Show I I f I If Iz Is z s Dt f Why any an Think the Sculptress Has Given the I 4 Indian Fighter a Nice Bridle Path Mount Moun Instead of the q y Jk Typical Western One He Al AI y r ht r t y 1 f t w r eI sRo w a k kY Y w wags r r Mb I a e 4 r f e 1 a le ler r r 4 r rt P 4 4 r tt e t r 5 4 f w d 3 at 4 I f b 4 Y YI I y t Y f Y Ya a ay r A AJ tr y ef t i P l N 3 J eri ik SC E l t f fI Y I Oc c iZ iF g 1 it r wi S1 of y t tarr arr J a aY Y j y yit y tWi Tp xa t t Yf yA Y One of the stocky Indian t y t tf tY tr f Y r r ponies which it is believed Mrs Marry Harry Buffalo Bill would have pre pre- f I c Payne 1 Whitney e Z 4 erred to a horse hone of the type P the rich richand and lash lash- Mrs Mra Whitney has seated him I a sculptress cuI p t rea a aMra I on in her statue r iA r Q Y Ye e B i HEN Mrs Mra Harry Payne Whit hit WHEN ney undertook to make a statue of the late Colonel William WilliamP WilliamF F Cody better known as Buffalo Bill Billon on his favorite mount for the town of I i Cody Wyo did the famous society sculptress make the mistake of putting j i the the hero ot the Western plains astride I an Eastern of horse such as is seen on the fashionable bridle paths This is the question that has been agi- agi agitating agi agitating tating the West as well as art circles m in inthe inthe the East ever since Mrs Whitney sub sub- submitted submitted submitted the plaster sketch of her s to the Memorial Association of Cody dur duro dur- dur during during ing the recent celebration of the great scout scouts scout's birthday When the local committee arranging for the memorial celebration in Cody net year at which Mrs WhItneys WhItney's statue is to be bo formally unveiled were shown the final plans for what shat hat may yet et be the American masterpiece they could not conceal then disappointment in m Mrs Whitneys Whitney's conception of a Western heros hero's I horse They declared it was not a faith faith- faithful faithful ful representation of the type of mount Buffalo B Bill l always rode On the other hand some of the experts called upon to clear up this awkward a situation are lust Just as positive in their insistence that Buffalo Bills Bill's horse might hale ha been exactly like the one in the statue In spite of the objections of certain tarn tam who knew the great Ameri Amerl American can hero these e experts claim claim that Whitney has portrayed a perfect type of Western horse If lf it isn't the right kind of animal ammal the tho situation is bound to be an embarrassing cue me for out in m Cody they know a thing or two about horses and will probably consider it a point of honor to mount theIr beloved scout scout for tor all time on a steed that can command as much admira admira- admiration admiration tion and respect from the future genera genera- generations generations of Western children as s the hand handsome some rider For Tor that matter these thee critical Western youngsters are going to have their scout reservations right on the site of the memorial and they will go through their drills right in the shadow of of th the the Master Scout of pioneer days For these chIl- chIl chIldren children chil children dren who ho begin with a thorough knowl knowl- knowledge knowledge edge of horses horns hors s on their fathers ranches the exact character of the horse in the statue will make considerable difference There it is to stand for all time at atthe atthe athe the gate gates of Yellowstone Park the scouts scout's scout face turned to the West for which ho he did so much Buffalo Bill is represented as mounted on a rearing horse and look look- looking looking ing do down n at the ground where he sees see I that the grass has been crushed ShowIng shown that the redskin has Ju lust just t been over oser the trail Signaling with his upraised gun I I he is calling his followers lo to come on I Just as he probably did on that very spot I In his lifetime The statue is to be mounted high onY on aig a Y a butte of natural red granite mined from from the Shoshone Canyon near by where here Cody began the Shoshone Dam on which the town he founded still depends and at the foot a stream will be dIVerted indicating his pet dream of irrigation the redemption of Wyoming The most discriminating persons liv living liv- liv living ing in points east cast of Wyoming might think a good statue like this of a thor thor- thoroughbred thoroughbred horse standing properly on its feet good enough for even ana a na- na national na national hero and never question the type Out West however the situation is very different They will let sou OU mistake a Cadillac for a Ford if it you like but any funny talk about a horse might get you into serious trouble There have been too many stories stones snapped 6 about Western horses so BO wild that they could be managed only by their theiron own on masters and yet so intelligent as to tobe tobe tobe be able to pull him out of many a tight place with the most uncanny sagacity They shared hard campaigns patiently m in the old pioneer days and the descend descend- descendants descendants descendants ants of their riders have not forgotten the stories of their faithful service Besides the modern prairie horse is a athing athing thing to be respected as well as admired for he is a streak of lightning on four feet and a terror to the uninitiated And this is why they do not wish to have any merely passable critter standing atthe at atthe atthe the gates of Yellowstone to represent a heros hero's companion in the fight with the Wild Western Indians General Nelson A Miles for whom Buffalo Bill did some famous scouting expressed unqualified disapproval of Mrs Whitneys Whitney's conception of the horse with which heas he was as perfectly familiar The old campaigner who knew Cody as aswell aswell well ell as any man now living and who ho was actually associated with him during the terrific struggles with the Indians when the lives of the settlers were con con- constantly constantly in danger from hostile bands de- de declares declares de declares clares that he never saw the scout at any anytime anytime anytime time on this type tHe t pe of horse The general also took exception as a Westerner to te the pose of the horse in inthe inthe inthe the statue He lie says that the animal ammal wouldn't turn its neck at the tho angle In Inthe inthe inthe the picture above unless it were wound wounded ed Furthermore he denied it any trace of Western origin and declared that the tho hero of the West would rather have gone out scouting a on a real Indian pony of the stocky kind which though not ox- ox ex exactly a fire-eater fire would w uld at least be a Westerner and know a few of the necessary necessary necessary sary tricks of a II scouts scout's pony Members of the Memorial Committee out in Cody are not so fussy about the pose but they do want a Western Vestern animal ammal And tho strange thing about all this talk about Western hones hortes is that there IS some difference of opinion as to just what hat a horse has to be like to be a typically typically cally Western horse i i There is young Lloyd J r e r v r Coleman for forer instance own own- Lt t er of the Flys Fly s 0 u J f x xen en w lag ing W horse k r and cat cattle t I 0 ran ranch c h out 1 there who 4 says its it's a r a b ball Western horse all right WIth witha z e a few port ant varIa vana- bf z And he x ought to know z f ro roy because ho he has I ridden every y 4 a kind of buck w mg broncho z 11 1 d E Ei Ey EJ i y J ia there is and andall andall 9 k i o ox x L aa dc Ya ti a all all the world y knows it s 1 Mrs Whitneys Whitney's spurted statue of Coleman con con con- falo Bill which is to be erected at the II Cody Wyoming and which has u e t r i o u s stirred up such sucha a controversy Gen Nelson A AMiles Miles quI quite t e r rr r turning themselves inside out she un unconsciously flatly when hen it consciously allowed the less sinuous com c o m o 0 s to x s t mss of her own beloved horse Touch horses fee e t I Me Not to creep into her well in and when n t te they 7 modeling are aro plumb ri I If it is really the sp apish Jat of Touch wIt with h the theMe t h ho o Me Not that has fired the tho imagination ground Sas Sa's tio tion of the artist the will III behe be he justified in taking exception to the tho just the way a memorial statue Mrs Whitneys Whitney's Western pony L thoroughbred colt is a very fine ani- ani ani animal does when you Q mal mat and has won his laurels in in n the ther rem rein him in a t tr tY r Y r Great American but he is a very dif dLf- d different bit bringing ferent horse from tho the fiery animal 5 War Buffalo Bill through him to a stop that brought What then is v vt t Aix some pretty risky episodes is a Western Wester It is is- admitted by everyone every one by the tho theartist pony Is he artist herself that the question is an thinner than Important one Whether Mrs Whitney the her touches made mistake in the type of horse much ma maligned ma- ma Mrs Whitney in studio putting the finishing has hag a s tee t e e d to a piece of sculpture or notis still a debated question but the theIn thein In the fact remains that the finest story in tress's work Well he must be because the of of Cody says this horse may maydo maydo maydo do if he is stars star ed between now and the of the tho statue and perhaps pulled out a bit from east to west Into the bargain And what kind of tail tall has hils a rangy Western broncho Will the one onG on Mrs Whitneys Whitney's pony do No it will not says Cody dy shooting off a few blank cartridges for exclamation points The tail tall must bo be diminished before it is a fit decora decora- decoration decoration decoration tion for the mount of a Western hero liero at least And necks They didn't state tally cally but as they advised a general diet for this thia animal the neck is probably much too thick for a fiery mustang The legs are most important of all These four tour according to Cody are good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough for a sleek Central Park trot trot- trotter trot trotter ter but they wouldn't have carried But But- 0 I BufI b falo Palo Bill across the prairie quite fast enough if there a dozen or so of the fiercest redskins on his trail riding the most commonplace Indian ponies If It there really are se several eral m mistakes In following the lines of the famous broncho type of horse they were not made in any careless disregard of Western breeds for the artist made a special point of going West to study the Wyo Wyo- Wyo Wyoming ming Wyo ming broncho before belore starting on the statue furthermore it is not proba proba- probable probable ble that she made any mistake in the posItion of the horse because she is an excellent sculptress and horses have al aY always ways been a hobb hobby with her There is still the possibility that hav hay having having ing mg studied these rangy animals care care- carefully carefully carefully fully watched them rounding up the steers rushing across the plains like mad things standing pretty nearly on their heads rearing bucking and generally I American history immortalized immor on the basis of a mistake It would be sacrilege indeed to place a hero of of thundering reputation on a tame horse for for these were like their they owners they were part of the Wild WId West Vest itself and didn't know when they were licked As a scout t and Indian fighter Buffalo Bills Bill's fame stands on a firm foundation Our greatest generals have borne orne official witness to his gallant services and throughout the West his ItIs name is hon hon- honored hon honored ored Tales of Buffalo Bills Bill's pro prowess ess are many some come of them the basis of favorite adventure stories One of his famous fights took place when he was as chief of the scouts who faced the Indian force forcey nt at Bonnet Creek in m the spring of 1876 during the tho wars with the Sioux tribes There was a clear open space between 1 a J 4 l fr 4 N f N r v I i vr a c rr t w wa a r rP ss P a r r rS rA uW t h IY S A d Y r f f frye rye late Colonel WilliamF Cody better known as Buffalo Bill the lines of battle where both sides were crouching ready for tho onslaught Sod Sud denly a superbly mounted Indian rode fearlessly into the open and shouted Come out and fight me if if you dare The challenger was Yellow Hand a noted ar chief and the ian to whom he hurled his defiance was Buffalo Bill Before General Crook could Interfere Cody had spurred forward to meet the I savage He He fired his re olver as he i dashed ahead and Yellow horse dro dropped ped dead At the same instant Buffalo falo BIlls BIll's charger stepped In a hole and fell throwing mg his hie gallant rider alder Yellow hand lIand and Cody gained their feet and rushed upon each other The Indian swung his tomahawk high in the theair air nir and brought it down with lightning speed for the scouts scout's head But the blade never reached ItS mark Codys Cody's left hand closed on the handle of the descending weapon capon while with the right he drove his hunting knife to the hilt into Yellow Hands Hand's heart The made a desperate erate attempt to cut cutoff cutoff off Buffalo Bill from his men but the soldiers charged to the rescue lust Just In th the nick of time t C I L r |