The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-05
TAFT SEES
 WILD WEST
SPENDS DAY IN WYOMING VIEW. ING COWBOY SPORTS AND AD-
 DRESSING ERNERs
r FaiIs to Make a Hit When He Says He Favors Reduction of Wool Tariff On the Downward
 Scale.

RawEns, wyo.. October 4--Presi- dent Taft spent today in Wyoming and left Rawlins after ten minutes stop tonight, for Salt Lake Cisy, where he expects to spena tomorrow. During the day tine president stop- ped at Cheyenne and Laramie.
 At Cheyenne, Charlie Irwin, of the reception committee had arranged q miniature reproduction of "stun.s' made famous at the annual frontier day celebration. MT. Taft watched the bucking bronchos, the races be- tween cowboys and the roping of wild horses with great interest. lie reviewed several thousand soldiers from Fort D. A. Russell, inspected the town from an automobile and spoke on his tariff vetoes in tho opera house to a good sized crowd.
 At Laramie, the president was taken for short automobile ride, after which he made brief speech and at Rawlins, he made another short talk from the rear platform of his car.
 The frontier day show at Cheyenne was as near reproduction of the annual affair, as Irwin, who runs the shows and who can ride an automo- bile almost as well as he can a horse could make it. There were about sixty cowboys. cowgirls and Hess important persons connected with lit MT. Taft watched the perform anee from the judges stand with United States Senator Warren and Governor Carey. and appeared 10 en- | joy exceedingly the riding of buck ing and outlaw horses. The stand held only few thousand persons out side the soldiers from Fort Russell, nearby, and the element of the pie turesque that the natives say is seen in the annual affairs was lacking to large degree.
 Charlie Irwin showed himself a good stage manager. however. by re- naming some of the ponies entered in the bucking contest.
 There was one called Billy Taft, another named "Ardhie Butt" q third that bucked by the name of Schedule K" and another, resi- dents of Cheyenne said, was almost unridable, that Irwin put down on the program as Teddy Roosevelt" !" Reciprocity" "Gin Fizz, "Old Steamboat" and a few others under names less pertinent to a presidents reception, also ran. "Bfly Taftv was the first pony to be saddled and Jack Martin, a buster with real chaps with hair on them, tried to ride him. Martin got about twenty feet beyond tine judges stand and then dismount- ed headforemost and Major Butt, the presidents aide. smiled and com mented to his chief
 Next came Archie 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 Sen ator Warren" ridden by Hugh Clarke, "Aeroplane," with Bin Baker on his back; Reciprocity" ridden by John Rickall. were subdued handily and Schedule K" gave up almost without struggle, whereat those in the pres idents party laughed heartily.
 Teddy Roosevelt" manned by Paul Henson, insisted upon convert ing himself into a small whirlwind that revolyed at an estimated speed of not less than 30 miles an hour Henson stuck on for a couple of minutes and linen decided to descend and chose "Teddys" head as step ping block.
 In the opera house the president declared among other things that the present wool tariff is too high and announced his intention to revise downward Cheyenne is in the cen ter of the sheep country and the president got title applause for that announcement.