Arizona republican., 1910-08-28

 WILD WEST Everything For Him Al
 Frontier Celebration CHARACTERISTIC SPORTS And the Heartiest Greeting Former President Has Had Since His Reception On Return From African Hunting Trip
CHARACTERISTIC SPORTS

Cheyenne, Aug. 27-'Tm here to see what you fellows can do on the hur- | ricane deck of a bronco" Colonel 1 Roosevelt said today. as group of cowboys, the hardest riders of the west, gathered about him, mounted on horses.
 l Colonel Roosevelt saw all that the wild west today had to show him in the way of deeds of skill, and daring and The said that the spirit of the west was still alive As Colonel Roosevelt watched the cowboys at the4r work, heard the Indians yell and saw the familiar sights of more than twenty years ago when he was a plainsman, the spirit came over him again He 1 climbed down from the big flag draped reviewing stand, mounted a big white horse and galloped around the half mile track of frontier park, past the crowded grandstand, while cowboys yelled. Indians gave their war whoops and the rest of the crowd joined in tremendous shout.
 He dismounted after one lap. smil- ing his delight and went ba4k to his place to see the rest of the fun.
 There was no formality about Roose- welt day at Cheyenne. Every cowboy who had drawn q years pay and could gel here came. Thousands of them and a good many cowgirls came on horseback from scores of miles around and some from points hundreds or miles away. The streets were thronged with men and women on horseback and in picturesque attire of many colors. There were d good many thousands or others. eastern tourists, tradesmen and lDlain farmers of the region. but they got little attention from the old Wild west.
 Colonel Roosevelt arrived shortly
 after 9 o'clock this morning when the celebration was well under way. They met him at the station with a band and Ian escort of cavalrymen, and then
 there was a parade Exhibitions at the
 park followed and then came dinner
 which Governor B. B. Brooks gave to
 the former president. smoker al
 the Industrial club and theater par
 ty, both of which Roosevelt attended
 wound up the day.
 The celebration park, which is sci amidst the brown plains of Wyoming 2
 mile and a half north of the city, was
 the star attraction of the day. Roose- welt was the st'r attraction or the park. Sand Creek came next sand Creek is said to be the wickedest horse | in the world, and after long combat he bested Al. Whitney, one of the mos' | skiIful horsemen the west has,
 | Roosevelt watched the struggle and afterward shook hands with Whitney and complimented him.
 TIfe sun was baking the plains | with q fierce hot wind when Roose-
 velt appeared He rode in an auto l mobile from Cheyenne although some | of the cowboys were expecting he would appear in chaps and som
 brero on a horse The Indians were
 the first to spy him as he rounded the turn of the half mile track ano thev set up wild yell. The crowo which filled the grand stand anc . bleachers overflowed into the field . joined and gave the colonel th' noisest welcome he had had since h' l, left New York for his western trip
 Captain Hardy who according to n the megaphone man who made th' z announcements, is the champion a l marKSmdn Ol tne NoTlu, NSiS Jus Q drawing d picture of Roosevelt fir f ing bullets into a white target wheI Q the colonel appeared. The colone : took his place in the reviewing stand
 and watched the captains fanc!
 shots.
 Four cowgirls had half mile rac'
 on horseback next. Joella Irwin
 thirteen years old. who appeared il
 short white trousers on the back o s Brownie caught the coloners fancy | Before the race began he beckone' , to her and shook her hand. She hal
 two bad falls from her mount yes
 terday and was badly shaken, bu - she refused to withdraw. She vol
 the race today and Roosevelt calle'
 her back to tell her how glad h
 was.
 Then a dozen cowboys picked III L. the reviewing stand after Roosevel e had descended from it and carried = across the track, that the crow L. might hear the colonel's speech whic L. came next.
 IS Governor Brooks introduced hir l. and for half an hour he talked t
 the crowd He spoke of the old wes n now passing away, and of men ;- had developed He told the peopl l. of the new west that they mus It preserve those same characteristic m if the nation was to endure. H
 iurged them to be progressive and re