New Ulm review., 1921-10-26
COWBOYS FAILED
TO MAKE A HIT
MANKATo FREE PRESS SCRIBE
RlDlcuLEs ATTEMPTS
TO ENTERTAIN. 3
wEsTERNERs COULDN'T TWIRL
LAsso. RIDING WAS
PUNK STUFF.
wEsTERNERs COULDN'T TwIRL

Wednesdays Issue OF the MdnE0t0
Daily Free Press contained the fol-
lowing article commenting upon the
visit in that city of the three cowboys
from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, who
spent several hours in New Ulm,
Monday afternoon of last week, en-
route to New York City:
The three cowboys from Wyoming
who were in Mankato yesterday,
without laying any claim to being
bad men or wild west performers,
were called upon to put on a frontier
demonstration and with more than
good nature agreed to furnish amuse-
ment for local citizens. 1t is hardly
necessary to add that everyone had
a good time at the party north OF the
Saulpaugh and no harm was done.
The effort on their part was only to
furnish little fun and lit is feared
that the event may have been taken
too seriously by some people,.
Buffalo Bill Would Blush
Shades OF Buffalo Bill and the 9th
or celebrities of the pioneer days who
excelled in the manly arts of rough
riding, rope throwing, craftsmanship
and putting on hold-up parties for
the purpose of relieving coach travel
ers OF their yaluables. The late la
mented Colonel Cody would have
writhed in his grave had he been able
to see the wild west performance"
given, here by 'Wildhorse Slim"
'Flapjack Steel" and "Muligan
Pete three men who say they are
the genuine article from Jackson's
Hole, Wyoming. and are riding to
New York City on freak wager and
are to arrive there before January l.
The show opened forty minutes
late yesterday afternoon on the open
ground just north of the Saulpaugh
with an ATTEMPTED fancy roping act
by the. redouhtable "Mulligan Pete"
The rope proved stubborn and after
repeated failures on the part of the
cowboy to get a sign Of a loop out of
the hemp, "Wildhorse Slim" dis
mounted from the poor old dobbin he
was riding and. took charge OF. the
rope features,
Something Slipped Again.
Here the big crowd, assembled for
little taste of the life in frontier
days, edged up bit closer as the act
promised to be a dandy from the con-
fdent manner in which Slim walk
ed to the center of the arena and took
charge of things. A half dozen tries
were enough to convince the second
performer that he was never meant
to be roping artist, but the small
boys Of Mankato were not so long in
finding it out Long, loud laughter
emanated from the solid ranks of A.
nerican youth after the second try
failed to show anything in the roping
line.
Oh, yes, and the horses and the dar-
ing way in which they were ridden.
Due to the fact that the long ride be-
iAS il0OE ny Gle illcu IlcCGSSitdG6S
their sparing their mounts, horses for
the act yesterday were furnished by
several farmers from the vicinity of
this city and the horses didn't care
for the assignment. Spur meant no.
thing to them and neither did the lash
of the reins. One of the three horses
was induced to trot at one stage Of
the game but the other two kept
themselves to dignifed walk. The
only interest taken by the chargers
was at the passing OF a load Of hay
down Main street, when two of them
set up a. nervous whinneying.
The Fearful Holdup. j
Rough-riding being impossible for
the afternoon because the horses
didn't feel rough, the next on the card
was the holdup OF the Mankato
stage coach. The big carriage was
brought in from the north end OF the
field and the bold men lay in wait at
the north end. As William Harlin
fooled his chestnut team down through
the crowd at jog trot, the robbers
bided their time until they saw that
the lay Of the land was in their favor
and walked out on their horses. |
Since the horses refused to get excited
all three dismonnted and the mounts
trotted a few feet away where the
grass was long and green and stayed
there while the robbery was going on.
The stage was robbed all right, even i'll
Driver Harlin did dsrefuse to put his
hands up, and the passengers refused |
to be cowed by the show Of guns and. |
the firing of blank cartridges. w.
H. "Spiegel'' Andersen, one Of the
passengers in the stage, grappled (
with "Flapjack' and in few minutes
passengers and robbers were rolling
on the dirt seemingly more interested
in getting wrestler,s fall than in get
ting back or away with anyone's mon
ey.
At this point the crowd overran
the field and it was impossible to see
80 l.