Arizona republican., 1911-08-31
HOPING THE WILD
 HORSE IN ARIZONA
Fun in the FoothiIs Gives Material for
 Literature and Reputation.

An attempt to clear the ranges of the Prescott National Forest of wild horses is being made by the stock men of Williamson and Skull valleys, and the first rodeo, completed on Aug. A, resulted in the capture Of about thirty animals in the Tonto Divide.
 Forest Ranger Mercer had a confer ence on August 13 with George A. Car ter. Clarence Stewart, J. V. Dickson, J. M. Cook. H. N. Cook, F.. Contreras, representatives of the Burnt Ranch company and others, and a rodeo was arranged with J. V. Dickson as cap tain. During that week a stockade corral was built at the old chimney in ToOhey canyon and wire fences were strung along the canyon to enclose the water holes, leaving a narrow entrance at the south end. Mormon wings" of cheesecloth were stretched upon the brush for more than q mile from the entrance of the fenced lot along the hillsides to the open country at Tonto Divide. 4 rodeo camp was established at Carter's corral on the old TOohey place, and at the beginning of the fol- lowing week a dozen men began the work of gathering "broomtails' and outlaws.
 Lookouts were posted upon high points near the south end of the can yon while the larger number of riders went in search of wild horses in the open country west of Granite Noun tain When a band was found, the riders gave chase and tried to drive the horses into the canyon. Sometimes they got band headed toward the can yon and sometimes the mustangs had notions of their own and went else where When the brOOmtails took to the hills. there was wild riding through scrub oak and over rock-strewn slopes and ridges. and the lookouts plunged down from their stations and tried to horses and rOped them among the rocks. Before the Mormon wings" were stretched it was difficult to keep band going down the canyon. The wild horses seemed to suspect a trap and broke for the hills, regardless Of the riders who tried to turn them. The chcesecloth, however. proved sn effec- tive barrier in most instances although one small band went through it when alarmed by the presence of men near the corral X band of thirteen mares and colts were kept in the straight and narrow way by the streaks of white rag flutterinE in the brush. and ran directly into the corral thereby demonstrating the general efficacy Of the Mormon wing.
 Among the participants in the rodeO were Harold Bell Wright, author or the ozark series of novels and "Tne Win ming Of Barbara Worth" and C. K. Clarke. the engineer who closed the break of the Colorado river into Inn perial valley in 1907. Allen Kelly. a newspaper editor and writer, was an interested spectator. He profegsed to be too old and too wise to break his neck chasing broomtails over the rocks.
 The three men named are guests of George Carter at the ranch in William son valley. They have been residents in Imperial Valley for several years, and are taking a vacation during the season when the mean maximum tenn peraturc in their part Of the country is about 11O degrees and the mercury sometimes gets up to l20 degrees. They aver that they like the desert, but pre- fer the mountains in August and are enthusiastic in appreciation of Yava- pal county and its climate and because of tho attractiyenesS of Prescott and the adjacent country they are prolong- ing their stay beyond the time that they had set as the probable limit of their sojourn in Arizona. IL is possible