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Show 0 11 j jf'i .; A- -: k-C f !' , : , '' -! -; H V; ; ; " 'III ' . : V :. ;, - " - 'It-. : -: A a:-:-- :.."---.. .. ...-a. 1 age A --AZ : ... ; .a.a-.i a- X -:--. s. I 1 - s .V - 4 - l-g Jif ' 5 - v 1 I .1 f i .... Harris brMi? .Jilllp s r' - c i:vw ,- '" ..,t-.ili.ii..ifiti't"t""t"M"""t""" - j Ridin' I ? There is sorie Unit likes the t : city I i Crass that's curried smooth i i and gref n. ? Theaytres and stranglin' collars Wagons run by gasoline i Ret for nie it's hawse and saddle Every day without a change, i j Andail-sertsuna-t'lazin' ? On a hundred miles of rang1 ? j Just a-ridin, a-ridin', ! Desert ripptn' in the sun, f f Mountains blue along the sl:y i line : I don't envy anyone T I When I'm riuin'. f i ? hen my feet Is in the slirrup" ? J And ley hawse is on the bust, f t ith his hoofs a-fla: hiu' ht n in' j i I-'rom a cloud of golden dust, , And the bav.lin' of the cattM ? Is a-eomin' down the wind t ! Tie ri a finer life than mini' t : Would he gig-hiy hard lu find J i i Jg-t a-ridin', ridin' i ? .Snlltiin' long cracks II roie-h ? I tae air. f .s'lirrin' ep a Inf.v eyrdose, T i I :i ; i in' u n the priel iy p'-'l r f As i'ni ridin'. f f f 1 T ! d n I n ' 1 n a a rt v: , ; i,i s 4 'Ade n tie- . en. da. I . .ji i I '.. i n i : a - a rl.s'g in' rii.rv I I ? 'n 1 ie; n:'.l, 1. ' a las I 111-' ' ' s ' t Airl "cr ; y Inngs f.,.,- ll j I V.'le n 111,- niglil-i.ird Mart;- til- J i I ii a e i And lie- d sirt's Mlv'-r la'.li n ' "d ' i By Hi" loueh.g of the ne ,n i I j a-ridin'. a-ridin J i Win, l-in na-. l-in , a,,. , ; i '.Vleli I!... lev lt.,;vn III" I ill I J A. ' a i ia-'ir,' to 1 !.. ! :, f ; If I ' 's n.iin'? J . '.Vla-a i i 1 I 1 v trail i r ' d v ? A nd lav li :;, I ,, I J iifl I !. I I ens I roundup-. ? i ''' I i Al Ma- ll'ilhf Ipineh of lie j v.-oild i f I l ,n'l want no hare" nor nW f J I'. '- ie,r other d, e . , t i Ihlnai J i la I !'!' ri-le t I ;, ri y r-, n -"s if ? ' n a pi, ,!o lei . ,. . i: I, v. d j I la- I a rl-l:,,' .- ralild - I i .:.' hi ii- I'd ! 1 1: Pall a, v.-.dl I 4 ' ', i" , a a d i n' u u I i ' ; i a a , - Tie,' l--i ve .vaad, Ted oul t ! And a rid a'. 7 j f i. r :; i ; ri..pi 7 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON OTIIIXG so good for tiie li "V T I inside of a man as the j I outside of a horse so say- Jj eth the doctor." f IPS S ru,ls an saying V-t I (author unknown) and ap "i':t I parently there are a great 1 rD I many Americans who be I I lieve it. Of course, there I V j I aren't as many of us who 1 VJj ji answer to the call of "boots " anj Kiddles" as there wen In the old days when "westward the course of enpire takes its way." For this is the motor age, and today voir hear more often the drone of airplane engine or the pup of automobile ex haust than you do the creak of saddle leather and the clop-clop of horse's hoofs. Cut for all of that, this form of travel still retains a wide popularity popular-ity and there are even those win point to a decided iii'-.-ca- in I ,r-e back riding for pleasure, if not f.u business wdhin record' eg ;-s. For despite the fact that modern America in the main goes about' its business now on pnctca.iiic tires. I here's still enough "ridin', ridin'" P keep the saddle manufacturers in tnis iness t )V S"Vi.'i;il years j- Pari. a; -one inii Mitiuti of a raiiier v. pre;,, interest In t.'j'r sir;.stii; iti i-' a::i,.;.;ii of new sppp'A' sp aa- tbiit I, a- been given V'iiiiiu reeeal i..i,nl!,s eeri.,;:; lopg- li; lance riding feats which l ave been und -r way. A rt at t ig ..s pi. lure vdiich was v.id-ly ,i;l)'g-;,cl v, a that of Fran!: liealii of :'.l.ei Sa.'ie::-Md.. Sa.'ie::-Md.. standing with his bor.-e at ':,!.!. io. t One" in V.'a-hing'.on, lia- poiui lor the pieasiir' pa at o,' d l ii.e IV., a ipb capilal over ' lee I , i . ! . ." a y s o! t):. Lt.il' ,J Slate-;. Mr. Ib-aiii, wda is a war vide, 'an, had b-en "ridin . i id in' " lo i eeover his lag! ; ii a i.d in tin ColP'-c of a jo 11 pi ;, of si, p. a I v. ii ,.!!:! rial a half on his oie en vim i led I, or. -l:e had covi red 11,!' 7 laih-s a, el vi V.i d every Kale in J. L'::i-a, ' Lu-I year i: a. ili palehe- can ii-g 11, a- ti'".:.i thill I'll .1. .'bChii.d o; l-'ort Morgan. Colo., was about to r"i out on a .':;, 'Hi') mile trip in . eigi,: ar-oid Arabian hoc- e, "Ciii.l Sillia.-I'.uil." Sillia.-I'.uil." He was to a'iea.pi tin I ; : riding from Deliver lo a.'e,v V-l; ane then ili - ro s (he linilid Stale-- aie I'apai.'a M-veral Miik-s. lie, loo, ex pi e; i d to v isi I c. ei y stale in I In F'aioii, and al I In- si art of hi.- I rip In ' iiiualed that he would co-.ei the :; ; i"i miles in 1,'JOi; days. So lar us i-I i-I i.own he is still "ridiii', ripin'." I'm a' tin- end of hi.-' trip Is a prize o( if hp lliul.es il sueee- dully up ' Olap! ie ; v, i I h !i II tip' reij ii! renield s, op, I ' ':,-; that he luu.d call :, all go. ' nan ; al I hi; Mute eapil,.ls and nl-a epolt the I'l' ad'-nl at W'a hiu'do; .'i d loud, w ho la (in;, yoaia old and . I .n.i'-r e,,-,'.poy and , ri .u;ei l-'unge, lad -ded a 'Jd.O') mile trip al l'li"ni ,'-,ri... I v. o yais a go. Iiuripi' Ihi- trip lie eio "d a strip of il" ' rl in lie- gie.VT .-', ail !, W e t in V. h jell ; ea !l d ill . !; :i! ,' M - .eeord- d a I --al of I 0 d'-pi-.-, f and il leoi. dial 7J hoill , lo I ' e 7 ; mi!' - 1 , f i , an II,'- i-'.ou I Ii a an! !i''l bur e CA2?K tiie manpiis of Donegal at a dinner party in London, that she could ride from New York to Los Angeles in inn days. Mayor "Jimmy" Walker of New York bid her godspeed about the middle of October last year and within two weeks she ami her horse "I'.road way" clattered up Pennsylvania avium: avi-um: to the capitol. And at the present pres-ent writing she's "ridin", ridin'" some where in the great interior of these Foiled States. "Kidin', ridin' " does that have a familiar sound? If It does it's because it's n sort of refrain In a poe:u by lladger Clark which Inn lieeome a classic out in the wind-swept V-sl where nun know what "ridin'" Is and know whether a man knows what he'.-alking he'.-alking about 'whether It's In yrs" or prosi when he's talking i In -ill 'ridin'." Evidently they believe that P.ad'.-T Clark knows, for his "Kidin' " :.- probably the l,es known and uiosi . . f 1 1 1 1 i';o;ed single poem in the w hole West Last year when the people of Kan-as staged a big pageant in role 1 1 1 -; 1 1 i 1 1 he famous Medii mi. I.odgi Ii dam I real y and ol her event.-' in t lie giov.lh of tla-ir country, the printed ! pr ,gra la s far tin- pa gea m included - ever, 1 1 v or- ,s from " I ;i,l in' " in tin- iill rodlp'l i'Ui o the epiode depielile; Ihe day of the cowboy. And that's only one ol iiiiiituu table Insiaiices of il . popul.i: ily You'll conic across It I', ."aled!y in p",'. i a j , ' i ' -, you'll hear it n ."led al gal lierinas of all kinds b, Ihe Wo I . and v. hen ; Id I nner sols ti i 'il down lo Wl'lle Ids reilllliisiiuiees ihe el 'os are that .-1 e ne vv hen- In I !n- le oh he'll i ndo "Ili iin'," or some ol her I'.adger 'hil l; poeius, "Kiil'n ." il -ell. has had all Interest i u g hi I "I'.v , a have sonic of i ho ol held he-ld ( 'lai l.'s i. A Her a v al'ieil lenar. including an expo ience as a pi a n I a I ion ma na at r in ( 'uha vvlior. iropii'al fever a'l lint wrecked hi Pea 1 1 h. I larl; vent down in I lie cuvv niiititr) ol Ai'g.'on.i to recuperate. u a loll el I o Ili; in, d her he found pi o -e loo weal, to .".press Ids oolllelll Uilh Ihe wonderful de-erl conniry in which he found 1 1 i l . I - -1 1 and he tried lo ex press it in vor e. The result was "Itiuin'." His iiuuber, Willi natural prid -. sen I the v else lo a magazine Ihe old I'aeilie Monlhly. nnd II w:r i 1 1 1 1 : i , -ui :i I . ' I v aecepled and published Thus r.adger Chill; started as the poid lariat ol Hie Weal" nnd gave to I he W e I il s liesi loved ver- i s I iast i riiel's who (liacov ered Ihe Wesl last -aiiiiuea lol Ihe lir-l lilac, when Prosi ,, 1,1 foolldg'e's lleel-lillll I dallllah I he ; -1 1 1 1 1 1 r i ( While I ioip.e ill I he I'.llle!: Iliils of Soulli Dukola broiighl to thai -eclioii ll horde ol' lolll'i.-ls. also (lis , mii'-il this "pool la rial " a ml lie , Iiiiii:' , I him. I'.lll for all of Iheil I I in i a - ol Id ill, the only n ill horli a 1 1 v e word I- that iillereil by an old cowman, cow-man, when he -ai ill. ll I I el t'eaili ng a book of I 'lark's vol" e ;, Including "I I idi p'." "You can hrea k me if I hero's a d ad po'-in in Hie book. I read Hie null of il. Who in h I I; this kid I lark, any w ay V I ibui'l I. now how hi i nowed, but in- r Ni iw:;." pian F "ridiii' ridin'. lie N A Fell-T.ehih'ely. Fell-T.ehih'ely. an Argeniii,"- si la ol in a I ei '.v!io slailed from Pienos Aires v ami a half years ago and who recepi Iy arrived in Mexico City op his win lo . w Yolk "i Iy. Ills op ney vva lr"."lli lo ' I ' 1 ' I ol "- I r a 1 e Ihe i lid il ru net id Ihe pa I i V e kill's ... Id Ihe I 'a I a gop hi I pa pip. i . and Ii" Is lining ll mi I wo ol ', hem, ope s, cn .-"ii years , la a lid tin nil. or "d.io-li Wla li h" ha- coin I h 1 1 d hi - journey he will have sonu in (I'm mil: ; id "ridiii'. riddi ' h.o k o-hiin o-hiin and a ho I of I hrlllipg i". peri "pc :-, lo loll al:.,:il In hi , l i lend . Fail not all of Hi" - long di- luiu-i i bier- nre iii'u, Tin, bile , M( in Hi' la id i l idi - Vopeeil ll.ing, a I "a ni l I'.',', .'.'-ar old It" : ell ( ' Ml ;: i i I, wle h ; I a r i ei I oul I o win u v. a '- ar I, ' .g'.,.,.,!'l. aal lo ha' ' been made w il I ,el e he pun e,, then dra pial ieally i'-lai I : "t.iaiuleia vl.al lh" Idi- Id'-aV" I.,,, Aiig.-b-. 'I iill' . |
