Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-10
ON A CALGARY RANCH.

Calgary. and are more interested in polo
than politics.
Remittance Men.
Among the characters of Calgary are the
remittance men. They are the younger
sons OF wealthy or noble English families.
who are out here to make their fortunes
and grow up with the country. Some have
come because their people did not want
them at home. and others because they
liked the wild life OF the prairies, which
until recently has correspondent somewhat
with Kiping's description of the country
east of Suez:"
Where the best IS like the worst
Where there amt Ten Commandments,
And you've got TO raise a thirst.
These remittance men get so much money
every month, or every quarter. and most
of them spend 1t IN drinking and carousing
Many are "ne'er do wells" and they fall
lower and lower, relying entirely on their
renlttances to keep them going. know,
for instance, one son of an English lord,
whom you may see almost any day here
hanging over the bar and another who has
ducal blood in his veins, who will gladly
borrow a quarter of you II he strikes you
in the lean days prior TO the next remit
tsuce.
Billy Cochrane's Bull Fight.
Others OF these men keep themselves
straight. They bring money with them,
invest II and make 1t breed like AUG
tralian rabbits. but at the same time
they are full OF sport and spend free
ly. One OF these Is a son OF an ad
miral OF the British navy. His name Is
Cochrane. and he Is said to have made a
fortune OF his own In ranching and other
investments. He has one big range near
Calgary on which he keeps 6,O00 Of the
widest OF Canadian cattle. Every year or
so he brings in new installnent OF bulls
from Scotland giving his agents at home
instructions to send him the widest and
hercest animals that can be secured. When
lie was recently asked why he did this he
replied:
You see. I have to pay my cowboys so
much a month. and l want to raise stock
that Will make them earn their wages.
Besides. II adds to the life OF the ranch"
Il went out to see Billy Cochrane the
other day said n Calgary banker to mo
last night When l arrived a the ranch
I found him seated on the fence OF one or
his corrals watching a fight between two
bulls. As he saw me he told me TO hurry
up and have look. 1 climbed to the
fence beside him, and as l watched the
struggle going on beneath. I said: Why.
Billy IL you do not separate those bulls one
will soon kill the other, Let them KILL
was the reply. This Is the real thing. 1t
81 better than any Spanish bull fight and l
would give bull any day to see IT.
Well we watched the struggle for an
hour. COchrane clapping his hands and
urging his piilS on TO D4ttle. Finally. one
drove his horns into the side OF the other.
and killed II. Upon my expressing surprise
al this wanton waste OF valuable live stock,
Cochrane said: oh! 1t don't matter at all
We have got to have some sport We must
have something to add to the life of the
ranch"
Diche Bright and His Dad.
The stories OF how some OF these remit
lance men take In their parents are inter-
-. D Ia
that they may make their fortunes. ana
they frequently bring large sums to invest
A. soon as they arrive they go into crazy
speculations and wild extravagances. send
ing back TO their parents for more money
from time to time. One character of this
kind was Dickie Bright. the grandson of the
man for whom the disease OF the kidneys
was named" Dlckie's father was rich,
and he had supplied Dickle with money and
sent him out here to grow up with the
country. Dickie invested In ranch ana
asked for large remittances from time 10
time on the plea OF Increasing his live
stock
At the same time he sent home dorid
stories OF the money he was making and
how he was fast becoming a cattle
king. Shortly after one Of his most en-
thusiastic letters he received dispatc4i
from New York saying that his father had
Just arrived there and that he was coming
out to see him The boy was IN despair
He had spent his remittauces In rfotoas liv-
ing and he had no cattle TO speak OF. Ad-
joining him. however. was one OF the
largest cattle owners OF the west He con-
hded In him and persuaded him to lend
him thousand head OF his best stock for
one night When he made this request his
neighbor asked what he wanted TO do with
the cattle. He replied:
1 shall put them In my corral. and when
the old man comes I will show them as my
herd Dad can't stay but a day. and / will