La Junta tribune., 1912-08-24

ba K 10 friend
The more | see oI
Cheyenne. the better ! like He'll"
am In no position al this time
to make a compariso between ths
two localities. but | will say for
Cheyenne that IL is whole lot live
lier than Chera~ and Nexdale both
pu, together.
Owing to the fact that 1t hurt the
steers feelings and scuffed them up
considerably. the Humane Society
stopped the steer ropins the last
day OF the show However. I vas
gone by that time so ! didn't care.
saw about a dozen OF them jerked
flying and educational spectacle. b.
lieye me.
Thursday afternoon one OF the COW
punchers got rough with on. Of tn
Texas lonshorus In the bulldog
ging" con,es, and broke the steers
neck Next afternoon when we ar
rived at the park We found that the
Indians had cut the deceased up and
hung up thc.picces around their cam
TO dry We could tell that IL was
there before We saw it. in fact. I
think all ct the flies In Southern
Wyoming and Northern Colorado were
also present Gee. that meat did
look good and was tempted 10
sneak piec. OF II and eat II. but
resisted the temptation.
Old Indian Chief Never Took o. sath
tand.never.willl had narrow escape
Friday when II rnined 50 hard. but ]
believe the judges decided that he
go, under shelter before b. cot vet
enough to spoil his record
There was great rivalry between
the cossacks and a few Of the COW
punchcrS rs to who could do the best
trick riding. The Cossacks ar fine
riders but the cowboys showed them
there are others they appeared
part of the time 20 b. hanging on
by their eyslits phiis going past
the stauds a, fan speed
There urrr tVo moving picture
men with cameras AZ the show and
they seemed 10 b. eteryNhere. One
~ them took suoi many chances
by getting in front q long horned
steers or buckiur bronohos. but he
dii not srt hurt and I suppose It 10
part ot the business He gut some
good pictures believe the pictures
were taken for the selis Company.
The negro troopers. tn. Ninth Cav
airy. mad. n bic hit with the crowd
and they deserved II for they arr
fine riders. think II were =
crou-nsSt 10 being Pullman por-
teri would want To b.. = member o(
the Ninth Csyslfy There ~As .
Roman race every day In which ~srh
man rides two horses. standing up.
Of course. This Vas open to the
black boy. only. On Friday one Of
them tell of st the head OF the
stretch and rrmoun'ed and then csml
In third. Some race lie ~aa more
popular than lack Johnson for q sew
minutes
The kodak si-nds we're very msch
In evidence. getting In everybody .
way and making nuisanc-s Of then-
selves scn.raily. Il wss disgustias.
oh. OF cours". took = few picsusss
myself. about thirty. but then
don't 70 crazy about Il like some q
them do. Certainly not.
The homes that were ridden b
the ~iid horse races .n,ervd issa
the spirit ot the occasion and vors
very playful and fali os iife anA -
ees and did everything In their ~
ss To entertain the crusd. Fkn
climbed feaces and trsed eo ejoua
tssepAoae poies and oas seariy ~
W Into the jv1sss stand. A ceaood
wers eussoss y ttaA out vAa, ~
~ tastes lite ! ssSpes> and stseaoA
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