The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29
ROOSEVELT IN
COWBOY SADDLE
Rides Long Distance Across the
Plains of Wyoming, but
Never Tires.
ADMIRES PLUCK OF MEN
WHO MADE WEST RENOWNED
Puncher Who Can Bulldog
Steer With Broken Wrist
Is C0lOnel's Idol.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 2s.-Or
tough wiry cow-ponies, Theodore Roose
welt rode thirty miles today ncross the
plains Of Wyoming. He wanted to get
back once more among the cowboys II
their own country and mingle with theu
as he did in the old days, twenty
years ago, when the lure OF the west
brought him out here, young man
from tho east. He rode far out into the
leaving the city and its crowds far
behind. He visited the sheep ranch of
Senator Warren, and returned to Chey'
enne toni0ht, more enthusiastic than
ever about the wonders of the west
Colonel Roosevelt began today by go,
ing to church. With Timothy +, Burke
of Cheyenne, United States district at
torney, he attended the First Congre
gational church. After the service was
over the people crowded around him.
and he shook hands with everybody
Then he had lunch, and early in the
afternoon put on his riding suit and
mounted his horse.
There was a wide difference Of opin-
ion about 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 a cavalryman. When the
rido was over he said he had enjoyed
every minute of it, and was not bit
stiff of sore. His mounts were spirited
ones, which gave him little thouble,
but he kept tight grip on the reins
and never lost control. Lieutenant
Thompkius of Fort D. a. Russell, II, S.
YanTassle, who owns a ranch near
Cheyenne, and Nat Baker, q ranchman
accompanied the colonel.
Talks With Companfons.
They cantered across the plains, stop
ping now and then while the colonel
talked with som0 COW punchers, asking
them how thinUs are nowadays III the
cattle country. They rode through soil
tudes with no human being in sight ex-
cept the members Of their party, and
with the plains stretching out endless
ly on every side. AS it began to grow
dusk they came to the ranch of Sena
tor Warren. where they stopped for
supper.
Senator Warren g ranch is sixteen
miles from Cheyenne. The senator has
10000 ncres of semi arid land, some of
which he dovotes to dry-farming. In
the middle of the ranch there is a lit
tie settlement Of long, low buildings,
of which the ranch house, where Sen
ator Warren lives. part of the time,
is tho chief one There are sheds under
w
weather; corrals, n blacksmith shop. the
house OF the malordomo and the shacks
in which the cowboys and range riders
sleep. Everybody in the little village
turned out to welcome Colonel Roose
welt with a cowboy yell, and the colonel
shook hands MI around. The cowboys
and sheepherders were dressed in their
Sunday best They wore silk shirts OF
flaming colors with scarfs around their
necks and chaps Of red or green or yell
low
Colonel Roosevelt spent two hours
there He said that he was we'll able
to ride back to Cheyenne on horseback,
but as it was dark, he decided to make
the return trip by automobile,
''I am really very much impressed
by what / have seen here Colonel
Roosevelt said. "The frontier celebra
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