The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

220 SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE
A TYPICAL WYOMING RECEPTION
On Monday, June ist, a Wild West exhibition was given in
his honor. The first event was the presentation to the President
of a- beautiful horse and a complete .riding outfit. The
present was the gift of the people of Cheyenne and Douglas.
The President responded in a happy vein, saying that it was
the best riding animal he had been astride, and asked permission
to rechristen the animal Wyoming.
At the conclusion of the wild horse race, which was the
next feature, President Roosevelt remarked to Secretary
Wilson, who was present:
"That is the finest exhibition I ever witnessed. Whenever
Uncle Sam again needs cavalrymen, these are the men we
want."
A dozen wild-eyed Texas steers were next turned loose and
roped; then followed an exhibition of rough riding. The
worst outlaw horses on Wyoming ranches were ridden by
Thad Souden, champion rough rider of the world, and others.
The climax was reached when "Teddy Roosevelt," terror of
Wyoming ranges for many years, was brought out.
The President made but a short stop between Cheyenne
and North Platte, Neb., and that was at Sidney, where he
delivered a short address, entering Iowa at Council Bluffs
early Tuesday morning. At Webster City and Iowa Falls
brief halts were made, and at Cedar Rapids President Roose-
velt addressed five thousand people from the car platform,
speaking particularly to the normal school pupils. Brief stops
were also made at Independence and Manchester. The presi-
dential special then proceeded to Dubuque. Here, after a
drive about the hills overlooking the Mississippi and a short
speech to six thousand school children, the President drove to