The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01

died the Iong-legged bay and mounted
Ben walked of quietly enough. then sud
denly bucked with all his might. Spring
ing high into the air he turned a half
circle and came down stiffly on his fore
legs.
The trick Is called sunfishing. and Is
the most exasperating thing a buckiug
horse has ever been able TO think up.
The best rider in the outfit would have
been thrown. and so was Mr.. Roosevelt.
He got up in a minute. however. looking
pretty white. and insisted on remoUnt-
ing.
IL was the fall roundup. and there was
much work for every one. and II was
not until forty-eight hours later that the
men discovered that Roosevelt had three
ribs broken. They had not yet been
set
Still again during the exciting years in
the Bad Lands the piucky ranchman re-
ceived broken bones by a fall from a
vicious horse. Time after time ne was
thrown. as was every one else on the
ranch. for the horses were almost like
y I'D animals tough. strong and exceed
indy tricky and oeceitfui.
The Presidents narrow escapes from
death while in the West. were innumer-
able
One time during the first two years
CT his ranch near Medora. North Dakota
so named after the wife Of the Mar
cuts De Mores. who made an unsUccess-
ful but celebrated adventure~-Mr. Roose-
welt vss attacked b. a band % Sioux
Indians
~ that tine tho Indians we're giving
nl1rh trouble and Il a party q young
bucks caught a white man alone his
chances for life were Of the sgimn'est.
During 4 solitary trip 70 the north
ward. Roosevelt one morning started 10
cross a solitary plateau. about half
mile wide when be had pushed sboBt
half way across foEr q Eve T.d.ans
appeared. waving their guns ard dsshirx
al fun gaIl02 for fhe fznchnan
He refined % and disEsosnted- His pc
siflon or The level plain was = coed
enc. 50 he stood kis ground. &r .Rooae-
yeit himself once tod the rez; q the
story thus.
y waited until the irtians were q hBn-
dred yards or. ard then threw I'd M
rice and drew bad OF the foremost.
The eject wsz Magic Ths whole
party scattered and aosshied back On tsesr
tracks the rnen bsnaisE over aienszies q
their horses
when safe ois;sncs they halted. A.
ter couzulta ton ore c8r1s forxsra aiszse.
dropping rs rife and waving a bisa<es
over his head whea ne care Efthla
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called:
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