New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
ROOSEvELTS QUIET DAY.
Church. Ride and Game Dinner
OCCUPY Ex-PresIdent's Time.
GREETS MANY FRIENDS
r,.hHsiastic Over Saturdays s
show-Party Well Soaked
by Sudden Storm.
rBv Telegraph to the Tribune. /


Roosevelt spent g quiet and restful Sun
day in Cheyenne to-day. In the morn
s,e he attended the service at the Con-
,-erational church. at noon he took
luncheon with his friend. Winter Chad
,e-. this afternoon he took a horseback
-;de Of thirty-five miles. part OF the
.;r,e in a driving rain. and this evening
-a-.ook Of a game dinner at the ranch
~ Senator Warren AT the intervals he
-.cejyed q number of callers. many Of
chen, old friends of his ranching days.
Mr. Rooseveir's first caller was l. A.
Means. who endeared himself to the for
-oe- Presidents heart with a graphic ac-
count Of how he CMeansl had roped a
giraffe and a rhinoceros in Africa and
how he rode a zebra which another had
3,,st roped from wild herd. Mr.. Means
4,-oneht Mr.. Roosevelt few hairs from
the tail Of the giraffe which he had roped
ond the claw of a chetah which he had
shot. When asked if it hurt the giraffe
10 be roped Mr.. Means replied with the
answer of Buffalo Jones to similar
or,estion: 1T did not hurt him. SAID
Mr.. Means. but he seemed sort Of dumb
and a lion ate him.
On his ride Mr.. Roosevelt was accom-
rsnied by w Van Tassel. the ranchnan
who furnished the ex-President's mounts
on his relay ride from Laramie seven
years ago: by Amos w. Barber. former
Governor Of Wyoming and Lieutenant
Tompkins. L. S. A. Ny Tompklns, by
.he way. is great t-grandson of Daniel
n Toupkins. who was the war Governor
IF NJ, York in 1872.
Enthusiastic Over Show.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself in
enthusiastic terms regarding yesterdays
show. which ended the frontier celebra-
ton
..T,.-. vas one feature OF the show
r.,tb ". ich I was immensely impressed"
re The great majority Of the
Il a.tpants were men from right around
ner.-, her ranchmen and cowboys or
-,,er . make their living in this i'm
ne. vicinity When we are inclined
"a r that the people are getting too
so-r from increasing civilization. it is
"a to come out here and see the pluck
: courage and manliness of these
Ing men and, too, Of these young
nen.
Now take the case Of Charley lr-
win His collarbone fractured by a bad
horse on Friday. he was in the saddle
again within half an hour, and-this you
know-he was in the saddle all day yes
rerdar and the way ne conducted that
show was admirable. Then take that
hi
noticed that her face was badly
scratched from the way her horse threw
her into the fence on Friday. and yet
she rode yesterday with perfect courage
cnd nerve. Take that lieutenant OF
regulars VINO went down In the hurdle
race. mis- horse rolling completely over
him, and Vet he was UP and finished the
race in an instant. When you see in
stances of that sort Of courage you can
feel safe that are not getting to be
soft people. That chap Vernon gave
fne instance Of nerve, too. He had
broken g bone in his wrist the day be-
fore and vet il did rot prevent his rid
ing in the bucking contest yesterday. It
Goes me real good TO see that sort of
pluck ard spirit. There is nothing ar
tifcial about a Wyoming frontier cele-
lraton."
Speaking of the showing made by the
troops in yesterdays celebration Mr..
Roosevelt commended it most highly, but
he remarked with special satisfaction on
the showing made by the 9Th Cavalry, a
negro regiment and said that every one
to whom he had spoken on the subject
declared that the behavior of the regi-
nent since it came 70 Fort D A. Russell
had been all that could be desired, that
the men had been orderly and self-re-
zsT,ecting and that the people Of Cheyenne
were glad to have the regiment sta
fiored here.
Interest in Remington Memorial.
Colonel Roosevelt is greatly encour-
aged with the reception which his sug-
gestion regarding a statue to Frederic
Remington has met. Mr. Bonfils of The
Denver Post has promised to take the
natter 7Ip and devote the influence Of
himself and his paper TO collecting the
needed funds So have Ex-Governor
Barber and State Senator Stone. Sen
a1or Stone and the former President
found basis for "reminiscences in the
fact that il was Mr.. Stone, then clerk
N hardware and saddle store. who sold
him his first genuine cowboy saddle
When asked to-day the occasion OF
his calling Yesterday for Joe La Force,
Nr Roosevelt said that he merely wanted
% shake hands with Joe for old times
sake and then proceeded 10 give Joe