Carbon County news., 1937-12-17

llieve the yarns about burrs under
saddles" =. .--.. E E
'aWhat do you do with all your
spare time 1" | asked,
Il sew good deal, because we
girls make all our costumes" " said
Margie proudly. AT the nnoment
she was wearing white silk
blouse with purple pants. The blouse
collar was skillfully embroidered
with poppies. Another time when
| I saw her, she had on sky blue.
star-spangled ensemble with boil
ero jacket. "Most of us have cos
tunes Of almost every COLOR" she
said, "and it's a job to keep them
all in shape. So, in my spare time
I sew-and I also read The Family
Circle Magazine, which we always
get in Red Lodge, and now the
family sends it on to me here. At
rodeos sign plenty of autographs,
for every time I go out in costume
a swarm of little kids are after
me, and that's one reason / like to
wear regular dresses whenever /
can" (She looks grand in them,
too.) "And then I get an occasional
mash note, but / should say, judg-
ing from the expressions on the
faces I see hanging around the
Garden exits, that the eastern boys
are kind of afraid of cowgirls.
~ ride in lots of parades and I
like it, especially in New York, be-
cause I can get a grand view Of the
skyscrapers" by leaning back for a
good long gaze without looking
like a yokel. But I have no chance
to do practice bronc riding here. /
go into every contest absolutely
cold, and that makes it a lot tough
.er than it would be out West,
where there would surely be a near
by ranch with a few buckers to
try out. And I think a whole lot
about my little son."
Pardon me?" gulped this inter-
viewer, taking another look at the
girl who risks her life on a heav-
ing mountain of horsefesh. -
my little Charlie,'' laughed
Margie. "He's six years old and is
out on the ranch with my dad,
while my husband, Charlie Heavy
Henson, is here as a rider with the
show. ] told you we We're a riding
family" Then, rnotherlike, she
produced a picture of young Char
lie astride his pony. "What Pm
really working for" she said ear
nestly, is a little ranch of our
own, and five or six years of this
life will give US a. head start to-
ward it. / can earn between twen-
ty-fve hundred and three thousand
dollars a year at bronco riding, and
although my expenses are much
heavier than those Of a girl who's |
earning the same amount in an Of
flee, I manage to save more than I |
could any other way. Of course, if
I get to the very top, I'll earn lot |
more for a while. 49,. Il
After Boston, we go to Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and then we'll
drive home to Montana from there.
I've turned down a chance to go to |
Germany, because I have an idea
/ wouldn't like the ocean. Some Of |
us are going to spend about ten
weeks in Hollywood doing movie
work this winter. Then well start |
around the rodeo circuit again" |
The rodeo has become a nation
al institution. The Rodeo Associa-
tion Of America will sponsor more
than a hundred of them in 1888,
and perhaps a thousand smaller
ones will be. held. All through the
year the riders gradually find their
competitive levels, and October
sees the best of them heading for
Madison Square Garden and its
forty thousand dollars in Z prize
The riders pay their own
transportation and they supply |
their own saddle horses, but all |
other stock is provided by the
management, which also feeds and
stables the contestants own horses |
free of charge. Entry fees are re-
quired in all events, and the riders
must maintain themselves in New
York for almost three weeks, so |
only the cream of the western cow
boys and coWgirls go forth on this |
adventure. All rodeos under R. A.
A. auspices are covered by uni-
form rules. Shows are classified ac-
cording to the amount of prize
and at the end Of the year
all points won by contestants are
and the official world
championship titles are awarded
every spring at Fort Worth,
Texas. ID
/ hope that our western friends
will not be ruffled when I say that |
Madison Square Garden lifts the
rodeo to it's peak as a glittering
spectacle. Having seen the fam
ous Pendleton, Oregon, Roundup,
the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier
Days Celebration, and the Miles
GitU FoI1Tth of Ji11U Rodno IN Mar