Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-23
IRWIN BROTHERS BIG CHEYENNE
SHOW FREE FOR ALL EX-
POSITION VISITORS.
PLEASED TEDDY AND BILL
Board Pays $4,000 to Bring Cowboys,
CoWgris, Indians, Bronchos
Steers and Buffaloes.
NOTED FRONTIER PEOPLE COME

Wild West at the Wisconsin state
fair.
All the thrilling features of uncle
Sans great Out-of-doors, the prairie
and mountain regions west OF the
Mississippi from the days of AZ 10
the present, will be presented free
absolutely free-fOr all patrons OF
the Badger state exposition at state
Fair Park, Milwaukee, this year, Sep
TENDER to IL. The board OF agrl-
culture desires the best to entertain
patrons of the great agricultural and
commercial event and is spending
$4,000 to bring Irwin Bros Real
Cheyenne Wild West to give two
shows daily, the five days OF the fair.
Entertained Roosevelt.
The "round up" is exactly the same
as entertained former President
Roosevelt twice and former Presl-
dent Taft at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Wisconsin people and all patrons of
the state fair will be favored beyond
home coming for prairie, ranch and
mountain will come to them instead
of demanding that they make spe-
cial trip into the far west.
Cowboys, cowgirls and Indians,
numbering $50, will come with the
great cavalcade. Every broncho bus
ter, man or woman, and every In
dian, has a record, some of them
having provided sensations by their
deeds of daring and skill for more
than a quarter Of a century. They
will bring the realism Of the wild
! frontier into Wisconsin, with their
wonderful horsemanship, iassoing
and bull-dogging of vicious steers,
and remarkable skill with rifle and
pistol. The Sioux Indians will por-
tray the wild and picturesque life
! of the Redskins, in peace, in the hunt
and on the warpath. Several of the
! most noted chiefs living will be in
attendance.
Famous outlaw bronchos, wild buff
faloes, and pugnacious, long-hOrned,
swift-footed steers to the number of
$50, will be on hand to do their part
in the sensational exhibitions. Many
of the bronchos never have been
| trained for use because no man has
been able to accomplish the hazard
Gus task. Only the best of wild west
horsemen are able to remain on their
backs momentarily. Daring cowboys
and cOwgirls, however, will try to
ride those horses for the entertain
ment of state fair patrons. Among
those uncomfortable beasts are Old
Steamboat, Teddy Roosevelt and
Blizzard, well known for years at
all the ''round ups" in the west
Drive BuffaIoes in Harness.
Among the features of interest will
be the only pair of buffalo bulls ever
trained to drive double in harness.
These two animals are as wild as any
others of their species.
Animal trainers says that it is more
difficult to train the buffalo than the
vicious moose.
OF frontier characters who will
take prominent parts daily, one of
the most famous and interesting is
Charles Miller, better known
throughout the west as "Hot Shot,"
expert brOncho buster and chief man
in charge or Irwin Bros herd of wild
horses. 'Hot Shot" will ride wild
steers, buffalOes, bronchos and nearly
every type of western animal that
has four hOOfs and a back and life
enough to be unruly and dangerous.
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, Alta, also last year.
Charles B. Irwin, manager of the
show, has had charge of the Chey-
enne celebration for seventeen years.
He also is famed as a cowboy, having
won the worlds championship as a
roper at the Cheyenne Frontier Days
round up" by roping and tieing a
steer in SO seconds.
High Educational Value.
It is Of worth beyond measure that
citizens of the entire country may
have first hand knowledge of the
characters and methods that have fig
ured in the development of the great
west, with its boundless territory and
untold wealth. Grandfather and
| grandchildren will be interested and
! amused
Books have done much to spread
| this knowledge. All have read of
the days Of Custer, Miles, Crook,
Kearney, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Tex
as Jack, Chiefs Geronimo, Sitting
Bull and Rain-in-the-Face; also Of
the raising and handling Of great
herds Of cattle, in tens of thousands,
but no knowledge equals that which
is furnished first hand by means Of
the eye and the ear This latter