Side Arms Not IN Sight.
The only thing lacking in the make
UP of the cowboy was the brace of re
VOlvers hung around the waist. They
were missing, for it had been given
out that there was TO be no
shooting up Of the town for the edi-
ficatiOn Of the president A fusSilade
would have frightened other horses;
runaways might have occurred, and
deaths and broken bones would have
been probable.
Consequently, "the boys" were told
TO work OF their enthusiasm as best
they could by yelling and cheering and
making their horses buck ''fOr all they
were WORTH
Make Horses do "Stunt."
And they did it, too. When the air
was not rent with blOOd-curdling yells
from the lusty throats of the cowboys
as they rode through the streets, the
cheers Of delight from the spectators
added interest to the parade as the
riders made their horses do stunts
by sticking their spurs into them.
And then between times the boys
did a little charging down the street
just to add excitement to things and
amuse the crowd and win the piaudlts
of the populace.
Almost every block the column would
halt. There would be a wait of a few
moments until the division ahead got
half a block or more away, and then
1.-The boys" would tear down the street,
yelling ike so many Indians about to
go on the warpath or circle an emil
grant train in the middle of a prairie.
mixed Things up Occasionally.
Down the street the 400 men and
horses would tear, the men yelling for
dear life, while the horses cavOrted and
reared and plunged. When the head of
the division was almost upon the rear
end of the one in front, and it seemed
as though the cowboys were going to
pillow right into it like a rear-end col
lisiOn on railroad track, the cry Of
halt would be given and in an in
slant there would be the greatest mix
up imaginable. The once orderly col
umn of four abreast became 2 COnglOm-
Grafton Of rearing and plunging horses,
shouting men, partially hid from view
by the dust the horses feet had kicked
up as they tore down the street.
When riding four abreast the riders
stretched out for more than a block
and "A half, but when they rounded
up after charge, they were crowded
into a space hardly a quarter of a block
long While the division was getting
Strengthened out. the one before would
get a block or more away, and then the
cowboys would do it all over again"
adding excitement and confusion to
the general enthusiasm.
The performances Of the cowboy di-
vision reminded one of the old saying;
yesterday they certainly acted their
part to perfection
Presidents Fear for Children.
It was while passing in review of the
president at the joint building that the
cowboys expected 10 pull off the big
doings,' by riding past the president at
breakneck speed, yelling and shouting
and raising the very old dickens" gen
orally. But President Roosevelt would
he I'D rslfa az
cident might happen He was not fear
full as to the riders, for he knew their
ability to ride on the ragged edge of a
buckinE pony; he was apprehenSiVe
lest one of the horses might become
unmanageable for a few moments and
break and run into the crowd of school
children on the grounds. So the big
dOings" We're cut out" and the rough
and ready riders passed in review on
a dog trOt, yelling at the top Of their
voices, gOading their horses and shout
ing salutations to the president
It had been the intention of Marshal
Haywood TO have the cowboys act as
escort to the president at the head Of
the parade, but the secret service men
put a quietus to that. They were afraid
there might he some man in the divi-
sion who might be there for the sole
purpose Of attempting TO shoot the
president, so the feature of the parade
was relegated to the rear, where "the
boys had everything all their own
way. and everything weighed sixteen
ounces to the pound Of good humor and
genuine enthusiasm
Fine Appearance Of Regulars.
Quite a contrast to the rough and
ready cowboys was the stately fOTma-
ton of the regulars from Fort Douglas
under the command of Colonel Bubb-
Every man in the two commands
infantry and battery-seemed imbued
with the thought that they were acting
as an escort TO their cOmmander-in-
chief, the president Of the United
States, and carried themselves accord
ingly- Their uniforms were spOtless,
excepting from the dust gathered by
the march from the post. and the big
guns glistened in the sunlight. They
marched with a precision that told of
careful training
Christian Science Lecture
DR.. Silas J. Sawyer. c. s. B.. Of Mil
waukee, Wis, win give d Christian
Science lecture at the Salt Lake the
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