Show 1 Antelope Was Visited Frequently uy HEN BROWN ROWN It was about the year 1860 that Pres Young at the head of a select party of prominent men visited Antelope Island again He took all of his clerks with him the majority of whom were good musicians They formed a splendid string band led by Horace K Whitney Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- ney and many pleasant hours were spent in listening to their sweet music The party remained re remained re- re there three days enjoying enjoying enjoying enjoy enjoy- re-j re ing a continued feast of pleas pleas- are jre the whole time MUCH OF the time was pent in boating bathing and to the topmost peaks if f the island All places of in- in crest were visited some rid rid- ng in carriages others on and some going on oot Many visited the wreck of he once famous boat Timely Jull ull The heavy winds from he southeast had broken it nose from its moorings at Jack flack Rock two years before nd Ind had driven it to the south nd of the island and thrown it ugh sigh and dry upon the rocky each leach t 1 Every evening a couple of irge ne e camp fires were made jS young and old alike would t Te e in in havin having a genuine good god goodline line uhe fin e in roasting and eating b neat for the evening meal It vas amusing to see the e high toned clerks and members of the Deseret Dramatic sitting around these fires broiling broiling broiling broil broil- ing t-bone t and tender o 0 i n steaks which they had fastened fastened fastened fas fas- fas- fas to the ends of long sharp sticks Then with bread and butter in one hand and their meat in the other with plenty of good milk on the side they ate with a relish that would have made the kings and noblemen noblemen noble noble- men of the earth look on with envy ANOTHER important feature connected with this pleasure trip that made all who were not acquainted with western life look on with amazement was the display of horsemanship There were upwards of 1000 horses on the island the majority majority majority ma ma- of them being almost as wild as deer Briant who was I in charge made it a point to I corral every horse on the island islan d at least once a year At such times they were branded handled handled han han- died and looked after in a general general gen gen- eral way PRE PRES YOUNG had invited invite d some of the most noted horsemen horsemen horsemen horse horse- men in the territory to be present present present pres pres- ent on this particular occasion They came there mounted o othe on n the best horses to take part i in inthe inthe n L the yearly roundup and the they ny y were all ready and anxious fo for forthe r the fray Among them were such me meas men menas p as Lot Smith Judson Stoddard Brigham Young Jr Len Rice Stephen Taylor Ezra Clark Heber P. P Kimball and the Ashby Ashby Ash Ash- by and Garr boys and others everyone of whom knew th the e island from A to Izzard There was not one of them then but could ride a bucking horse hors e bareback or lariat the wildest wildes t mustang on the range Pres Young was not long in giving givin g them the word to go and there was something ng doing for the See Sec ANTELOPE on page 2 Continued from front page Antelope THE TilE BOYS nOYS left the ranch early that morning in bunches of Df three and about two hours apart They crossed the island to the west side and md rode leisurely leisurely lei lei- surely along until they reached the north end scaring up wild bands of horses as they went and heading them that way By that time lime their horses were pretty well and ready for the 15 mile dash that lay ay before them They were island raised long longwinded longwinded winded swift footed and their speed peed on a long run was something some some- thing hing wonderful They had been picked from the best of the is is- land and and their worth could only be estimated by the class of men who owned them The I moment one of these wild wile bands were started up they must be kept on Ute the run until they reached their destination or they would scatter scalier and run runn to m n every direction No set of men could corral one of these bands ands unless they were expert horsemen and acquainted with will the he surroundings and conditions conditions condi condi- ions and mounted on the best of horses ABOUT ten o'clock on the morning of the roundup a dust dus was vas seen near the north end ol of the he island It had the appearance appearance appear appear- ance of a whirlwind moving southward at the rate rale of about aboul 25 5 miles an hour Nothing could be e seen but dust until it had reached cached within about two miles of the house T. T B. B II II Stenhouse and other journalists had climbed to lo the top op of the house in order to lo get gel gela geta a full view of the approaching band and Everybody was on tiptoe tip lip toe oe and the excitement was in in- tense HERE THEY TIlEY came the speediest animals in the lead and all of them white with foam oam panting like lizards There were about 75 of them in all and some of them as fine animals as could be found in any country on earth Those present from old countries who had lad never witnessed such a scene before stood almost paralyzed paralyzed par par- with excitement The Tho enthusiasm manifested by y the onlookers was so great that hat it almost lifted them from their heir feet feeL Before they had fairly fairly fairy fair fair- ly y gotten gollen their breath and recovered recovered recovered re re- re- re covered from the shock another another an an- other exhibition of horsemanship horsemanship horseman horseman- ship presented itself before them hem which almost left the first one in the shade FOUR OF the largest horsemen horse horse- men nen of them all led by Lot Smith and Judson Stoddard mounted four large and beautiful beauli- beauli ful ul island horses and entered the he corral where the wild horses hors hors- es stood snorting like so many elk Lot led the Ule chase with his partner mariner close behind him followed fol fol- fol lowed owed by Judson Stoddard am and his lis partner While these wild animals were on the run around the large corral Lot threw his lar Jar lat fat over the front foot of one o of them and at the same moment his partner had lassoed the same animal around the neck and with their lariats around the horns of their saddles had hadin in less than a half minute thrown the horse and dragged it over the soft and smooth surface surface sur sur- face of the corral a distance of several rods to a place where the fire and brandin branding irons were and in another half hai minute the horse was branded and turned loose THEY TilEY HAD no more than gotten out of the way before belore Judson Stoddard and his partner partner part part- ner had another horse ready for or the finishing touch and so it continued until the band had hac been acen disposed of and turned loose on the range to make room for the next one that was expected at any moment The valuable saddle horses ridden by these expert horsemen horse men were selected from from the wild bands while on some o of these long runs It was a test tes that tried the mettle of every horse in the Ute band THE TilE HORSES that came ou out in the lead on a 15 or 20 mile run could be depended upon as horses that were almost priceless price less for saddle animals That Tha day the he price of island horses rose 50 per cent and the man mat who could afford to own one ol of these beautiful animals was considered lucky On the morning of the fourth day Pres Young and party returned home and those who r- r 1 composed the company declared declared de de- de- de dared without hesitation that they had had the time of their lives and would always look back to this excursion to Antelope Antelope Ante Ante- 1 lope Island with the greatest of 1 I pleasure |