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Abovt is "Mist Wyoming," otherwise
known as Helen Bonham, m the pose made
famous by the McAlpin Trophy. At the
side is Chief Goesjln-Lodge. Below is Phil
Yoder, who will again go after the world's
championship in steer roping at Cheyenne,
snapped in fast practice action.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 1:
"Scra-a-a-a-tch 'im cowboy!" The
famous broncho busters' yell can be
heard already out where the
"hands" are working over some of
the wild ones in preparation for
Frontier Days which commence
here on July 25th.
The wranglers are riding some of
'em and then there are some of
the shifty-eyed broncs fresh off'n
the range that just naturally amt
being rode this season, they
simply ain't dispositioned thata
way nohow. Gentleman hush,
THE SUNDAY BEE:
Famous
Western
Yell Already Heard as Cheyenne
Prepares for Its Celebrated Frontier Days,
mm m
July
as th' feller from Medicine Bow
says, th' cowboy tha rides into tht
world's bronc busting champion
ship this year is going to know he's
been aboard a hawss. Yes SIR!
And that's the dope, direct irora
the range where the wildest cayuses
on four legs are being rounded up
for the celebrated cowboy sports
which decide the world's champion
ships in the cattle country's pur
suits. Phil Yoder is to defend the
bronc-riding championship he won
last year. Against him will be pitted
such riders as Eddie McCarty. Bry
ant Roach, Ray Bell, Hugh Strick
land, "Slim" Holder, Angelo
Hughes and others, the
"top hands" of the west. And
for them to battle, aiding and
abetting the new unridden
bronchos from the ranges as it
were, will be such notorious
outlaws as Hisrh Rock. Coyote,
Steamboat, Lightning Creek,
all names that have spelled de
' 'feat to many a championship
contender.
Preparations are being made for
a huge crowd to witness the con
tests, with accommodations for dou
ble that of last year eastern bank
ers, cowboys, capitalists, ranchers,
society women, Indians 4Q,000 of
them are expected, .all to go stark
raving mad together . as wild men i
fight wilder horses, to dance up and,,
down, pound each other on the back
and swell the roar that has rolled
so many times across the range at
Cheyenne.
"Ride 'im cowboy! Scra-a-a-a-atch
'im! Atta boy.".
The silves mounted Union Pacific
saddle, in addition to the large
purse, has for long years been the
symbol of the world's broncho-bust-ting
championship, and for the cow
girls the magnificent gold, silver
and diamond McAlpin Trophy is
representative of the winning of the
world's title in all-around horse
womanship. The two are the
premiere trophies in the world of
cowland sports and it is hard te
state which is the most hotly con
tested. . It is certain that the cowgirls'
contests are not even a single jump
behind those of the men in daring,
thrills or excitement, and if thou
sands go temporarily mad at the
sight of a husky puncher battling
his outlaw broncho, they go finally
crazy with enthusiasm when such a
tiny little miss as Lorena Trickey
mounts one of the same vicious
cayuses and rides him to surrender.
The McAlpin Trophy was first
given by L. M. Boomer of the
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OMAHA. JULY 2. 1922.
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McAlpin hotel in commemoration of
Miss Wyoming's visit to New York,
when the famous cowgirl "trade
mark" of Frontier Days rode her
cowpony to the 26th floor of the
great hostelry and out onto its roof
for her first view of the metropolis.
Showing the state oTWyoming in
a map of carved silver, with Chey
enne marked by a diamond, it beurs
the figure of Miss Wyoming, with
the lettering in carved gold. Its
winning, in addition to the world's
championship title, also carries with
it a trip to New York, where it is
officially nresented. each trouhy be-
f coming the permanent property of
the winner, and a new edition being
made for each succeeding year.
Miss Trickey, a tiny cowgirl, who
weighs not so very much more than
a sizeable stock saddle, has won it
twice and this year will again de
fend her title. Few would sus
pect this slim little girl of being
a champ, but "Hot dawg," as the
punchers at Cheyenne say, "How
that girl can ride!"
she 11 tackle anything that
seven horse wranglers can get a
saddle onto and when he has
finished his entire repertoire of
tricks and maybe invented a few
more for the occasion, she'll still
be. in the saddle with the bronc
wondering what he has run up
against.' Trick riding, relay rid
ings 'where she changes horses at
every lap, all on a read run, Ro
man standing riding, with a foot
on each of two frantically tearing
nags, . roping, even bulldogging
yearling-steers, all are easy to her.
All of these events excepting bull
dogging are a part of the cowgirls'
championship contest
This year, with every cowgirl in
the country out after the title, the
McAlpin Trophy contest will mean
thrill after thrill. For months Miss
Trickey's rivals have been prac
ticing the various events and if she
retains her title another year, it will
be a championship well won.
Phil Yoder. long champion in
steer roping will also be out after
his old-time honors again, and from
his Wyoming ranch come rumors of
phenomenal speed made in roping
and tying by him. Here, too, he
will have energetic and skilled com
petition. They'll all be there by the 25th
of July, the bulldoggers, the trick
riders and ropers, every "bronc rid
er" worthy of the name, plain cow
punchers and top "contest hands."
And with them will be the thou
sands from Maine, California and
almost everywhere in between who
love the thrills of the fast-going
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Above is Miss Lorena Trickey, world's
champion horsewoman with the McAlpin
Trophy, emblematic of the title she will
defend at Frontier Days. The trophy was
presented by L. M. Boomer of the Mc
Alpin hotel in New York in commemora
tion of Miss Wyoming's exploits there. To
the side is "Slim" Holder on a bad one.
frontier of the old cow-country
days. Even one whole tribe of In
dians are planning to emigrate to
Cheyenne for the big party.
Preparations are rounding up
fast, and long before the time when
"Doc" Davis of the Frontier Com
mittee waves his four-gallon hV
and yells "Let 'er buck,"
everything will be ready..
And then from the time "Doc"
does wrangle his Stetson with
Frontier Days' opening yell on July
25th Cheyenne will be ridin' .'em
wild, high, wide and handsome, for
four long, thrilling days and nights.
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