CORRAL DUST 



you know Irwin, he's the biggest man in the arena — as 

 big in heart and good nature as he is in body and full 

 of high life — a natural born organizer and leader and 

 probably the greatest maker of buckaroo champions. 

 He won't have a cowhand on his ranch in Idaho who 

 isn't a top notcher. 



Irwin is now general and live stock agent for the 

 Union Pacific, and one of the greatest characters in 

 the West today. From his ranch he and his brother 

 put out on the road the Irwin Brothers Wild West 

 Show with cowboys from their own outfit. He was 

 one of the prime movers of Frontier Days at Chey- 

 enne and knows the game from every angle. He's 

 here with his string of relay racers. 



The whole Irwin family, both the boys and girls 

 are experts, who usually capture many of the prizes at 

 Tiajuana, Mexico. Young Floyd Irwin, Charlie's son, 

 who rode into the Great Beyond on the track at Chey- 

 enne in 1916 while roping, could do anything in the 

 buckaroo game and was in a class by himself. Even 

 the 'boys' say he was the best all-round buckaroo that 

 ever hit a saddle. 



In the crowd of riders looking over the saddles 

 treed on the arena fence, are some of the stars of the 

 rope and saddle. That good looking, short but well-pro- 

 portioned chap with "Le C." on the light field of his 

 black-bordered, silver-studded chapps is Caldwell, con- 

 ceded by the buckaroos themselves to be the peer of 

 champion rough riders. In the course of one morn- 

 ing after Lee had made a ride, he was hung up in his 

 stirrup and dragged part way across the arena and 

 through the fence, the horse meantime kicking at all 

 creation when the defenceless man put out an arm for 

 a post. The speed and force tore the ligament fright- 



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