COWBOYS AT THEIR PRANKS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1249, 5 February 1886, Page 3

COWBOYS AT THEIR PRANKS

A gentleman who came in on the Northern Pacific Road (said the St. Paul ‘Pioneer') adds anothei to the list of startling “ cowboy stories of the wild west,” When the train stopped at Medora, the hj adijunrters of the Marquis de Mores and Theodore Roozevelt, some ten or a dozen cowboys, raounto 1 on their typical horses of the plains, were cutting all kinds of capeid and giving a sort of free show for the edification and amusement of the citizens and passengers. The boys had just come iu from around up, and were Hush with money and considerably flashed with Dakota tanglefoot. The railroad bridge, which spans the little -Missouri River at this point is at least 100 a above the surface of the water. To-enable footmen -o cross, a narrow plank walk—not more than 2ft wide—-is laid along on the ties, from shore to shore, in the centre of the bridge. . it requires steady nerve for a man to make the trip successfully, without losing his balance and filling through between the ties into the river far below, which, of course, would mean certain death Two of the'eowboys, more- recckhss than their companions, rode their horse upon the track at a rapid gait, and then in single tile, dashed on to tho bridge and made for tho other side, (lying along the narrow plank walk just as if they were racing across the prairie after an obstreperous bovine. 'I ho spectators were thrilled with horror, and expected to see the two during men dash ?cl to death at every jump the horses made. The riders yelled vociferously, and rode with the same easy confidence they always display when at homo on the';plains. One of them was somewhat in the advance of the other, and the passongeis were astonished and their suspense greatly relieved when he reached the other side safely and gave vent to u regular yell of triumph. But his companion was not so lucky. He was within thirty yards of the end of the bridge, going at full speed, when his horse stumbled. The rider was seen to sway to and fro for a few secomls and to make a desperate effort to pull the animal on its feet again and then both wens down in a heap. The crowd of lookers on with one impulse give vent fo a c-y of terror, and a number of people started oat on tho bridge to render assistance to the unfortunate fellow. But almo.'t immediately the falhui cowboy uro-e, helped tho horse upon its foot—in some miraculous way—mounted, and cleaved the remaining space with a rush, yelling like ;i demon as he flew down the track on the other side, in hot pursuit of his companion, who was almost out of sight, and running ns if he were timing to get out of the way of a cyclone. 1 f horse or rider was ii jured, peither showed any signs of it from the distance that intervened. Evidently tho horse fell over on its side on the broad walk and managed to keep its legs free from the space between tbs ties, thus saving itself from serious injury. It was one of tho most foolhardy feats on record.

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