The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-12
Bird ENDS LONG
|R|P on HORSEBACK
.,Arriss With Her Letter From Mayor
u San Francisco 10
Mayor eaynOr.

New YORK. July 12.-Wnoopees
All me way from the Pacific coast on
4 6fseback--afi the way from EE lIa.,
n.cIfc coast on horseback mina you
,Z.l1F 1raaf mountains and ueserts'
,,roneh cities and towns and across
..bridged rivers, after $50 days OF
16lnal riding. Miss Nan ]. Aspinwal'
fhS -Montaua Cir" refined her chest
o,,f mount. Lady Ellen. IN front OF the
city hall In Manhattan. bearing In ner
snn-browned hand . letter, from the
mayor Of San Francisco to the mayor
of New York. The sun-browned hana
1rnr attached TO sun-browned wrist,
cncircled BY a beaten silver bracelet
81 Indian make. She wore q Dig
sombrero and q scarlet waist, a snort
brown divided riding coat and leather
knee boots with big silver spurs.
The young woman had ridden ninety
miles az stretch between Fallon ana
Austin IN the Nevada desert; ridden
from 1 IN the morning till 2 at night,
with nothing to drink or eat; had shot
ND town In Colorado where the In
habitants proved inhospitable; had
crossed the Tennessee Pass. Col, when
II was snowclad. but she lost her nerve
when she got to crowded Gotham
Town.
AZ CITY Hall.
She was mighty shaky when she dis
mounted from Lady Ellen. who looked
10 be groomad and at. after her
tourney or nearly $500 miles. at the
city hall and strobe with tingling
spurs to the mayors once. with n
mob pressing AZ her heels.
Mayor 0aynor wss not a the city
hail. but President MoAneny was on
hand. and he sent out word that he
would Be glad to greet the Montana
oirl publicly on the steps Of the city
ham SO Miss AspinwaIl remounteo
adx Ellen and waited. Presently out
cane Mr.. McAneny. and she handed
him me lettsr from the mayor OF
,Erlsco. He shok hands with her most
cordially and compiimented her on her
nerve and endurance. while the crowd
eDblandsd. Then Miss AspinRaii can
tered away to and q hotel for herself
ana 4 stable for Lady Ellen.
The longest rest taken By Miss
AsoinwaIl on the trip was week at
Dsnrsr and four days 1t 5ak Lake
CITY. She supported herself through
out b. giving exhibitions OF her skill
with the lariat IN the towns through
which she passed Lady Ellen, her
mount, wore out fourteen sets OF shoes
on the trip.
eBy hockey. said Miss Aspinwall.
NJ reckon rye had q merry time OF II.
certainly ran into stun at to NIL Q
book. But nothing ever got my nerve
e3ceptin' this here New York ~ so
blamed many people, buildings going
np In the air till you can't see the sky.
cat cops stopping you at every street
corner. Gee whizzl I calculate this
il some fuss Of . town.
but Mitchell. Col-say, there's the
town with the heart Of Ice. stranger;
there's the town. IT'S winter. and I'm
tn the Tennessee Pass with the snow
falling thick. And n don't get out OF
that pass In hurry I'll have TO stay
~ there IN the mountains all winter.
So puts In thirteen hours In the sad
de, with no drink and no eat Then
Lady Ellen staggers into Mitchell It's
about 10 IN the night Eyerybody's in
bed. I knock on q dozen doors. They
Just look out the windows and pun
down the blinds and forget 1t.
Say. do look like maFdefess or
. lady robber2 went to the town sa-
loon and there was an old woman
tending bar Soon AZ she sees me she
Just walks into the hack room and
shuts the door. I'm mad. pulls my
sun. let 'er 60 three times In the
ar. Maybe thatll attract the atten.