Weekly journal-miner., 1919-06-25

vicious lunge of bayonet-iike horns and sent horse and rider scurrying for life over brush and boulders.
 Plenty of chance for practice every morning when the might wrangler" brought in the "cavvie- yard" some morose, saddle-galled bronk was sure to try with all the vim of four sinewy, spur-marked legs to bust his rider-and there was al ways "the wall-eyed blue," or that nlan-eatin' appelosso, or that palo- nina renegade out O tn Bar-Circle mRchey band," whose place in the "cavvieyard' was held solely that the vain boaster might meet his down fall and the unsuspecting new man take this degree or make his picture in the dirt
 q bet they don't have no bronk at that Fo'th O July tournamint kin sunhsh an crossleg an high buck, an sidejump an bawl along with that machey palomeener,' Lazy S. (so- called from the brand of his outiD, remarked with pride as he walked around the cavvieyard champion at a safe distance from the wicked hoofs, flint-hard from, life on malpai range where lava rocks cut mercilessly and stampede of wild steers could be trailcd by the blood on their track and the reek of rock-burned hoof.
 "I aint ridin no sand storms this trip; I'm on tn trail O that steer tyin' prize saddle to stay-but I'll bet every dobe dollar tn outfit owes me on that ole cIaybank highbinder. Hell make them fancy buckaros eat dirt-you sec Last tournamint we had to roll his head in blanket an hog-tie all O his feet t git tn saddle on. put my money on Palomeener you sec"
 Before the rodeo was over there was nigh rivalry between the outfits; every one was ready to back its own broncho buster or steer-tying cham pion to the limit of the 'dobe dollars due next payday.
 June waned, dusty and dry; the sky a soft, burned-out blue, rlmmed at sunset with a wide pink of glow ing "drouth light" where when twl- light passed into blackness long pale waves of heat lightning flared up across the cloudless horizon.
 As the month grew shorter drift ing cloud shadows fitted over the hbls and cactus flats like the shadow of flying hawk, and the riders look ing up noted the white flecks of rain seeds" homing in like the punchers for the big Fourth of July.
 The last steer was cut into the beet herd, the last maverick branded for the pretty school teacher at Bowers Ranch. the last COW and calf headed toward the home range. The chuck wagons, showing here and there wheel bound with rawhide where some malpai boulder had contended right of way, pulled off each on its own track.
 The "cavvieyard' divided into strings of horses tied neck to tail, with bed rolls lashed on the leaders. If some unruly bronk shicd or pulled back the tail ahead got the strain and a pair of indignant heels landed their reproof on the sinner, till the line strung out in Indian file for home.
 See ye at tn tournamint. SoI Iong!" a dozen voices called Tn a, dozen directions at once. Well, guess! That saddle fer me! I'll be campin' right on it's trail-you see.
 Me. I'll take that silver mounted Spanish bit an then San Quentin bridle reins-them boys down in tn Pen does mighty fine hair work Why, Hosey Juan's ill there ter two years-didnt do nary thing neither list kind O careless with some ,ouarc an compass bronks." Them hundred 'dobe dollars looks rood to me. ] need 'em in my busi- ncss-goin' to have my iron on thai middle Circle U girl before fall TO- dear. You all watch me burn up tn l veartb iii that relay race; tn Flyin' i W outfit gimme tn pick O their ,avvievard an them Gold Dust yalier sorrels don't let nothin' on four legs throw dirt in their eyes, Down at the ranches big red, white and blue posters, tackled to trees and fence posts. and even on the gate oi the stockadc round pen Tapped in the hot wind that runs ahead ot the i -ainy season.
 The belligerent eagle at the top the middle of gorgeous l.. Pluribus Unum streamer in his hook ed beak and stretched his mighty ! wings in pride over yard of two inch type:
 Grand Fourth of July Tournament
 Steer Tying!
 Broncho Busting.
 Branding OH the Rope
 Relay Races, Hat Races.
 Flag Picking!
 Bare-backed Steer Rldlng!M Prizes!! Grand Prizes!! Cash.
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