Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-29
COLONEL DOES
THIRTY MILES
ON BRONCO
REVIEWS ACQUAINTANCE
WITH EARLY DAY SCENES
Cowboys Bel on RooseVeIt's
Ability to Stick to Saddle for
Long Trip and Win Their
Money.
rBy Morning Journal Special LEASED wirel

| fBy Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 28 -- on
| tough, wiry COW ponies, Theodore
| Roosevelt rode thirty miles today
across the plains Of Wyoming He
wanted 10 get back once more among
the cowboys in their own country and
mingle with them as he did in the old
days, twenty-seven years ago, when
the lure of the west brought him out
here, young man, from the east. He
rode far out into the vast brown
stretches Of open country, leaving the
city and its crowds far behind He
visited the sheep ranch of Senator
Warren, and returned to Cheyenne to-
night, more enthusiastic than ever
about the wonders of the west.
Colonel Roosevelt began today by
going to church. With Tim f.
Burke of Cheyenne. United States dis
trict attorney, he attended the First
Congregational church. After the SER
vice was over, the people crowded
about him, and he shook hands with
everybody Then he had lunch, and
early in the afternoon put on his rid
ing suit and mounted his horse.
There was a wide difference of
opinion around town as to whether
the colonel would be good for the
whole ride. and some bets were made
that he would not. He had relay OF
three horses and he rode them like
eavalryman. When the ride was over
he said he had enjoyed every minute
of II, and was not a bit stiff or sore.
His mounts were spirited ones, which
gave him a little trouble, but he kept
a tight grip on the reins, and never
lost control Lieutenant Thompkins
of Fort d. A. Russell; r.. $. Van
Tassle, who owns ranch near Chey-
enne, and Nat Baker ranchman,
accompanied him.
They cantered across the plains,
stopping now and then while the col
onel talked with some cowpunchers'
asking how things are nowadays in
the cattle country.
They rode through solitudes, with
no human being in sight except the
of their party, and with the
plains stretching out endlessly on
every side. AS II began to grow dusk
they came to the ranch OF Senator
Warren, where they stopped for sup
per.
senator Warren's ranch is sixteen
miles from Cheyenne, the senator has
80 900 acres of semi-arid land, some
of which he deVotes to dry farming.
In the middle of the ranch there is a
little settlement of long, low build
ings. of which the ranch house where
Senator Warren lives part of the time,
is the chief one There are sheds
under which the cattle are driven in
hard weather; corrals, a blacksmith |
shop, the house of the major domo. |
and the shacks i'm which the cow |
bows and range riders sleep. Every |
body in the little village turned out |
10 welcome Colonel Roosevelt with a
cowboy yell, and the colonel shook |
hands all around. The cowboys and |
sheep herders were dressed in their |
sunday best. They wore silk shirts |
IF flaming colors, with scarfs around |
their necks, and chaps of red or
green or yellow.
Colonel Roosevelt spent two hours /
here. He said he was able to ride
pack to Cheyenne on horseback, but |
IS it was dark he decided to make the
'eturn trip bv automobile.
Il am really very much impressed |
~ what | have seen here Colonel
Roosevelt said. The frontier day cell
4bration yesterday was remarkable.
want to call attention TO the fact
hat the people who took part in the
vents yesterday are people from this
ection, and not cowpunchers who
nave been thirty-one years with
hows. They are the real thing.
IeODlt HOifltlliiitN lttl it6itA bt~
,ause they think that under our civ |,
lization we are becoming too soft.
rhat exhibition yesterday was a great
,bject lesson. / like to see such cour-
lge and such admirable qualities as
we're displaced.
There was little Joella Irwin. Her
ace was covered with marks of the
INJURIES which she received by her two
alls of the day before, and yet she |
f. - xrpgfpFnHN and won
/. too. Then there was Buffalo YER
ION. | noticed that when he went out
o bulldog the steer he wore leather
.andage around his wrist l asked
i'm why he wore it and he told me
Ie had broken his wrist the day be-
ore Now, il is a pretty hard job
or .. man with every bone sound to
ulldog a steer. Buffalo Vernon did
with a broken wrist
The colonel also spoke OF Lieuten-
Mt Tyndall OF the fourth field artil- !,
cry. stationed at Fort Russell. The
horse fell during the
urdle race yesterday and rolled over
i'm.
"Tyndall got up in a second, jumped
n his horse again and went back in
ne race" Colonel Roosevelt said
That takes pluck. /,
An old friend / saw yesterday is
man wwhom | know only as Ed. /
ras riding across the country twenty
tx years ago and crossed the Mis-
ouri river at Clearford, when | ran
gafnst Ed. He was driving a string
Z horses and | helped him drive
hem for half a day. Yesterday he |
anne up TO me and asked me II / re-
rendered him.
Colonel Roosevelt win leave Chey- 4
nne at 1885 o'clock tomorrow morn
* for Denver. He is to spend the
ay there and speak to the Spanish
ar veterans. the legislature and the
livestock association.
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