The Washington times., 1923-03-11
CODY WHOOPS It Up
FOR MRS. WHITNEY
Town Is Highly Pleased With
Plaster Cast of Buffalo
Bill Statue.
"STAMPEDE" SET FOR JULY
|Six-foot Cowboy on Broadway
Passing Out "lnvites" for
Huge Event.
''STAMPEDE" SET FOR JULY
By CORINNE RICH.
Universal Service.

Universal Service.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Citizeni
Of the little town of Cody, Wyo.
are ready to throw their hats II
the air and proclaim Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney's equestrian statue
OF Buffalo Bill the Finest ever"
And when July comes, bringing
with It the Cody stampede, thu
sculptress herself win be the honor
guest. The people Of the homt
town of the great @frontiersmar
viii place their stamp Of approva
on her work.
boy, manager OF the coming dem
onstration, owner OF the flyins-W
ranch and a lot Of other Things
assured me today that the resi-
dents of Cody are completely SAT-
isfied with Mrs. Whitney's statue
ENDS CONTROVERSY.
He thus set at rest the contro
versy that has arisen through.
report that Codyites considered the
horse in the piece snaacking u
the Central Park bride path ano
not of Wyoming's windy ranges.
.sThe model for the statue is n
Chicago now, done in plaster, Mr.
coleman said, when saw him q
his hotel. But the people back
home have seen the picture OF II
and they think the horse 10 enough
IKE Colonel Cody's to make 1t q go
ST understand the model IS just
rough sketch and that Wnen " =
finally put in bronze there VIII Is
some changes to make II even DsI
ter, But I haven't heard or anypouS
who suggested any sucn cnanses
Mrs. Mary letter Alen' niece =,
Buffalo Bill and one OF the NOS
active members OF the COMMITTEES
sI1neryising the memorial, who wal
recently quoted as saying that Gen
eraI Miles. for whom the famou!
scout did fancy riding in the Ole
DAYS. thought the plaster horse I'm
nosgible," denies making sucn
statement. Mrs. Allen added higt
commentator of the statue.
cow PONY UNNIANICURED.
"There is not much difference be
tween a Western pony and an East
ern society horse" Mr.. Coleman SAID
"except in the way he's handled
The prairie pony, though, does lool
more scraggy, because he's not mani
cured like horses here"
This cowboy knows all there is Y
| know about horses. He was literally
raised UP" with 'ern, and has more
medals and honors for broncho bust
| ing than he has nerve to tell ABOUT
He's going to ride in the july STAN
pede when he's not too busy manas
| ing 1t. ,..uo
arrangements for parties OF East
erners to be among those present
Mrs. Whitney and lots OF otnel
people from this city will be enter
tanned at the Flying-W during TN
stampede.
Coleman's eyes lighted up when M
talked about that event. And ever!
| inch of his more than six feet, skill
fulIy enveloped in the best tina
metropolitan tailors have to offer
1 exuded enthusiasm.
But when he got to discussing
the West. as it is and as 1t was
his face saddened a bit.
'GThere's no more big ranches AM
longer" he said. 1.-THE Government
ranges. where ranchmen graZet
their cattle, have been given ove1
to foreigners who try to maxi
farms out of them, without mucf
"The result is that ranchers FIND
feeding cattle not profitable ant
gradually the supply of beef IS oe
| ing exhausted. I don't know Wher'
weTl get 1t in few years.
Many of the ranches at Cody.
learned, among them the Flying-W
are really tourists camps. From
them as starting points are organ
lied pack parties into Yellowstone
Park with cowboys as guides:
1--WE have $50 or 200 boarders al
our place in the summer, and many
all year." he went on. We've
built big mess hall and a dance
floor to accommodate them. But
Cody is right at the entrance to the
park. Ranches farther away don'1
get visitors, and they're like they
were In the old days, only fenced IN
and much smaller"
Then his eyes frightened.
"But say, amt you coming to the
stampede? Cody's the finest place
on this green EARTH"