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Show IRdDCSMRS BEVERLY HILLS Well all I know is just what I read in the papers, pa-pers, and what happens here and t Vafe there. Have lost some fine friends lately by death. Among them a few weeks ago, Charley Irwin, the old Cowboy and Cattleman from Cheyenne, any of you that ever went to see the Big Cheyenne Chey-enne Frontier Show will re- member Charley, Char-ley, he just about was the Daddy of that great Show. He had three daughters, and one son, the three daughters were wonderful relay riders. Thats when you ride one horse so far, then change in front of the grand stand to another horse, then race on around, generally making mak-ing three changes. They were the champs at that, for he really had fast horses, and they really rode em. It is absolutely the most exciting excit-ing thing that has ever been invented in-vented when it Is put on great, and they are all close finishing to-geather. to-geather. I have seen that old grand stand in Cheyenne just sway with cheers and excitement. It takes some real nerve, and skill to come in there at top speed and step off one of those old crazy thoroughbreds thorough-breds and keep your feet running and grab the horn on another saddle on another horse that is raring and plunging to go. Then there is the other riders and horses coming in and going out too, so you not only have to watch what you are doing, but what everybody else is doing. Then there is the mens relay. They have to change saddles, but the girls just change horses. Fred Stone (who is out here visiting visit-ing me) was just talking of Charley Char-ley tonight, Fred traveled with his Show all one summer, and he also took a company from Hollywood up to Irwin's ranch out of Cheyenne and made a western picture along about 119. And Fred, who will try anything, and will do it too, he wanted want-ed to learn to bulldog a steer. Well he went out to Oharleys ranch and if ever a man had a wilder coach to train under, I dont know who it was. Big old wild steers right on the prairie and Irwin "Hazing" him, and Fred on the other side of the steer, and Charley was to holler, "Jump." Well brother dont think he wouldent holler it, and dont think Fred Stone wouldent jump, if it had been an elephant. Well poor Char- ley is passed on, but I know he would die laughing and roll right over in his grave if he could hear Fred tell about it. When they got to the Cheyenne show, and Fred had his company and cameras there, he was to get the stunt before the crowd and cameras. It was to be a part of his picture. Charley picked him a big salty steer, and brought him right down the race track in front of the grand stand and yelled, "Jump." Fred said he was so anxious to make good that he wen clear over the steer, got up, caught his horse and Charley had the steer back again. Fred said he dident particularity want him, but Charley hollered "Jump" again. This time Fred said he caught him, but he knew the minute he did, that he had been right the first time by missing him. But, determined like, he got him down, being the only real honest to God actor from that day to this that ever bulldogged. Ah, old Cheyenne wont seem the same. Every time I would step off an aeroplane there, (where they gas, and get meals) I would holler "Where's C. B.?" and If he was in the town he would be there. Before Cheyenne had a real aerial depot and I was going through one night on a mail plane, he brought me a big box of fried chicken that Mrs. Irwin had cooked. Gosh it was good. I eat all the way to Omaha. He was up to see me just before he was killed in the auto accident. ac-cident. Buddy Sterling who had charge of my horses was one of Charleys main boys when he run all the shows and contests. He was like Floyd, ho was a top hand at anything. any-thing. He gavo me a race mare, a young ono, that he wanted to have Buddy break for polo. Charley had a great career. Ho was a real cow-puncher cow-puncher in his day, and the greatest spirit and best company that ever lived. That other world up thero Is going go-ing to hear a whoop at the gate and a yell saying, "Saint Peter, open up I hat main gate, for there is a real cowboy coining into the old home ''anoh. 1 am riding old 'Steamboat' bareback, nnd using 'Teddy Roosevelt' Roose-velt' for a pack horse. From now on his oultiL is going to uu wild, for 1 Mivor worked with a tamo 0110." n JW, nxushi Sr,tt., tc. |