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Cheyenne. Wyo., June 20.
"scra-a-a-a-atch i'm COWBOY" tn.
famous broncho busters yell a be
heard already out where the "hands'
are working over some of the wild
ones In preparation for Frontier
Days which commence here on July
25th.
The wranelers are riding some OF
'em-and then there are some of the
s~hifty-eyed broncs fresh off'n the
range that Just naturally amt being
rode this season. they simply amt
disappointed thataway nohow. Cen
tlemen. hush, rs the Teller from
Medicine Bow says. tn cowboy that
rides into the worlds bronc Dustin
championship this wear is going to
know he's been aboard a havss. Yes.
sir!
And that's the dope. direct from
the range where the widest causes
on four legs are being rounded up
for the celebrated cowboy SPORTS
which decide the worlds chamnlon--
suits. T"
Phil Yoder is to defend the bronze
riding championship he won last
year. and against him will he pitted
such riders as Bryant Roach, Raw
Bell. Hugh Strickland. Slim Holder.
Eddie McCarty and others, the 'Top
hands, OF the West. And for them
to battle. aiding and abetting the
new unridden bronchos from the
ranges as 1T were, will be such motor
1ous outlaws as Righ Rock. Coyote.
Boxer. Lightning Creek - all
m that have spelled defeat to
many championship ~contenders.
Preparations are being made for a
h"ee crowd to witness the contests.
with accommodations for double that
OF last year. Eastern bankers, cow
boys. CAPITALISTS, r%anchers, society
women. Indians - forty thousand OF
them are expected. all to go stark
ravfng mad together as wild men
11ght wilder horses, to dance up and
down. pound each other on the back
and swell the roar that has rolled 80
many times cross the ranges at
Cheyenne
Ride i'm cowboy! scra-a-a-a-a-a-
a-a-atch i'm! Alta boy!"
The silver mounted Union Pa
cific saddle. in addition to the large
purse. has for long years been the
symbol of the worlds broncho bust
ing championship. and for the cow
girls the magnificent gold, silver
n diamond McAlpin trophy is rep
resentative Of the winning of the
worlds title in all around horse
womanship. The two are the pre-
mier trophies in the world of cow
Ian sports and 1t is hard to state
which is the most holly contested. !
1t is certain that the cowgirls' con-
tests are not even a single jump be-
mind o OF the men in daring,
thrills or excitement, and II thous-l
ands go temporarily mad at the1
sight OF q husky puncher battling his
outlaw broncho. they 90 finally
crazy with enthusiasm when such .
tiny little Miss as Lorena Trickey
mounts n of the same vicious
cayuses and rides him to surrender.
The McAlpin trophy raj first Civ
en- by L.. M. Boomer Of the McAipin
Hotel In commemoration of Mics
Wyoming's visit to New York, when
the famous cowgirl TRADEMARK" Of
Frontier Days rode her cowpony to
the 26th floor Of the great hostelryl
and u onto its roof for her first
view of the metropolis.
Showing the State of Wyoming in
a map OF carved silver, with Chew.
enne marked by q diamond, II bears
the figure OF Miss Wyoming with the
lettering in carved gold. It's win
ming, in addition to the Worlds
Championship title, also carries with
It a trip to New York where It is Of
ncially presented. each trophy be-
coming the permanent property Of
the winner. and a new edition being
made for each succeeding year.
Miss Trickey, a tiny cowgirl.
weighs not SO YER much more than
a sizeable stock saddle. has won It
twice and this year will again defend
her title. Few would suspect this
slim little girl Of being a champ, but
Hot dawg." as the punchers at
Cheyenne say, How that girl can
ride!"
horse wrangles can get a saddle
horse wranglers ca nget a saddle
onto - and when he has finished his
entire repertoire of tricks, and may
be maybe invented q few moro for
the occasion. she'll still be in the
saddle with the bronc wondering
what he has run up against. Trick
riding. relay riding, where she
changes horses at every lap, all on q
dead run. Roman standing riding
with a foot on each of two f~ranticai-
ly tearing nags. roping, even bull
do8g1ng yearl1ng steers, are all easy
to her. All of these events, except
ing bulldogging, are q part Of the
cowgirls' championship contest.
This year. with every cowgirl in
the country out after tho title, the
McA1pin trophy contest will mean
thrill after thrill. For months Miss
Trickey's rivals have been practicinE
the various events, and II she re-
tains her title another year it will
be a championship we'll won.
Phil Yoder. long champion in steer
roping. will be out after his old time
honors again. and from his Wyom-
ing ranch come rumors Of phenomen-
al speed made in roping and tying