Word: cowboying
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American rodeo cowboys and cowgirls made a lasting impression upon Londoners when they arrived at the capital of the British Commonwealth en route for the Wembley Exhibition. One cowboy, sitting on the hood of an automobile, yelled: "I want to rope a red-headed goil." He did, but she turned out to be a blonde, so he let her go. Every silk hat within a rope's length was regarded as legitimate prey and Londoners took it all with marked good humor. One body of men who quite overawed the excited "cowpeople" were the London "bobbies;" they were...
History that cannot add a cubit to a cowboy...
...after two years of intellectual contemplation-the study of American history (at least so the wondering world has been informed) The problem is "Why?" His new picture is a typical Will Hart Western. Possibly his historical details are increasingly accurate. What of it? He was always inimitable-the greatest cowboy that ever faced a camera. Even William S. Hart by taking two years' thought cannot add one cubit to his stature...
...Roping Fool" (a Western picture with slow motion showing cowboy feats...
...born in Victoria, Tex., in 1864 and claimed to be of Cuban parentage, on account of which he used the Spanish form of his name. He was first a cowboy, then an inspector of customs, cattle trader, cotton raiser. From the cotton and wool business he branched into a scheme for colonizing Mexico with southern Negroes. The colony failed, but he went on; he entered the brokerage business, and went to New York. There he became head of a $10,000,000 water company which served various towns now incorporated in New York City and known as the Bronx. After...