LET 'ER BUCK 



The buffaloes give their wranglers no end of trouble 

 as they viciously charge this way and that, but no 

 wrangler cares to tackle these vicious, powerful, little 

 brutes on foot. Not only a nose ring, but a rope about 

 both a fore and hind leg and a horse on each end of 

 the rope holding taut in opposite directions, is neces- 

 sary to hold the half-grown bison for the blind and 

 saddling. A buckaroo mounts. A rough ride for a 

 second or two and he's thrown, narrowly escaping 

 being gored by the sharp horns of the animal. 



The two young Jersey bulls discharge all obliga- 

 tions to their riders with interest but without trouble, 

 much to the delight of the spectators. There's "Lovin' 

 Louise," the bucking cow, but the only affection in 

 her nature she shortly proves is her love to get rid of 

 her man. So, too, with Hereford Bess. The big red 

 bucking steer is being mounted — he's off and the rider, 

 too. "Did the cowboy ride the calf?" laconically re- 

 marks a wrangler, amid the uproar from grandstand 

 and bleachers. 



A murmur of satisfaction now goes up — they are 

 saddling Henry Vogt, whose fame is second only to 

 Sharkey's. 



"That's the original cow that jumped over the 

 moon," comes out of the audience, as Tex Daniels, 

 who had once managed to stick to Long Tom though 

 he double-reined, stays just one buck on Henry's 

 broad back, and also Harris Thompson shows how 

 easy it is for a man to lose his breath as well as his 

 bearings. The best time that has ever been made was 

 6 1-2 seconds; the average time is less than one 

 second. 



The bulls are certainly invincible and one may well 

 ask why they are so much harder to ride than the 



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