Show THE TRE ROPING AT j i ij j i By Roy ta n Baker K r j ji i I 1 1 i 1 I H r n wa to be 3 roping at P s sI I JT GOH P rk came ridIng a 11 pony ot tUh hL blanket blank blanketS t tucked S tUcked up UI under r the brow of his sad Id sadde de i I bit bIg Wheel spurs t every eelY ambling lep of the pInto An All the signs proclaimed that Turk WAS Vas from Texas His saddle o WM d Ufe ditch eirich his rope was or of orul ul p as as your thumb and only I ns a long as tile the rawhide f and W were re Colorado j Oil his III brid and I a silver spade bit th cost mor than the pinto himself Her Hg hadI had far for his hf eyebrows we powdered with Zinc fine white dust nd canteen rubbed Ills his saddle flank Turk lI Was sas La Paloma and what he would do with wilt the h he already as a wOn Turk had birr Innocent blue YOS t at straiGht out at you from the tRe desert esert wrinkles winkles of o his broWn bron face It a lUt moustache the first ot of hood and firm lips rb ere Cas something s so ir flew about him that C Carver the he d ju of th the roping Instinct InstinctIvely i Ively ly c d him the lithe Kid KidY Y YOu see Pacos Brown do dobe be huts in the of a wide gray gra plain 1 tutt tufted d in the like e uphOlstery upholstery with knobs or of sag sagebrush a rail railroad railroad road gleaming it like lik a chalk ine dim blUe bItt mountaIns ragged along the tOps top et up in the distance nce Out from the town on the right a dusty duety road to a lingo for 8 a ra race e course ourse with a steer pen penIn penIn In one Cow GoW were sad dUng tightening cinches mounting nd rIding rp oP and down in bustling contusion a was gathering to the tl grand at one side a taU tall in a white sombrero was bawl lug for or b betS S c the contest and over overall aU all glared the white sunshine was wa at liz Its favorite sort snort St Steer cr r Is ite e art ot of the cat tIG r It Is the chief bUsiness or o the cowboy o great sport is so 90 With the work ot of the soU no n work worl has bas In it so mu or of the ele or of wild sport Thirk riding into th the corral fen felt aU all the eyes of Pasco heavy Upon hIm It gac im a S sense oV 01 heat and too netIe air H He felt somehow tl they Y kne knew e the women kneW that this wa ari r to be his first pu public l c r He e wished that they a aO H o of his wEld wEd arid and tying the La Lazy A out lt and then he was they dl nt Out on the plains hi 10 th the strength at af e every rY mUs muscle ele cle n hIS lanky sie si feet and he war vas certaIn ot of winnIng but IlOW he felt large loose lo ose obstructive fI nd dr r one panicky second he was ridin prizes to the wind Then lu he iI hi teeth shut and dis m By y h bI sAid ru rn stay Here at the pen where a Jozen ozen wild wore panting were knotted the cow and their Carver and lis Judge and amI the small men who wore WIth WItha VItha a throb of ti heart Turk recognized Bud Oliver to tG hint man manOh mj Oh the fhe cattle range go O an 1 between Texas and LO was his equal f r roping and tying Turk wO wOOl la Ith rather r have be been n naBu aBu Bud Oliver than g gOvernor ar of Te Texas as Turk wa wath the th receiving his lIke a kIng giving them nn an wor t or a clap on the b ka hope les i Inimitable of good f lip And then thel theix was Bust Buster Buste e er I r tan th the champion champlon of Arizona arid ana fl a 0 sC man an With 6 Urie a Doe Dec Mason Iason vho ho uil r p d with BUffalo Thu sm and a Or of others whose rhoe names were it In fri the roping field Turks Parks heart Wl t down and d Wn dawn wf n he th thought or of c With men mett like Uke thes and ri It ped u up with the that he was vas jn In corn com Hi pithy a 8 part t It ft and nd he 1 that lI WOuld leave th tilt field until e f man in It r d him as a a rOper too LIttle groups of people iier drIfting by to tb the grand stand Here Nore and from th the of f his eye as ashe heb he nt to adjust the cinches Turk McGlory caught the glint of a white skIrt or of a flowing rIbbon s the girls stopped to discuss th c cOntestants he heard them talking of o Bud Oliver and Mason Iason and Bu Buster ter Graham SUddenly a ai he tIghtened a ago strap It a saucy mulling d up at him Her s1 sister wr was evi evidently dently trying to pull her away but 11 mU talC t teasingly a Jm m wearing your colors Mr Texas rou ou must win He saw nothing bait oot deep een bla black k e eyes s sand and he rel fel the In his face He cr ha e spoken it he had known I thit it w sc to save sae his bIs Ute life and he knew that lle he was smiling 1 She be looked beck over oyer her shoulder I Ir r It a mischievous finger I IR R he said i Turk took tw steps after her and t went v nt back to his saddle She Shew I w wits S 1 In 1 and white he wore a blue and White silk knotted loosely fashion about his I Whatever else he saw he also I Isa st sa her until she was In her Place In I th 1 gt nd Stan one shouted a flagman rode the p pen n oU on a sleek cI city horse the die s nd the bett rs slowly O ked away wa l the CO b ys and andt t th d the pen The con COIl contest test w V about to begin Turk oh ob r d l eVery cont contestant stant except But Oliver md and himself was nn an Ari An sunu or ew t cinch Sj 2 hite s rowel spur and andall nh all that Tu Turk k himself wore a bIg black hilt hat sagging so 10 low lowas as to 10 make hIm appear d and ana high highS S 11 Mexican an b and a vest un l but no iio coat He stepped with witha a r oll seen only In these dwell dwellers ers eS oil hors s to Whom walkIng Is an exercise to be avoided An nt was dropping one ot bars ot of the pen pea feet iu iii front where alog marked the start starting lug ing plase e Denny Hughes th the first of oft t tilt tt was on his J re bridle rein down c his r re e and fitting the rings to the proper his fingers In front oL him a hundred feet from the pen la the sat suit and still with M it g in air steer was to hav a am m ted feet teet start and the cowboy cowboyS S not to gIve eha Until the flag As Ag befitted it b n natural tural sport tU thu rules Were ere feW teV and sImple It w waS tog to gilt t the steer hIm and tl till h Un so h ho oU Id not get up aWl ali the thu puncher who made the best tim was the winner It Is the every eelY of the co cow man on the range It its s Ilic Way wa all tattle catU are caught either branding or killing o bars were down A splendid steer stepped out wIth 1 Used head and horns high paused a Jl o and lOoked l regally about him rn nt the die hush McGlorY he heard ra with a thrill tile the coarse shout or of the pool seller What nih th I 1 ted on Turk ot of Te Texas as against the field 1 There rC was Wa d dead d silence nc then dust lit In the h hot steer ns s a vu lf a aers SW fit Denn HuS 1 the spui PUl an we fO with a l J At I 1 S j k L T TI I ZOU DO IT M TEXAS SEE SAID his ropel in long sie se ps about his nt It u to see ste Steer r swerved d like a bent bow to thO me right and Denny was almost on him there WaS mUch dust and an occasional shout from Born the stand Denny leaned forward and ca cathe cast the long rope uncoiling lit In graceful unes through the air P Denny drewin drew drewIn In his horse borne sharply the steer vav nv ered ns as the rO struck hIm then with witha vitha a shrug he threw It aside sid and dashed onward Get him g get t him try again D Dnn roared tile the cr crOwd wd The rhe steer had turned and was as after arter again ridIng at fult speed arid and dr drawing wing In and coiling his rope at the same time Round and round swept the coil coli arid and then It str straight straightforward forward the loop was as in the h air Ul like e ea a flattened Oc O Dennys horst Went back backon ack on his haunches the steer leaped high in air and fell feU full tull lengthS length Denn Denny was oft off pulling the short shott t tying ing rope from his 1113 belt ns as he ran He sto stoOped P d over the st steer el tying two front and one rear le tying that he call it itIn In incredIbly short time Then he sprang to his feet anns in n aIr It was f signal that he was sas finished finiSh ad The ju judges came up und nid de declared lar d the steer properly tied The timekeeper called out I One minute s I Denny is out or of it observed Bud Oliver He should have made It In one orie throw Denny came me in hot and grimy grIm dUst TI was buzzing again lIke a trombone 11 heard ard afar oIL off Tile pool popl bawled his bets and Turk saw zi a girl in blUe and white in the grand stand Turk was shaking with h be felt that h nev r could throw ht his f pc What a fool Cool he was to compete with theS thed old 1 How Ue they would Jau laugh h at him lim limA himA A little fellow with sliver spurs and anda a feather in his hat c came me n ut and nd tumbled fumbled his bis rope so 50 that it Was past two minutes before his steer Ws down He was h p le b beaten and he be came in but grinning When Buster Graham went to ta the theline line there w were te shouts of encourage encouragement I meat ment and acquaintances rom rem the stand and tt th pool seller seUer frantically ran up his bets Butt Buter r and Bud 01 iVer were plainly the with a little leaning toward Bud a Turk ob observed observed served with rising Atter all there was no man lIke Bud of Texas Buster Graham was a handsome let fel letloW 10 loW sUm slim and t tall ll with long bl hair and nd the smallest f feet t that e aver r went ent Into twenty te ican b bots On his Jim hOrse h 11 was a Yel very Centaur md and bowing with e evry rr mo mc moton ton ilon like the animal never had seen a so re It wa a big steer steer to too and it ran asIC wi lt of the sport spott o a wild straigHt charge the c r ral neither to right nor lQ IQ left leCt the crowd was Buster seemed Inno In ho especial Th There re rewEtS wEtS little olga or of Or dust chist When hIp nOse was n ib over the steers fi flying tall tail lie he sw swerved ned easily to th left and cast aast his rope The steer se scOrned med to set a front leS le In Inthe Inthe the noose as if the performance had been rehearsed An Instant later Bust BUfter or er was wIth le SWIftness and deftness ss and then his arms were up and his Ilg black haIr wa loose in the l a gilt gift it Is to do a athing athing thing like a young oung god And how the crowd roar roared d Gt The timekeeper could hardly make h VoIce seconds The people wore standing up now and roaring White While Bu t k d darno In n os co coOl I and as It if he had been bean rid riding jug ing lor or an airing T That was a good job Buster said Bud Oliver heartily and the bO boy in TUrk out In his e eyes es est at t this big friendliness of a rival and he crowded up t to fi St l e hands nd thew back he had done it The betting was as now all fl against Bud r bu that seemed In nowise II ie kne it gr fik ll and luOk u k to beat such a re old ns as Buster had made When came the line Bud Oliver observed that he was tying his rope t th the of his bis addIe The Th Arizonian uses a long rope feet at the least and throWs s it free Cree n at the last fast giving the end a hitch around the saddle porn pom pommel mel so that he chili let go In cas of accIdent Th Texan burns ships behind hIm he us a short rope U tieS S Sit it fast and takes tile the cons Look how you rou tie that rope shouted Bud good Halversen paid heed and when the went down he was fC lIke a a flash It was a runty red steer and th the rope opening from ns hand like a coil call spring 2 settled over the si Steers ers horns There was a wild scram scrambling bUng bling rush l horse hOlse turning to one sIde to trip the plunging animal The rope rapt pulled taut with a snap simp and the ste r turned la somersault 11 In the dust but the strain on the saddle was too great and It turned Hal sun still clIn clinging to the was jerked to the ground lila 1119 horse to one side and kicking himself of C the thc saddle For b a sIn sIngle gle gb Instant was able to re rc regain gain gln his feet and then he be Went down and the steer dragged him In the dust tl him over nd over oct with the saddle The crowd was s houting Its excItement the flagman and most of the caroe riding to help Halversen grit to the 1 r raI n t tO hIs feet teet still clinging to the rope lope t that the st r t lre oft sharply tO tl the instantly seeIng hIs ran to the left then suddenly ho snub snubbed ed hard on the rope ropo jerking jerkin the steers feet from anti It is ath athIn that t e b bear eSi IS po on lH t t r lif tn i lh 1 I iJ Q 1 ft to fall falt wasl ras bon Halversen pounced upon hIm seizing his hi tall One foot to the left tet ot of the steers hind bind legs Jegi and a sudden strong and the ste steer r was down again nil all in the space of two se And then tbt n though there was t tie c wU est kicking and struggling bull dog that he was tied his animal down and threw w up his y arms He W was torn nd bruised but he had tied his ste steerS r or course he not win he I had be been n m than minutes at atthe I the struggle but th the crowd ma made e up J to him for the faIlUre in the w Of at I its It had be been n three mIn i utes of such excitement as comes In Inno no ni other sport I And so one after actor another the con contestants rode forward orward to the fall raU ot of the was a Hom Homeric one ne Uy lAy one they tiler failed to equal tile the record of Buster Gra am although a little Ic red med o came WIthIn I six s seconds of it Turk McGlory lost lostaU aU all hope bope for himself but he still t felt lt brave for tor his hero But Oliver would do It if Ie anyone any one could And it was no noW DUds turn lie Be and Bud h had d been i left t to o the Ia last t The he nearer Ills his tithe came the oftener he glanced up to the gr grand nd stand to the girl In blue and I Iwhite white The pool setter was now crying his name nam an and Buds tog together ther What am I offered on Bud OlIver champion of Texas Who will give me even money on Turk against the field It wOUld aU alt have bac been sweet to Turks ears cars and embarrassing too if i he been so excited d There was luck in roping probably after all it would go against B Bud d and Texas Have you jou wet ever een a cavalryman 1 re for a charge turning to ties his coat to his s saddle rolling up the th sleeves over his llis arms draw ink ing saber and twistIng his wrist In the saber C cord t then setting his lace tace grimly forward orward It If y you u have hate you know how liow ud Oliver looked cleAred for tor battle 1 but t no cavalryman ever sat his horse with the oneness SS o BUd Oliver To an ur tIle the little roan toan pony se seethed undersized for so large a aman aman man but the cowboys Whose alphabet is knew w well the prowess c of that C roan with liLa ears lala lail back and his eyes glean gleam gleanIng lag Ing halt half wild Look out for tor the man called s voIce from crowd Were Vel betting on you Bud came other shouts The Texas mn V were re not In Arizona and andY Y yet t It was a sportsmanlike crowd The babel of voices ol es ceased sharply A wiry littIe steer red white shot Into the field as if catapulted Turk observed how lUte like an It d and as easily as the wInd blows The hag flag fell an and Bud Bua was ote the judges riding after alier hIm were blurred d in his dust There was no rOper lIke Bud H He Waited long before raising his top rope b bending close t te his saddle and riding Then in what wha curIous loose evilS coils he It Would he ride cl cian over his steer There he had reached out S as It if to catch the st steer er by y the t U e rope hd had gon gone over ovet hIs head a hoop horns hd all NO Now ho Ht was to up the Ete Bow they were running Turk McGlOry ry rose suddenly in hrs his sad saddIe saddie dIe Look out for the tO t d But Bud had seen it t ll lit littIe tIe roan squatted like Uke a rabbit fhe the ropes d doubled up and rem but fell feU ag hist fence There had not been quite room enough Bud was off of the little roan knowing yell well what was going on walked awa away like huil on the rOM rop to If it had been a larger steer ora or a fat |