The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-05
PRESIDENT ENJOYS
WILD WEST SCENES
Watches the Broncho Busting
Performances of the Cow
boys at Cheyenne.
WHOLE DAY IN WYOMING
Stops at Laramie and Rawlins,
Speaking From Rear Car
at Latter Place.
WHOLE DAY IN WYOMING

RAWLGNS Wvo.. Oct. i.-Presiden'
Taft spent the day in Wyoming and
left Rawlins after a minute stop
tonight for Salt Lake City. Utah, where
he expects 10 spend tomorrow. During
the day the president stopped nj Chey-
enne and Laramie At Cheyenne
Charlie Irwin. of the reception commit
tee. had arranged miniature repro
duciou Of the stunts made famous
st the annual Frontier day celebration.
Mr.. Taft watched the bucking
hronchos, the races between COWBOYS
and the roping Of wild horses with
great interest. He reviewed several
thousand soldiers from Fort d. A. Rus
sell. inspected the town from An auto
mobile and spoke on his tariff vetoes
In tho opera house to a good sized
crowd. At Laramie the president was
taken for "A short automobile ride after
which he made 4 brief speech. and at
Rswlins he made another short talk
from the rear platform of his car.
Watches Bucking Bronchos.
The Frontier day show AT Chevenne
was as near reproduction of the an,
nual affair as Charlie Irwin, who runs
the shows. and who can ride an auto.
mobile almost as well rs he can
horse, could make IT, There were about
sixty cowboys, cowgirls. busters and
less important persons connected with
it. Mr.. Taft watched the performance
from the Judges stand with United
States Senator Warren and Governor
Carey and appeared 10 enjoy exceed
ingly the riding of bucking and outlaw
horses. The stands held only q few
thousand persons outside OF soldiers
from Fort Russell nea rbv. and the Gle
ment of tho picturesque, that the
natives say is n feature of the annual
affair. was lacking in a large degree
Charlie Irwin showed that he is n good
stage manager. however. by remaining
some OF the ponies entered in the
bucking contest
There was one called Chilly Taft, -
another named "Archie Butt" third
that bucked by the name of ''Schedule
y and another that the residents OF
Cheyenne declared was almost unrd-
able. that Irwin had put down on the
programme as Teddy Roosevelt
=" Reciprocity, - ''Gin FizZ.' "Old
Steamboat and a few others under
names less pertinent TO a president IS
reception also ran.
BILLY Taft Dumps Rider
"Billy Taft WAS the first pony TO
be saddled and Jack Martin, buster
with real chaps with the hair on them
foot long. tried 10 ride him Martin
got about twenty feet beyond the
Judges stand and then dismounted,
hcadforemost.
Major Archibald Butt. the presi. |
dents aide, smilingly commented to his
chief.
Next came ''Arche Butt, - ridden by |
Frank Carter. former champion buster !
of the world. Archie proved docile. |
and Carter rode him easily up the track |
and into the corral. while Mr.. Taft |
turned 10 his aide and smiled
"Senator Warren - ridden by Hugh |
Clark: " Aeroplane.' with Bill Baker |
on his back; Reciprocity ridden |
by John Ricksil were subdued handilv. |
and "Sehedule k gave up almost |
without struggle. whereat those in |
the president s party laughed heartily |
"Teddy Roosevelt manned BY Paul |
Henscn, insisted upon converting him
self into a small whirlwiud that re-
Volved N an estimated speed OF not !
less than thirty miles an hour. Hen
sen stuck on for couple OF minutes !
hut then decided 10 descend. and |
chose Teddy s. head as stepping
block
In the ladies' half-mile race Paul
Irwin. little girl with golden hair