The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-29
ROOSEVELT RIDES ACROSS WYO.
MING PLAINS TO SENATOR
WARHEN'S RANCH.
PRAISES DARING RIDERS
Ex.President Compliments Performers
in Exhibition on Display Of Courage.
Goes to Church in Morning and in
Afternoon Visits Big Ranch-Talks
With Old Friends.

Cheyenne. Wyo. Aug. 2s.--on
tough. wlry COW ponies Theodore
Roosevelt rode 30 miles today across
the plails Of Wyoming lie wanted
10 get back once more among the cow
boys In their own country and minglc
with them as he did In the old days.
years ngo, when the lure OF the west
brought him ont here. young man.
from the east. He rode far out into
the vast brown stretches Of open coun-
try. leaving the city and its crowds
far behind. He visited the sheep ranch
of Senator Warren and returned To
Cheyenne tonight. more enthusiastic
than eyer about the wonders Of iii.
west
Colonel Roosevelt began the day by
going to church. With Timothy r.
Burke af Cheyenne. United States dis
trict attorney, he attended the First
Congregational church. After the ser
vice was over the people crowded
around him and he shook hands with
everybody. Then he had lunch ana
ing suit and mounted his horse.
There was II wide difference Of cpin-
ion around town as to whether the
colonel would make the whole ride,
and some bets were made that he
would not. He had n relay of three
horses and lie rode them like cav
nlryman. When the ride was over he
said he had enjoyed every minute OF
II and was not II bit stiff or sore His
mounts We're spirited ones, which gave
him n little trouble. but he kept
tight grip on the reins and never lost
control. Lieutenant Thompkins Of
Fort Russell: r. s. Van Tassle. who
owns n ranch near Cheyenne. and Nat
Baker. n ranchman. accompanied him.
A Long Ride.
They cantercd across the plains.
stopping now and then while the col
onGl talked with some cowpuncher,
asking him how things are nowadays
In the cattle country. They rode
through solitudes with no human be !.
ing in sight except the members of
their party, and with the plains
stretching out endlessly on every side.
to the ranch of Senator Warren, where
they stopped for supper.
Senator Warren's ranch Is lG miles
from Cheyenne The senator has 30 900
acres of semi-arid land. some of which
he .devotes to dry farming In the
middle of the ranch there Is n little
settlement of long. low buildings. 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. blacksmith shop,
the house OF the major domo and the
shncks In which the cowboys and
range riders sleep. Everybody I'm the
little village turned out to welcome
Colonel Roosevelt with Il cowboy yell
ana the colonel shook hands all around.
The cowboys and shcepherders 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 yellow. Colonel
Roosevelt spent two hours there. He
said that he was Well abe to ride back
was dark. he decided to make the re-
sbIH iIIp ny uHloIJoDItt
Praises Riders.
II nm really very much impressed
NY what | have seen here" Colonel
Roosevelt said "rhe frontier celebra-
tion yesterday was remarkable, /
want to call attention to the fact that
the majority Of the people who took
part In the events yesterday are peo-
pie from this section and not cow
pllnchers who have been 81 years with
shows. They are the real thing. Peo-
pie sometimes feel regret because they
feel under our civilization we are get
ting too soft. The exhibition yester-
day was a great object lesson / like
IN see such courage and such admir-
able qualities as We're displayed.
There was little Louella Irwin. Her
face was covered with marks of the
injuries which she received by her two
falls of just the day before and yes
terday she rode In the race and won
1t. too. Then there was Buffalo Vcr-
non. noticed that, when ne went out
To bulldog the horse he wore a leather
bandage around his wrist | asked
him why he wore 1t and he told me
he had broken his wrist the day be-
fore, Now 1t Is pretty hard job for
man with every bone sound to bull
dog horse. Buffalo Vernon did 1t
with broken wrist"
The colonel also spoke of Lieutenant
Tyndall OF the Fourth field artillery,
stationed at Fort Russell. The lieu
tenants horse fell during the hurdle
race yesterday and rolled over him.
.'ryndall got UP in a second, jumped
IN his horse again and went back in
the race" Colonel Roosevelt said,
THAT takes pluck
Some Friends.
~ waf sorry that | did not see Joe
La Force yesterday" the colonel went
on. When Twas out here seven years
ago 4 rode from Laramie, Wyo.. to
Cheyenne, 81 miles. on a relay of
horses. Marshall Hartscll and Joe La
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