The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
ENALAMA RIDERS WIN LAURELS 0M ARENA;;
OUTLAW HORSES BRINGING FANCY PRICES
BY j. F. LEWIS
photographs by the Author.)

Ekalaka, the county seat of Carter
county in southeastern Montana, is
an old cowtown and has always been
noted for the wild west flavor dis
played at its fairs and race meets. 1t
has produced a bunch of broncho
busters and riders that carry off heir
share of the prizes and honors in
whatever arena they appear. AT the
Belle Fourche roundup the first week
in July the Ekalaka horses and rid
ers, who are to the manner born,
made such a hit hat they were en-
gagged by a wild west show company
to tour the large eastern cities, their
first engagements being in Chicago,
Detroit and Cleveland.
Ray Reese, a Chicago business
man, was once a resident of Ekalaka.
AS a matter of course he was found
at he wild west show on Sunday
afternoon in the Windy City. When
he glanced over the program, to his
exceeding great surprise he found
the names of Charley Whitney and
his wife. Mrs. Florence Whitney,
among those entered for the relay
races. and the names of a half dozen
other Ekalaka people entered for va
rious events, such as bronx riding,
steer riding, bulldogging and roping.
Mrs. Whitney is a daughter OF
Ekalaka, the Indian wife of David
Harrison Russell, after whom the
town was named, and Charley Whit
ney is one of the native sons who
owns a string of famous outlaw
bronks and race horses that have
49, -.sa1s.n 1oTralc of tho hiO |
roundups for several years past. The
names of Grover Cleveland, Dan and
Owen Hedges were also on the Chi
cago program. Grover Cleveland is
a son of George Cleveland, a county
official in Carter county and a cousin
of former President Cleveland. The
Hedges boys are sons of DR.. j. p.
Hedges, who was a rough rider IN
the Spanish-American war and a
friend of Roosevelt in his cowboy
DAYS. DR.. Hedges had a ranch in
what is now Carter county at the
time Roosevelt lived on his ranch
further down the Little Missouri, just
across the Dakota state line. Some
of the other eastern Montana buck
O who are with this show are Pus
EwaIt of Ekalaka, the McCrorey boys
of Piniele, Howard Tegland of Miles
City. and the Askins boys and Paddy
Ryan of Ismay.
A Chicago nan who was in this
part of the west last fall said he saw
a. better exhibition of wild horse and
bronx riding in the Powder river
country than he ever saw in any wild
show in the east. Now that they
are getting horses and riders from
this section of Montana, the eastern
ers will be given the opportunity OF
seeing the real article.
Raw Reese of Chicago writes to the
Ekalaka Eagle: 81 thought possibly
YOU might be interested in knowing
the part that Ekalakans have played
in helping to entertain thousands OF
Chicagoans during the nine days of
the Worlds Championship Cowboy
Contest In the mems relay races
Whitney has taken second place on
four days and Grover Cleveland sec
ond on two days. Pretty good, when
consider that they are riding
the worlds champions. Flor
ence Whitney has taken second on \
four lays in the ladies' relay race
and stands an excellent chance of
first in the final race. She
has been beaten only by Vera Nc
Ginnis, the worlds champion relay
rider.
"The boys have been entered every :
day in the bronx and steer riding, SO,
taken altogether, 1 think Ekalaka q
has done her part towards making 4
this, the greatest of all wild west
shows, a success"
All the Montana riders got in
somewhere among the winners. Bob
Askins, of Ismay, won first place in
steer riding and Howard Tegland of
Miles City, in the bucking contest,
stood second only to Yakima Can
mutt, who claims the worlds cham
oionship in this line.
The boys state that it was a very i
hard contest, there being over one
1undred of the best riders in the
United States to compete with and
he horses were the worst buckers
hey ever saw, some of them Cana
liam horses weighing from 1900 to
800 pounds, and one, called wild D
tipped the beam at 1880. :,