Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-05
PONIES NAMED FOR BIG MEN
Executives Namesake Proves Too
Much for It's Rider.
SPENDS THE DAY IN WYOMING
Tells Wool Growers that Present
Tariff is Too High.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NEXT
President Lenvcs Ravylins, WNo"
After Ten-Minute stop in that
Town for AII-Day Visit iu
Noted CITY.

PAW1INs. Eyo.. Oct f-Eres.dent
Taft spent today in Wyo@.1E. He left
Rawlins afte~ "a ten-minute stop tonight
for Salt Lake city. Utah where he will
spend tomorrow.
At Cheyenne Charlie Irwin 0t the receT-
ton committee had arranged miniature
REPRODUCTION Of the stunts" made Ia
nous by the annual frontier dag celebra-
ton MIR. Taft watched -h- bnokinS
hronchos, the races b.twra. cowboys and
the roping Of wild horscs with great in
terest. He review several thousand So
diers from Fort y A. Husso'. inspected
the town from ar automobile and spoke
on his tariff vetoes in tAe opera house to
q good sized crowd
At Laramie. the president was taken for
a short automobile ride, after which he
made a brief speech. and a. Rawlins he
made another short talk from the rear
platform Of his car.
Sees Brurcboa hidden,
The frontier day show nj Cheyenne
was as near a reproduction Of the annual
affair as Irwin could make 1t. There
were about 50 cowboys. cowgirls, busters,
and less important persons connected
with it. Mr.. Taft watched the perform
ance from the judges stand with United
States Senator Warren and Governor
Carey, and appeared TO enjoy exceedingly
the riding Of buckng and outlaw horses.
The stand held only a Few thousand
persons outside the soldiers from Fort
Russell, nearby, and the element Of the
picturesque that the natives say is seen
in the annual affairs was lacking to
large degree.
Irwin showed himself a good stage
manager, however, by remaining some Of
the ponies entered in the bucRdng con-
test.
There was one called Billy Taft"
another named Archie Butt a third
that bucked under the name of Schedule
X" and another that the residents of
Cheyenne declared was almost unride-
able, that Irwin had put down on the
program as Teddy Roosevelt"
Namesake Throws Rider.
Billy Taft was the first pony to be
saddled and Jack Martin, a buster with
real chaps, with the hair on them a
foot long, tried to ride him. Martin
got about twenty feet beyond the judges
stand and then dlsrnounted headfore-
most
Next ChIIlb 4AlCule DUH Iluueh bE
Frank Carter, former champion buster
Of the world Archie proved docile and
Carter rode him easily up the track and
into the corral.
Senator Warren ridden by Hugh
Clark; 'Aeroplane,' with Bill Baker on
his back; Reciprocity" ridden by John
Rickall, we're subdued handily and
Schedule X" gave up almost without
a struggle, whereat those in the pres-
dents party laughed heartily.
Teddy Roosevelt, manned by Paul Hen
sen, insisted on converting himself into
a small whirlwind that revolved at an
estimated speed Of not less than thirty
miles an hour. HenEen stuck on for a
couple of minutes, but then decided to
ascend and chose Teddys head as a
\ stepping block
In the ladies' half mile race, Pauline
Irwin, a little girl with golden hair tied
with bright red ribbon, dressed in a
khaki riding suit came under the wire
first, riding as We'll a tost of the men
did. standing UP u Che st.rups with d
whip in one hand ANA setting all the
plaudits of the crowd
In the opera house the president de-
clared among other things that the pres
ent wool tariff is too high and announced
his intention to revise downward. Chey-
enne Is in the center of the sheep country
and the president got little applause for
that announcement