Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-03-06

hunter, and he often expressed the
wish. according TO Mr.. Leavens, to die
in the field hunting. After spending
the in Montana and following
the fall roundup, the two Englishmen
always returned to England to spend
the winter hunting AND in the social
activities of the nobility. In spite of
his love of fox hunting. LoWther was
never particularly interested in big
game hunting in this country.
The rooms of the two men reflected
their different tastes. On the walls OF
Clifton's quarters were hung pictures
of all breeds of fancy chickens. Various
musical instruments and music books
we're about the room. Lowther's quar-
tiers, on the other hand, were decorated
with pictures and trophies OF the hunt.
LOwther Not Buster
Although a good rider in the English
fashion, Lowther could not qualify as
a broncho buster. In his roundup work,
however, if he happened to get hold
of a bucking horse, and in his tender
foot stage the cowboys sometimes saw
that he did, he gamely stayed with it
and the horses often punished him Sc
verely. Once in 1887, Mr.. LeavenS saw
Hill lIllOWIl lIOul a liOloC WliilC VII
the range near the lakes north Of Mus
selshell. When the horse was caught,
he insisted on riding again and was
thrown the second time. But he would
not give. up and finally succeeded in
riding it. While he did not seek out
the bad horses, he never hesitated to
tackle those that fell to his lot.
In his ways, Lowther was a typical
Englishman of the higher classes. He
was very quiet and reserved and diff
cult to draw out in casual converse
ton. He had, however, a few close
friends to whom he had been drawn
by similarity of taste or for other rea-
sons, and these we're by no means al
ways men of wealth or influence. He
was the soul of honor in all his
dealings.
During the Matabela wal in Africa
in 1876, Lowther served with the Eng
lish forces and was decorated for valor-
Gus services in the field. In 1900,
Lowther became interested with Mr..
Leavens and the late j.. B. Herford in
a contract for furnishing the British
government with horses for the Boer
war. They travelled through Oregon,
Utah and Idaho, purchasing horses,
and shipping them to New Orleans for
transportation to South Africa. 1t de-
volved on Lord" LoWther to entertain
the British officers who came to re-
ceive and inspect the shipments.
MI. HEREFORD, who was one Of the
close friends of LoWther in this coun-
try, was English born, the brother of
Oliver HEREFORD, the famous artist. He
had an adventurous career as stock
man and served at different times as
county attorney and sheriff of Yellow
stone county. He was in the Spanish
American war and, although around
60 years Of age, was in the Canadian
service in the World war.
Exceptional Chinese Cook
Lowther and Clifton had a Chinese
cook for a great many years, who
looked after the chickens and garden
besides his house duties. When the
owners were away he took almost COM
plete management of the ranch and
they could depend on him to have the
various affairs about the ranch going
along smoothly. After he had grown
old in their service, he left to
spend his declining years in his old
home in China. After that, the owners
found difficulty in finding a satisfac-
tory man to take his place. They tried
several other Chinese, a Japanese, and
various white men recommended to
them by different friends, but none
of them had his knack of management.
1t was noted, according to Mr.. Leavens,
that neither of them cared to stay
SO long at the ranch and they seemed
to lose interest in it after he left.
After the ROpr Uqr Inufhar'c vicitc
to Montana became more and more in
, frequent. His last visit was in about
1923 or 1924, when he spent a month or
two looking after ranch interests and
in visiting various friends in eastern
Montana. Among other interests in
{ sports, he was a tennis player of abil-
I ity. When Roundup had only a rough,
, improvised tennis court, he was fire.
( quently seen upon it and many Of the
younger generation came to. know and
like the silent Englishman through a
tennis acquaintanceship. Lowther con-
J., tinued to use the English riding CO.'S
tune, and the tall, spare Englishman
with grizzled, close-cropped beard
( which gave him a superficial resem-
t blance to King George, was a conspicu-
S GUS figure wherever he went.
Brother in Politics
: LOwther's elder brother was a con-
! spicuous figure in English politics fol
l more than a generation. He was speak
er of the house OF commons for a long
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