Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-29

sleeve and bearing good naturedly the
brunt OF Jokes poked at him by tho
bevy of fair young Spanish girls, who
are also members of the club
the men do practically all the rough
work. The night before the meetings
Of the cluj great pit is dug in the
ground and the bulls heads are buried
over slow fire to cook for the night.
The rest of the meat is prepared for the
barbecue and dozens of sacks of bread
are piled high in readiness for the OK
pected feast. The first vaqueros on
the ground stable their ponies and
make a hurried dash for the tables.
Barbecue in Old Style
Tho long, rough board benches are
whipped into position with bang,
wooden plates are scattered about and
tin knives, forks and spoons are placed
by each wooden platter. Then all turn
to the work of preparing the barbecue.
There is plenty to do. cabbage to cut
up, potatoes to peel bread to slice, chill
to prepare, frijoles to cook, tortillas to
beat out on a rough fiat stone and a
general overseeing of the work of bar
becuing the meat for that is attended
by Jose Ramirez, grand maste rof cere-
monies of the club, who with the presi-
dent, DR.. Fred c. Shurteff, sees that
the dainty morsels of beef are properly
turned over the steaming grill while
the other members of the club stand
about in eager expectancy awaiting a
chance to snatch juicy chop or make
way with a tidbit of brains
By the time the chief party of MEM
bers have reached the grounds the
barbecue is ready to be served And a
sight it is to behold. With nothing but
the heavy branches of the pepper trees
wit n
vaqueros for walters the members of
the club eat to their hearts conetnt.
Everyone has the same chance for
there is more than enough to eat. The
platters are sent up and down the long
tables, piled high with old Spanish
dainties, the business men forget their
cares and worry, they spill frjoes on
their clothes or let the coffee drip on
their shirt fronts with never a care for
they are dressed for the lives of the
plains.
An eptcure who at some down town
restaurant would quibble and quarrel
because some vegetable was not sea-
soned to suit his fancy puts his teeth
I'm steaming cob of sweet corn. un-
blemished by butter or salt and chews
away at the unseasoned article with
every symptom of supreme enjoyment.
Yells His Orders
When the feaster does not see what
he wants he asks the cook for it. and
as the cook is situated about two
blocks away from the tables the rest of
the diners have a general idea of the
vaqueros' desires before he gets
through his yelling.
when the banquet is over the diners
promptly arise and serve those vague
ros who have waited on first table
Then ff ho
ures of the clubs meetings. In a little
summer quarter in the rear of the
ranch house the old Spanish musicians
assemble with their guitar and violins
and the greater part of the afternoon
is spent in dancing, waltzes and two
steps, modern dances to the old Spanish
songs.
Yesterday as a special treat a num-
JET OF the Spanish members of the
club consented to dance the beautiful
old Sombrero Blanco, the white Hat
dance of Spanish history and to those
or the uninitiated who had never he.
fore heard the thrilling sweet music OF
tne love song nor had seen the dainty
grace of true Spanish dance. the
slSht came as an inspiration for many
ol the dancers were men of the old
school of the southland men whose
PACK eyes still retained their brill.
iaucy' ditnough their hair had turned
Whlte with the touch of age.
Sports Follow Dance
FolloWing the dancing program tn,
sports of the day were in order. Th,
older hands at the horse riding gam
exhibited yesterday for the benefit q
the younger members. One cowmal
astrlde powerful black horse dashed
ABOUT, trying to edge in and send hi
IlaIa ABOUT the body of another COW
man. The man on foot, however. rem
resented wild young bull and he car
rled a curved piece of iron and mad
furious rushes at the horseman, il
imaginary attempts to rip open tn
TANKS of the horse. 1t required th
prettiest kind of riding to keep ava,
trom the mad daShes of the imaginar
bull, and the effect was great.
Another unusual piece Of plainsman
snip was exhibited by Vaquero Plum
mer, an old hand at the horse game
with single sweep of his arm as
norseman dashed upon him he yanke
the rider from his saddle, throwing hir
TO the ground. There is only one DOS
sible way to perform this trick. and
is considered as one of the most diff
| flcult feats of horsemanshp.
Riders galloped back and forward
sending their horses at full speed to
ward certain mark placed on tn
ground, and then as the animal reache
the mark, with a wild yell they woul
stop the horse in his tracks. Mounte
men thundered bout the club grounds
while the horsemen of a former da
mt the cruel riatas singing throug
the air to the intended spot, THROWN
the horse, first by his right then hi
left leg and then catching horse an
rider in the same loop and pinning tn
unfortunate man to his saddle. Ther
is only one answer in the Language
the plains to a trick of that kind, an
that Is shot from slx-shooter, an
many of the vaqueros yesterday illu,
trated how quickly revolver may /
whopped into action in a time
emergency.
Do Hiding Stunts
The feats of the day wound up wit
a fancy exhibition of riding by d
Shurtleff, president of the organizatlo
b. The physician is known as one Of Il
| best riders I'm the country, and his hor
has a reputation as far reaching as Il
, owner. only tie horses reputatit
J borders on the unsavory for with Il
exception OF his owner that horse a
4 IoVa m man IN Dlape his hand on hin