The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-27
Frontier Gathering Recog-
niZes Former President
as One of Its Own.
COLONEL AT HOME
AS IF IN NEW YORK
Widest Events of Frontier FToliC
Saved for Guests Edihcation.
Western Politicians Present.

CHEYENNE. Wyo-, Aug 2Z-ColoneI
Roosevelt struck the shOTJ-grass cOun-
try here today.
Here al the edge Of the Rockies. the
habitat Of the Iong-suffering broncho, Of
the range steer, Of the Wyoming sheep.
bearing the burden Of the tariff on wool.
Of the ~hOoping cowboy with his
chaps, OF The TanCher. the cattleman n
and the sheepman, also the blanketed
Indian, the former occupant Of the
White House finds himself at home
To say that the wild and woolly West.
OF what is left Of IL. took the colonel 10
its bosom IS merely 10 admit the made
GuaCy Of language Il embraced. yes,
hUgged him. with all the ardOr Of its
UnuammeIled and unconventional M
JuTe- Even The IOng-Ioping coyotes. a.
the cOloneI's train rolled over the plains
across western Nebraska and eastern
Wyoming. seemed conscious Of an IN
usual event. and looked and showed
their appreciation Of il as the Ro0se-
Welt special rolled by The only part Of
the population that remained visiblv Un-
affected consisted of the bsrbed-wire
fences, that stretch for leagues across
the range, and the dry and solemn foot
hills
It is a great occasion for Cheyenne
colonel and Of the annual fall round
up Of the range country. The plains
men, the carIIemen- the sheepmen.- the
cowboys, the raCChers. and the = bad
men from all the territory round are
here Wyoming, Colorado, Montana,
some OF the DaEOtas- and even regions
more remote are represented
Not a Pink Tea.
This, il may be explained, is no pink
n sFTn-1TFar~n -1zfrrzrrr
are not in evidence The time is. not
yet far in the past wnen these annual
gatherings spontaneously brought to-
gether the whole population Of bronco
busting, c atJle-herding, sheep-tendins
men Of the range that could command
the price Of q six-shooJer and a horse
In the years gone 1y, they nave
brought together all that was typical
and remarkabI and spectacular, HOT
to say tough, in the vast districts Of
the cattle and sheep country
II has not been long since only The
man who could ride q horse as # he
had grown on il. could tote gun
gracefully. and draw IL somewhat head
OF the other fellows schedule could
throw a rope and brand a steer, and
could hold his own at the noble
pastime of poker. not to mention other
festivities ar cards, had much business
70 be seen in these parts
q
wild and w0Olly- The huTrying march
Of civilization has detraCted from it.
Some Of the boys feel crowded and
don't have much room. they say, TO
move Phases Of the affair are dis
tresSiuEIy civilized, but nevertheless
It is the biggest and best Of the wild
west shows Yet eXtant
Typical Aggregation
It has brought together as typical
an aggregation Of characters Of what
Is left Of the fast disappearing as
anything could Many have come TO
try their skin At busting the IN
tanned ''broucho and roping steers
Others there be here TO Iasso the
tenderfeet. and try their skill at di-
vesting him Of the long green" And
lit Of folks have assembled just be
cause they knew the colonel is to be Z
part of the show
Lest there be those who think there
is no longer a vestige Of the frontier,
or that the cowboy festival is as mild
IS it were in Madison square, II may
be wei TO recall that two years ago
the master Of ceremonies was a bandit
named Horn who dweIt in the Jack
eon Hole. He was one of the most
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