Show gluten feed gluten feed fed with corn silage good hay and other feeds that can be easily raised on the american farm makes a ration that most feeders are familiar with and by the use of which results can be attained that are agrati tying to one who Is feeding for eltiy large records pleasa capture prizes at recent roping contest in wyoming learn art in bounding up wild cat tie on mountain peaks of lit tie island in the pacific ocean honolulu since a dusky hawaiian rode out into the arena at cheyenne in he frontier day contests and beat the best of all the i apers in the world and since iokua purdy s cousins archie kaaua and jack low won third and sixth places in the contest many have wondered how these men from a group of tiny islands in the middle of the pacific were able to come to wyoming and show the best of the plainsmen how to rope a steer the answer Is simple ever since these men have been old enough to straddle a horse they have been used to riding over rough country and roping cattle under conditions such as the average prairie cowboy never saw nor imagined the island of hawaii contains a mountainous and rugged land through which the wildest of wild cattle roam high up above the level of the sugar plantations the mountains are well wooded and the task of founding up and roping cattle in such country requires the greatest skill and coolness in the saddle and with the rope only once in a thousand times will it hap pen that the animal to be roped lays itself open on a level piece of land rhe throw la almost always made on the slope of a hill sometimes with a sheer precipice at one side and tor thib reason the hawaiian cowboy never makes his rope fast to the sad die horn batore throwing it would be as much as his life is north to do so for the steer Is liable to break away when the horse Is on ground that makes it impossible to throw the animal and so the roper must let go of his rope to save himself and his horse these Hawa lians are accas tomed to throw from all angles and up or downhill indiscriminately the ad vantage of being used to this kind of work was well demonstrated at the recent championship contests in chey enne the three Hawa lians naturally enough did not have their own horses and depended on what they could bor row to ride during the contests purdy selected one that looked about right for the work but a few seconds after he started tor the steer he found to his disgust tha the horse was not v ell neck broke and he had i difficulty n guiding the animal right and it looked as it it were impossible or hip to make the throw success fully but purdy was used to that kind of work and without any alon he threw from one side As the noose rose and fel cleanly over the steer s neck a shout of derision went up from the crowd they thought it impossible tor any man to throw a steer in that way but quick as a flash purdy made fast the rope to the hoin of the saddle and almost before the spectator knew what had nap bened the steer was struggling on the ground the abnal result 0 that tie is famous purdy ran to the steer and had it properly tied in one minute and three seconds malting tha best time of the day and beating archie kaaua s time by six seconds when the finals came oft purdy was more used to his horse and his steer in 66 seconds the man to whom much 0 ohp credit for the hawaiian s victory is due is eben low brother of jack low half brother to archie kaaua and cousin to purdy mr low Is a reared rancher who now lives in hon alulu he it was wao started the fund to bay the cowboy s expenses to chey enne purdys first appearance in public was made in honolulu a year ago when eben low produced a wild west show at carh angus me phee then champion of the world was present and took part in the corn petition beating purdy and kaaua but using a tied rope instead ot a loose one to which the Ha had been accustomed purdy is a typical hawaiian 0 the mountains lithe as a greek god the symmetry of his well muscled Is something Bom ething to wonder at ills face Is dark and has many 0 the features of a wyoming indian but he has none of their characteristics tor he Is well educated and speaks three languages with ease and fluency in manner be Is quiet and talks but little he Is in no way conceited about his won darful victory but chats of his trip and bis doings in the easiest and most modest way in the world |