Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-02
WHERE MEN STILL DARE

applied, would bring an audience up
standing and cheering anywhere.
with nearly ali tho spectators fully
aware OF the risks and merits OF tho
feat, there were all the cheers man
could ask. ono big citizen. who look-
ed the prosperous rattlcmen he prob
ably Is. after yelling all the yells he
knew. which were considerable, cN-
, pressed his appreciation thus: Men.
l would not have missed that for 4
thousand dollars. no matter how low
cattle was selling for"
Other sport,
Yet this feat was done by others in
{ seconds flat. in IL and fraction
seconds and by practically all the con
testants within "a minute. Fancy COW
boy and cowgirl riding, roping and
| all the other range sports got their
turn in tho public eye and interest
I Maybe II is easy to rido n cowpouy
while standing upright on tho saddle.
and to do all the other fancy riding
tricks. by their intense attention %
all the details of the performance.
Tho cowgirl was in evidence. and
4 proved thnt there are very few ridlrE
Z tricks that girl cannot do and still
7 keep her good looks and style.
d In the calf ropinE contests. tho
comnittco had furnished herd OF
I Hereford calves Cunder ono year old
I Is q calf ,iu tho cattle country that
could run like deer. Frequently they
could outrun the fleet cowponios that
had been specially selected and train
cd by their riders for this contest
Tho calf did not seem to be going 90
fast. having short nimblo legs undCT
him, until e was seen that tho hard
riding cowboy with his mount street
B ched to tho last inch. could not &c.
within good ropinE distance. Then,
| too. in the course OF these many do
L In
ropod before. and, like the bulldoggcd
steer. after one experience they avoid
/ repetition. II possible. When the calf
sees that the rope is about to bo
thrown he VIII frequently stop short,
or turn quickly. or course the roper
feels bad about II and says so, but tho
/ calf can hardly he ~cxpectcd to sym
| pathizc, For TO be roped means to be
( brought up TO a stop suddenly and
violently. to be thrown TO the ground
] by vigorous and fast-working COW
boy, to be tied and trussed up. and
thus to await tho judges inspection
and approval.
Jerry Wright. of Brady. Texas, did
all OF this in 20 and one-fifth seconds
and large number did tho feat I'm
less than one minute.
After the cattlcmen has taken his
! full part in tho proceedings of his
/ convention. and has been reglled with
D
! he goes to the restaurant that he
Knows is all right by experience or by
/ most careful inquiry. He passes up
l the fads and fashions of the bill OF
fare. having neither taste nor desire
for tho things whose first function is
| TO please the palate or show varied
skin in cookery. lie knows what no
| wants. To his mind, beyond all ar
/ Eument, IT Is tho only food that
white people ought to cat and the
only food worth while. Ho orders a
( choice I bone or tenderloin steak,
tull size. and, as n slight concession
to dietctic principle. a few fried pota-
I toes on the side. with two cups OF
coffee this is a meal to bo taken at
all times. breakfast, dinner, and sup
per. This diet violates almost every
{ rulc of tho books, and certainly con-
codes nothing to the yogetarians. 1t
has in It's favor the fact that tho
western range-ridinE cattleman seems
! 10 have moro strength. nerve and en-
! durance than any other typo of
I human.