Evening star., 1936-05-17

year begin to tickle the antici-
~ patton of some of the travel
minded. a herd of 125 800-pound
steers will be trailed from below the
Mexican border to Nogales, Ariz. And
when Western visitors arrive in
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 22-they come
by plain, train, bus and private auto
they will have been preceded not only
by this herd, but more than 500 head
of other stock-savage bucking bron-
cos. Brahma steers, Hereford calves,
racing ponies.-some 200 cowboys,
cowgirls, jockeys, skilled trick riders
and ropers. Sioux Indians and
clowns-performers all. They will
compete for four days in % events
each day. for purses totaling about
$4,000. for trophies and rodeo titles,
for applause, in thrills and spills at
the fortieth annual Cheyenne frontier
days celebration, July 1925.
Once Hell on Wheels"
known in the days of the Cheyenne
to-Deadwood stage-coach run as Hell
on Wheels" modern Cheyenne ex-
tends each year welcome to $4,000
visitors, including many notables, who
are accommodated in up to date hotels,
tourist camps and in rooms in the
best homes of representative citizens.
open more as an accommodation than
for revenue.
Visitors find hearty Western well
come. These days the cowboys do not
draw six-shooters at the least provoca-
ton and command: ''Smile-darn
you-smile!" But such scenes live
again on the float of an old-time bar
room lined with cowboys tossing EN-
down. to be seen July % and "a. at
$50 am. in the Frontier Days parade
In covered wagon, army dogherty,
stage coach, victoria, ranch wagon,
hanson cab. phaeton and tea wagon
are passengers coStumed in keeping
with each vehicle.
Ladies in velvet, full skirts. tight
bodices, TINY hats, vigilantes dealing
out frontier justice by hanging; a
village of Indian tepees, with bucks,
squaws and papooses; oxen and a
model passenger train-such are the
scenes. Indians stage war dances in
the streets. bands and drum corps
play. and the angular rancher and
Eastern business man, deb and cow
girl, soldier and civilian rub elbows.
Fine Mounts for Riders.
Superb specimens are everywhere
| before the horse lover. who may rent
fine mounts from one of the several
livery stables.
To Frontier Park. Cheyenne's out
skirts, approximately $4,000 specta-
tors go by bus or auto. They file into
the spacious, rooted, steel grand
stands, where reserved seats sell from
81 to 50, and into covered blea chers.
Into the arena, bounded by i2-
mile oval track. gallop contestants
and officials on horseback, trudge In
diars from the tepee village near the
park, roll the caissons from the fort.
Across the arena, facing the specta-
tors, outlaw broncs plunge about in
box-like corrals known as chutes.
Steers and calves bawl in larger cor
rails at either end of the oval A
cowgirl. red kerchief flying and yel-
low shirt billowing. races her pony up
the track in front of the stands to
join the grand opening entry and pa
rade of contestants. And the worlds
greatest drama of the range, The
Daddy Of En- ALL is under way.
Originated in 1897.
Frontier Days originated in 1897,
first celebration of its kind. and con-
sisted of few events as compared with
today. A newspaper of that year re-
marked: 1T is curious and mex
plicable thing, the unaccountable de-
sire of dozens of ladies to stand on
the race track. totally oblivious to
the extreme novelty and danger OF
their positions, and, while it was
relief to see them grab their petticoats
and get safely away from the deadly
feet of wild and crazy broncS, the
spectacle was not edifying, and should
be dispensed with next year.
Today, however, the risks, which are
many indeed. are run by the perform
ers, who welcome them in the pride
OF their calling and the knowledge that
the best of expert medical attention Is
on the spot. knowledge OF now sue
cessfully to take tumble from a neav-
ing bronc or to slip OF a sythmlc pony
to the horns Of charging steer, are
feats entailing many close calls" but
Such is the skill OF contestants ana
mounts that seldom do serious injuries
occur.
Man Against Beast.
Events combine the thrills OF the
circus, the open range and the race
track. and facts pertinent to each
event are broadcast by public address
system as the show progresses. A TRICK
roper STANDS on his head ana lassos
four horses ridden abreast past him
by an equestrian, riding Roman style.
Aspiring cowboys, under IL years OF
age, try their luci. at riding calves
which don't want to be ridden-and
usually aren't. Wild Brahma steers
and bareback broncS entertain tull-
f1edged rangemen In more savage
fashion, and cowboys bite the dust"
A clown mounts little burro, dips his
heels in, vainly. Suddenly it bucks
to the clowns downfall. A calf comes
running out Of a corral, gets a 3O-foot
start. a cowboy then rides after, swings
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