Weekly journal-miner., 1915-07-08
HOW BIG SHOW
 IMPRESSED EASTERNER
(From Tuesdays Daily) (By w M. Warren, of the Boston Herald Editorial Staff)

(By w M. Warren, of the Boston
 Herald Editorial Staff)
 It is pleasure to accept the kind invitation of the Journal-Miner to tell in a few words how the Frontier Days celebration impresses an East erner.
 When l came through Las Vegas few days ago, friend invited me to stay over until the Fourth of July that 1 might see the cowboys re- union in that place. Nothing would have suited me better; but my plans for further travel put this delay out of the question; so I expressed my regret. After my friend had gone, a cowboy who had been sitting near made suggestion: "If you want to see the real thing, you had better run down to Prescott"
 At the Grand Canyon, I asked Cap tain Hance if he knew anything about the Prescott celebration. Last year." said he, Prescott had the best bulldogging 1 ever saw" did not know then what bulldogging was, but it sounded good and l wanted to see 1t for myself.
 Besides all this, was the more desirous of coming to Prescott on two accounts. Arizona had been a surprise to me ever since I had pass cd the white post with which the Santa Fe had marked the state line: I wanted to see more of its resources and its people. And Powell in his latest book, "The End of the Trail" :" had spoken of the cowboy as a fast vanishing type. I was by no means sure that Powell was right; but l wanted to take no chances.
 So I came to Prescott Saturday afternoon. The story of the cour- tesies that made my welcome cordial and of the pleasant acquaintances that will long finger in my memories of the town was not exactly what the Journal-Miner has asked me to tell; but 1 cannot repress this grateful ac- acknowledgement not only to the hosts that opened their homes for me but also to half score of prominent citizeHs who have helped me spend my visit to best advantage. Pres cott's hospitality alone is worth com ing long way to sec.
 As for the celebration, the Las Vegas man, if I am any judge. was altogether right First and last l have seen a good many games and races and contests of skill 1 have seen the Arabs race bufaloes at Luxor. But I have never seen a set of ruled events carried through with finer spirit than these contests at the Prescott Fair grounds.
 What strikes an Fastener first, perhaps, is the picturesqueness of the whole scene. The colors, the cos tunes of the riders, the swift action of the mounted judges and aides and waiting contestants, the gay crowd in the grandstand. the handsome trees just across the track, the out- lying hills that surround the whole park like the walls of great amphi- thcatre-all these make living pie ture that must appeal strongly to cv- cry visitor not yet familiar with the characteristic figures and back grounds of this region.
 And next, think, the newcomer enjoys the dash and swing of it all. Just as the COW pony gets under way like boy in track race, so the events get underway without tedious jockcying and delays. Everything is animation; not only the foreground is full of movement, but up the field and. down the field and across the field you sec riding and preparations and recoverics; some of the most cx- citing events arc not on the program at all; they arc just incidental to a full list of events that are succeeding each other swiftly. The steer or the broncho that just had its turn in front of the grandstand is still raising the dust in the distance when the cries of the crowd call your eyes back to the next event already begun
 But whether sports arc witnessed in Arizona or in Massachusetts, the main thing that both Fastener and Westerner look for is nerve, grit, patiently won skill. For these quail ties, for adroitness, courage, and hard strength, the Prescott contests have me much as the Olympian games of old Greece must have i'm pressed the visitor from some far away colony. They arc not only of rare interest in themselves; they are a fortunate possession for Prescott. I trust that among the thousands of visitors that they will attract year by year, many Fasteners may come, with such pleasure and profit as I have found.
 DEATH SUMMONS
 COMES LIKE FLASH