Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-08-28
IRWIN BROS CHEYENNE WILD
WEST WILL COME TO WIS
coNslh EXPOSITION.
BRING ESQ RANCH PEOPLE
Band Of Sioux Indians and Big Herd
of Vicious, Outlaw, Buckins
Bronchos Are Features.
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT PRAISE

die west will join hands at the Wis
consin State Fair, Milwaukee, Sep
TENDER to IL, for the entertainment
of patrons of the Badger exposition.
The picturesque far western life will
be eXemplified by Irwin Bros. Real
Cheyenne Wild West show, the big
SIS, 1000 free attraction which the
board of agriculture has secured to
give open air exhibitions on the
grounds every day and evening of the
fair and the hundreds of thousands
of patrons of the exposition will be
the delegates of the middle west.
Since the days of 40, when the
world first began to learn of the great
wealth of Uncle Sans vast prairie
and mountain region west of the Mis-
sissippi river, the wild and thrilling
life of that territory has had won
derful fascination for the entire civil
lied world. Travellers, sportsmen,
adventures, capitalists and scholars
have come from all points on the
globe to see for themselves this won
derful combination of wealth and ma
ture and meet the people typical of
this Wild free and invigorating and
uplifting life. Patrons of the 1913
Wisconsin State Fair, however, will
not have to travel for that purpose
as the Irwin Bros. organization will
bring all of the attractiveness of that
Presidents Roosevelt and Taft were
compelled to travel to far Cheyenne
to witness the same entertainment
which will be afforded to patrons of
the Badger exposition. Roosevelt,
himself a Rough Rider leader and
authority on all matters pertaining to
western life, went twice to Cheyenne
to see this exhibition, in 1904 and
1910, respectively. Taft visited the
great roundup in 1911. Both these
great men pronounce it the best wild
west entertainment they have ever
seen. Exactly the same entertain
ment, with some new features, will
come to the state fair this year for it's
only appearance east of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river.
In the Irwin Bros company will
be $50 cowboys, cowgirls and Sioux
Indians, the pick of the west for skill
and daring in broncho busting, las
soing, roping and tieing of steers and
craftsmanship. The herd of outlaw
known in western roundups, number
rs. Also the herd of buffalos and
wild ranch steers, number rs
Charles B. Irwin, manager Of the
show, is himself a famous cowboy.
He holds the worlds record for rop-
ing and tieing steer in 38 seconds,
having performed that feat at the
Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration.
With the company will be Charles
Miller, better known throughout the
west as 'Hotshot'', expert broncho
buster and famed for his habit of try
ing to saddle and ride every kind of
animal known to the west The
Misses Pauline and Ivela Irwin,
daughters of the manager, will give
equestrienne exhibitions of the cow
girl type. Miss Pauline is champion
lady relay rider of the world and Miss
lvela was winner of the lady relay
race in Cheyenne in 1911.
Famous among the cowgirls will
be Prairie Rose Henderson, champion
lady broncho buster of the United
States, who won the contest at the
Rodeo, Los Angeles, last year, and
Fanny Sperry Steele, also of the
United States, who won the Canadian
championship at the Stampede. Cal
gary, Alberta, also last year. With the
party also will be Clayton Dauk, five
times champion rough rider of the
world, and Frank Carter, who took
the title in the meet at Cheyenne last
year.
Among the features of interest will
be the only pair of buffalos ever train
ed to drive double in harness. Ami
NAL trainers say it is more difficult tn
train the buffalo than the yicious
moose. The Cheyenne Cowboys'
band takes an important part in all
programs.
The herd of outlawed bronchos ia
comprised of ranch horses picked IN
all over the west, none of which any
human being has ever been able to
train for utility purposes. They have
been mounted thousands of times but
nobody ever has been able to stay ON
their backs more than a few seconds
1t Is for this reason they are called
outlaws in the language of the
west. Cowboys and cowgirls will try
to ride those beasts for the entertain
ment of state fair crowds. Among the
noted outlaw bronchos will be Old
Steamboat, Teddy Roosevelt, Blizzard
and Gin Fizz,
There will be a wide educational
value TO this entertainer as the
public will have chance to see first
hand types of life that were develop
ed while the rich wild west was be-
ing conquered.