The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11
New York
DAY by Day.
BY O. o. MCINTYRE.

New York, Nov. 10.-I spent an eve
ming recently in New York with a
group of cowboys as the guest Of
my friend Tex Austin. Here were
real and hardy riders OF the purple
sage-bronk busters. calf ropers
steer wrestlers and kings Of the lariat
More than any men I know the
cow-punchers link America of the
past with the present. They are as
genuine, unspoiled and sturdy as our
virgin forests. There is not an ounce
of four flush in the whole outfit. AT
ter living in New York many years
you appreciate this.
Even their names smack OF the
pristine purity of the plains-Nowater
Slim. California Frank. Scout Malsh,
Ruff Brady, Hank Durnell, Soapy
Williams, Red Sublett and Del Bled-
soc. After the silk hating verbiage
of the Manhattanese you warm to the
COWBOYS drawing 'Howdy.'
lie is the rough and ready aaVen'
tnrer of the first water. He pays ms
own expenses and entry fee TO every
rodeo without receiving cent OF
guarantee and relies only on MS
own skill to win the prizes. lie eN'
hausts the fury of a bncklng morse
az nonchalantly as he smokes a
cigaret.
The cowboy Is smugly Indifferent
TO the wonders of the metropolis
Many of them come here to the
Madison Square Garden. They eat
at the chuck.wagon. The world Oh
horses and steers satisfies.
After the great arena had been
cleared and all lights save two
small incandescents were extn-
guished | crossed through the buiid-
ing with Austin. A shadoNy flS-
lre on horseback was galloplnS
about.
Hes moonlightin' bronx,
said Austin. At the hour when
broadway was being whipped into
its aerated pleasure froth there
was something tremendously I'M
pressive to me in that lonely COW
boy galloping about a deserted
ghostlv building in the very heart
of Americas pleasure ground.
The cowboys lingo is also inter
esting to the tenderfoot. When he
is thrown from a bronx or Wild
steer, he calls It "eating gravel The
word "Broncho" is from the Mexican
word for mean 1t has been short
ened to bronx" in cowboy parlance.
The easterner regards polo as one
of his most dangerous sports. 1t Is
polite beanbag compared to the COW
boys sport of bull-dogging steer.
II there Is anything more daring than
the cowboys leap from horse go
ing lickety split to the horns of a
steer. then twisting the animal TO
the ground with n wrestling hold /
have never seen 1t.
Ny own experiences with horses
have been altogether unsatisfactory.
When I am on one / am always re-
minded OF the cartoon of the man on
n horse who was asked "Where
are you going?"
"IIow do l know" he replied Ask
the horse"
There was n calico pony ] used to
ride In Plattsburg. Mo-, to visit my
grandfather on his farm. 1t was blind
In one eye, had the heaves and was
otherwise dispirited II required great
effort to get him into an ordinary jog.
But one day at the sight OF thresh-
Ing machine he decided to spurt. lie
wheeled about suddenly and made for
the livery stable. lost tho stirrups
snd have painful memory OF going
through the main residential street
shouting, Somebody. please stop
hlmr And TO make II worse a young
iady at whom l had been casting
sheep's eyes was sitting In ham
mock on her front porch.
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