LOOKING FOR A SOFT SPOT 



But Not For 



THE GREATEST RIDER OF THE RED RACE 



This is a fine example of showing daylight or playing "peek-a- 

 boo" with the saddle. You are now witnessing the "peek," the 

 "boo" follows instantaneously. The rider isn't going — he's gone 

 already. Even if this rider stayed on, such unfriendly coldness 

 toward the saddle would disqualify him. 



No horse of the Round-Up string of buckers ever rode into 

 greater fame as "an honest to God" bucker than the redoubtable 

 but departed old Long Tom. He was first known hereabouts 

 when acquired through a debt by Alfred Smith of Pendleton of 

 the J. E. Smith Livestock Co. about fourteen years ago, having 

 previously passed around through many hands, which had not 

 helped his disposition. For two years the old outlaw was used 

 part time as one of seven in a plough team in which, although he 

 worked fairly well, he was always flighty. 



One day, someone to save time, tried to ride him, but he lost 

 a second or two and then decided his time wasn't worth saving 

 but his neck was. No one on the ranch could "stick." This con- 

 vinced his owner that he was bad enough to be good enough for 

 the Round-Up so they brought him in from his bunchgrass 

 range near Pilot Rock, Til Taylor and Sam Thompson looked 

 him over and he was bought by the Round-Up. 



Champion caliber riders have essayed to ride Long Tom but 

 of the nine who mounted his back, four were thrown and only 

 one of the five who stayed dared scratch him. 



Of all riders of the Amerindian race, none have ever ridden 

 into such popularity at the Round-Up as Jackson Sundown the 

 Nez Perce, of Culdesac, Idaho, nephew of Chief Joseph. He is 

 the only Indian who ever wrested the most coveted cowboy and 

 Indian trophy — the Round-Up prize bucking contest saddle and 

 money for the championship of the world. 



This Sundown did in 1916, making a most sensational ride 

 on Angel, shown in this picture. Although wings would never 

 even have sprouted on Angel, it was certainly not because of his 

 cherubic disposition, he really never needed them to reach heaven, 

 as can be seen in this one of his famous sky-scraping bucks. 



It is interesting to mention in connection with two bucking 

 champions of the Paleface and Red Races, Caldwell and Sun- 

 down, that, the great outstanding features were their clear- 

 headedness in out-thinking and out-enduring their horses. The 

 secret lay primarily in the unusual care each took of his health. 

 Caldwell weighed in at 155 pounds. He had always adhered to 

 early, regular hours, avoided over-indulgence of any kind and 

 intelligently considered his diet and long runs had been a part of 

 his training program. Sundown weighed in at about the same, 

 was married and happy, had never touched either liquor or to- 

 bacco and made his championship ride at fifty years of age. 



