ART IN THE ROUGH 



Good riders on bad horses give the greatest exhibitions ever 

 witnessed. Among them none handled themselves in better form 

 than Art Accord, now of movie fame, even in the clinch of danger 

 beneath a struggling horse, which has deliberately, in fiercest rage, 

 thrown himself, in order to crush his rider. If a horse breaks 

 away from the wranglers with the blind still on and falls in con- 

 sequence, the rider is given another show — if he wants it. But 

 a horse with blind off which falls or throws himself and rider 

 to earth, is counted fair to both horse and man, for it is part of 

 the horse's game. If in spite of this the man still stays and comes 

 up in the saddle when the horse regains his feet, meantime having 

 observed all the rules as to not pulling leather and keeping his 

 feet in the stirrups, it counts for the man. 



In this unusual picture, Art is indeed in the rough but still 

 true to his name and calling. Note the remarkable control of the 

 rider's hand, still firmly on the rope and away from the saddle 

 horn, foot still in the stirrup, but ready to disengage should the 

 horse decide to roll over on him. His other leg is undoubtedly 

 snuggled under the withers, free from the saddle, yet Art is 

 alert, poised, watching every movement of his dangerous adver- 

 sary like a panther. He means to stay with him if there's a ghost 

 of a chance — and he did. 



