Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — This Cowboy Is a Girl. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

This Cowboy Is a Girl.

Jessie Findley is the chgifjpjon girl cowboy of the West. only 17 years old, but as a liorsejbreaker she has no rivals among her own sex, and but few among the sterner sex. She is a product of Oklahoina. She has lived an outdoor life always, and the broncho does not buck that she fears to tackle. ' . On one occasion she rode 250 mile? in five days, and wore put the men who accompanied her. At another time she

rode her pony into the North Canadian River when it was bank fuilfiind swani across. Not one of her male companions dared, to follow her lead. She has great success in taming bucking ponies which male riders can do nothing with. She seems to have a hypnotic influence over them they can not resist. Although possessing ail the reckless daring of the cowboy. Miss Findley takes delight in tlie feminine fancies natural to a girl of her age, dresses tastily, and is not averse to frills and pretty ribbons. ■