Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09
"JUBILEE" UNcoNoUERED.
One Broneho in Buffalo Bills Show
Refused 10 be Tanned.

Der of the indianapolis fire depart
ment, Was associated with. Buffalo
Bill" says the indianapolis News. He
was superintendent Of stock for the
Cody show at one time. Then he was
at Cody's million dollar Wyoming
ranch in the Big Horn basin. rt
In Wyoming Cody always had not
fewer than five thousand horses rang
ing the grassy lands and it took con-
siderable crew to keep them under
scrutiny. The Cody brands were
famous over the western country and
horse thieves seldom looped their
lariats around one Of the old scouts
animals. t
Bronchos "Just Naturally Mean"
1t was from the ranch that Cody
drew most of the animals for his
shows. Bill Reedy smiles at the pop
ular idea that the bucklng bronchos
of wild west shows are trained for the
show ring and that their stunts are
purely trained equine gymnastics.
Some Of them may learn after a
time that they are part of the show"
says Bill, but q great majority of
bucking broncs are just naturally
mean and no Billy Sunday in the world
could make a Christian out of them.
They're natural sinners and never go
to the mourner's bench for anybody.
The smartest horses in the world come
from the corlals and they're wise
enough to know that il they become
too docile they may have to go drag
ging wagons around the lot-like the
tanned horses do.
The Case of Jubilee
Take, for, instance old Jubilee" |"
Bill recalls. There was horse that
bucked before all the crowned heads
Of Europe, and he behaved just as
badly before King Edward as he
did before the dirtiest little bootblack
in all London He was no respecter
OF persons. Once you got saddle on
his back he had four legs in the air
and his head between his legs. He
could hump like Mt. Versuvius and
come down like a freight train fall
ing off bridge. Jubiles, came from
the Panhandle Of Texas and, al
though he was one Of the worst aco
tors that ever lived, every man in the
Cody show loved him. They liked
his gameness. He lived to be almost
80 years old !, and he fought through
practically every year Of it. OF course
in his old age he was easily winded
He would start across. the arena like
a wildcat, then. his-wipd would fail
and he would Hover In a heap, re-
quiring an extra agile rider to- keep
from getting under him. Colonel Cody
pensioned Jubilee in his old age and
put him in his own corral at the winter
quarters in Coatsville. actually hated
to say good bye to old Jubilee"
MUDDY" SHE'D From Rope.
Reedy had great affection for an old
gray horse named Muddy, too. Muddy
was famous for his opposition to a
rope. Reedy rode Muddy over hun
dreds, of miles Of range and used to
have fun trying to rope him after a
hard days ride. But, weary though
he was, Muddy could always sense the
loop Of the rope and plant his hind
legs so firmly that even dynamite
could not move him. a. r.
Colonel Cody never would permit
his bucking horses to be shod. There.
was too much danger in it. Buckers'
are not the most graceful animals in
the world and II they begin round OF
fireworks the shoes usually cut them
severely. The shoes also are danger.
Gus for the riders. ...
Threw Famed Rough Rider.
Jubilee had a-record for having in
jured twenty men during his career
but none was killed. The old bucker
gained his greatest reputation as a
man tosser. when he threw Ed Good
rich, the famous rough rider, in 1885,
That was during an exhibition Of the
Cody shows in Madison Square Gar
den, New York. 1t was Goodrich's
most humiliating experience and
Jubilee's most glorious. Seventeen
stitches were required to patch the
punctured Uranium Of the rough
rider.
Reedy recalls horse known as
Seven L. The animal had the runa-
way habit and used to bolt through
any hole in sight. Bert Shenck' a
rider, finally conquered Seven L. and
thought he had him we'll tanned. But
one day Seven L. made q break for
sweet liberty. His heels went in the
air, his head between his legs and
across the arena .,e went at lightning
speed, Schenck hanging on like
leech. Out through the entrance
door Seven L. went. He remained a
vicious bucker to the end of his days.
"Just when you think you have
those birds sweetly tanned Is just
when they're going to fool you," says
Bill.
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