WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.440 I'll tell you there's just no getting ahead of that Tarzan. Next thing you know you'll 00:11.440 --> 00:15.320 be telling the stories. If you know horse talk that means you think you can do a better 00:15.320 --> 00:21.400 job of it at that. Well maybe. We'll break you in Tarzan on the horses in the audience. 00:21.400 --> 00:25.600 That isn't as funny as you think. You know I had a nice letter the other day from one 00:25.600 --> 00:30.600 of you buckaroos. Jimmy Kennel I believe it was of Fort Madison, Iowa. He said what were 00:30.600 --> 00:34.640 the chores and things he had to do. He fixed up a radio so he could listen in the barn. 00:34.640 --> 00:39.400 Now after all a tack room is just a glorified part of a barn. So he's really getting into 00:39.400 --> 00:43.800 the spirit of things. Anyway some of the cattle were around. Every time Tarzan butted in on 00:43.800 --> 00:48.240 me the way he's likely to do that horse of Jimmy's pricked up its ears and started moving 00:48.240 --> 00:53.760 around sort of restlessly. Jimmy didn't tell me but I'll bet that horse was a female horse. 00:53.760 --> 01:00.360 Oh I tell you Tarzan has always been a heartbreak among the mirrors. Listen to that critter 01:00.360 --> 01:06.680 boast. Anyway Jimmy's letter remind me of a story I'd like to tell you. So stick around 01:06.680 --> 01:10.400 and we'll get to it in just a moment. From the tack room of Ken Maynard's Diamond K. 01:10.400 --> 01:15.440 Ranch we're bringing you stories of adventure, stories of horses, fascinating transcribed 01:15.440 --> 01:20.080 tales of the old west where cowboys still follow the cattle trails, stories of rodeos 01:20.080 --> 01:26.400 and parades, colorful legends of the red man, hidden gold, lost mines and buried treasure. 01:26.400 --> 01:30.960 The exciting tales from the Diamond K are told by Hollywood's champion of western stars, 01:30.960 --> 01:36.000 internationally famous Ken Maynard. Say buckaroos do you like adventure? Do you like to go on 01:36.000 --> 01:40.120 treasure hunts with your friends and discover exciting things? Well I'm going to tell you 01:40.120 --> 01:45.440 about a real treasure of adventure that you can discover for yourself and you won't have 01:45.440 --> 01:51.160 to travel very far only to the nearest mailbox. Now I'm talking about the Diamond K record 01:51.160 --> 01:56.280 album of western stories told by Ken Maynard. These are stories especially for you young 01:56.280 --> 02:02.240 buckaroos and do you know why this album is such a treasure? Because it's made for you 02:02.240 --> 02:07.800 personally and right on the record you'll hear Ken call you by name. Just imagine Ken 02:07.800 --> 02:14.800 saying hello Sally, hello Steve or whatever your name is. It'll be your very own personalized 02:14.800 --> 02:19.520 record album. Each one is in beautiful color with pictures of Ken and Tarzan on the front 02:19.520 --> 02:24.760 of the album and on each of the two big eight inch records also. And these records aren't 02:24.760 --> 02:31.760 just ordinary records, no siree. They are records of sturdy, flexible, colorful, unbreakable 02:31.880 --> 02:36.720 pure vinylite. Why they're made of expensive material but don't worry they're not expensively 02:36.720 --> 02:41.920 priced. You can get this complete album with the two Wild West stories and the personalized 02:41.920 --> 02:47.100 message from Ken by sending only a dollar to records in care of this station. But be 02:47.100 --> 02:53.000 sure to include your name and address so Ken can call you by name personally. Your album 02:53.000 --> 02:59.420 will be mailed postage paid direct from Hollywood. So send today for your Diamond K record album. 02:59.420 --> 03:04.940 Now here's Ken. I don't know if all you buckaroos know it but quite frequently I go around the 03:04.940 --> 03:09.960 country with my own rodeo. Maybe I played your town at some time or other. Anyway you 03:09.960 --> 03:14.640 probably don't know that I took the show over to England a couple of years back. I suppose 03:14.640 --> 03:19.480 that sounds sort of funny to some of you taking a rodeo to England. But you must admit that 03:19.480 --> 03:24.000 a good piece of horse face is admired the world around and the Englishmen and English 03:24.000 --> 03:29.520 women have been right smart horsemen and horsewomen for generations. Rodeos are popular all over 03:29.520 --> 03:34.960 the world. You'd likely find one playing right now down there in Australia in the fine fairgrounds 03:34.960 --> 03:38.640 they have in Sydney or Melbourne. And a fellow was telling me he got the surprise of his 03:38.640 --> 03:44.420 life when he saw a roping act at Casimir in India and not the Indian rope trick either. 03:44.420 --> 03:48.920 But we're straying from where this story takes place namely in England. As I was saying the 03:48.920 --> 03:53.640 Britishers like riding and of course our western movies, mine and those of my pals have been 03:53.640 --> 03:58.400 playing the British Isles for many years and seem to be quite popular over there. I always 03:58.400 --> 04:02.840 have to chuckle when one of them prim English ladies comes sighting up to me sort of bashful 04:02.840 --> 04:08.720 like to inquire if it's safe to take a trip to the United States particularly west. Guess 04:08.720 --> 04:13.440 all those bad armours I used to lick in my pictures sort of scared her Mike. Anyway we 04:13.440 --> 04:17.720 were doing a show just outside of Birmingham, Birmingham England that is, and the grounds 04:17.720 --> 04:22.680 we were using for the rodeo were quite frequently used for horse shows, really fashionable fairs. 04:22.680 --> 04:27.080 There was a regular stable of fine riding and jumping horses attached to it. We were 04:27.080 --> 04:31.520 given the use of that part of the stable for our own horses. Well sir I'll never forget 04:31.520 --> 04:36.320 the impression Tarzan made on those English mares. Buckaroos you should have seen them 04:36.320 --> 04:42.000 flirt with him. If you don't think horses can flirt you don't know horse flesh. One in particular 04:42.000 --> 04:46.120 seemed to be quite smitten and Tarzan of course like most fellows with girls started showing 04:46.120 --> 04:51.200 off. He'd push me around, pull my shirt out, knock my hat off and when I'd bend over to 04:51.200 --> 04:55.800 pick it up he'd butt me flat on my face. You should have heard those filly snickers. Well 04:55.800 --> 05:00.200 take my word for it I took about as much as I could and then had to take him down a peg 05:00.200 --> 05:05.800 or two but not in front of the other horses. Tarzan and I are too good of pals for that. 05:05.800 --> 05:11.000 Well you know every time Tarzan was performing of course I didn't count. That certain English 05:11.000 --> 05:15.000 filly started stamping around in their stall and the only way the stable boy could quiet 05:15.000 --> 05:19.320 her was to take her to the rail and let her watch Tarzan putting on his act. The stable 05:19.320 --> 05:23.520 boy was telling me about it later. The horses stand there breathing sort of hard making 05:23.520 --> 05:28.400 funny snarting sounds while her nostrils were quivering the way I hear some gals do when 05:28.400 --> 05:33.120 some radio fellows sing to them. Well something happened that might have changed Tarzan's 05:33.120 --> 05:38.680 whole career, mine too and I'll tell you about that in just a moment. You know I like my 05:38.680 --> 05:42.820 stories first hand and that's why I go out and find them myself. Now I'm going to finish 05:42.820 --> 05:46.120 telling you this adventure in just a minute but right now I want to take just a minute 05:46.120 --> 05:51.400 to tell you buckaroos something first hand. I'm talking about my K-shirt and no fool when 05:51.400 --> 05:55.840 I say I think the K-shirt is pretty terrific. That's coming straight from the feed bag you 05:55.840 --> 06:01.280 might say because I wear the K-shirt myself and dog gone it I really like them because 06:01.280 --> 06:05.680 they're kind of easy going and comfortable. You just pull them on, no buttons or collars 06:05.680 --> 06:10.600 to fuss with and your mom's going to like the K-shirt too because it's easy to wash 06:10.600 --> 06:15.120 and doesn't need to be iron unless she wants to. The K-shirt itself is a kind of like desert 06:15.120 --> 06:20.080 sand with a big red diamond K brand on the front and Tarzan and I have got our picture 06:20.080 --> 06:25.320 there saying howdy to you. Well there's a K-shirt story. If you'd figure you'd want 06:25.320 --> 06:28.840 one like I wear and like all the kids are getting just send me your name and address 06:28.840 --> 06:35.080 to K-shirt and care of this station. Be sure to write what size you want. Size is 2, 4, 06:35.080 --> 06:40.560 6, 8, 10 or 12 and send along a dollar bill for the father that makes the K-shirt so he'll 06:40.560 --> 06:46.800 make one special for you. Now let's get back to our story. To refresh your memory a little 06:46.800 --> 06:50.980 remember I was telling you about the time Tarzan and I were pairing in a rodeo in England 06:50.980 --> 06:55.300 on a tour we were making and there was one English filly, a horse that is, who was quite 06:55.300 --> 07:00.520 taken with Tarzan. Of course the gals fell for him too but that's another story. Well 07:00.520 --> 07:04.920 we did all the usual rodeo stunts, bronc busting, trick roping, shooting, bull dogging and the 07:04.920 --> 07:09.560 like and the Britishers especially went for that stunt called wild cow milking where the 07:09.560 --> 07:13.800 cowboys have to milk a particular cow into a little bottle which is kind of hard to do 07:13.800 --> 07:18.240 sometimes especially when you're in a hurry. Those of you who have seen a rodeo know what 07:18.240 --> 07:22.800 I mean and those who haven't well I hope Tarzan and I will be able to put on a show for you 07:22.800 --> 07:28.200 sometime. Well now for this rodeo in Birmingham, England. Tarzan and I had been working up 07:28.200 --> 07:33.160 a new trick to give the folks an idea of some of the stunts we did in our western movies. 07:33.160 --> 07:37.200 I remember in one of the pictures I was down at the bottom of a small cliff. I had been 07:37.200 --> 07:40.840 trapped by the villain who with me out of the way was aiming to kidnap the girl I had 07:40.840 --> 07:46.000 been helping while his partners were robbing the local bank. I left Tarzan up at the top 07:46.000 --> 07:51.000 of the hill while I did some scouting around and then the boys ganged up on me and I was 07:51.000 --> 07:55.040 a prisoner down there at the base of the cliff. If you saw the picture you may remember I 07:55.040 --> 07:59.680 slugged the fellow who was guarding me, grabbed his rope, lassoed the horn of my saddle on 07:59.680 --> 08:05.360 Tarzan whose smart horse that he was appeared at the top of the cliff. It looked real smart 08:05.360 --> 08:09.960 on the screen and Tarzan did a wonderful job of pulling me up. Well in the rodeo we tried 08:09.960 --> 08:13.920 to duplicate the stunters as best we could. We fixed up a ramp that looked something like 08:13.920 --> 08:18.560 a cliff. We went through the act more or less the way we did it in the picture. After Tarzan 08:18.560 --> 08:23.200 hauled me to the top he did something I never saw him do before. It's a sense he won't 08:23.200 --> 08:28.120 do again. Maybe he saw that filly watching him over by the rail. Anyway he started to 08:28.120 --> 08:32.000 show off like crazy taking bows and pawing the ground in appreciation for the applause 08:32.000 --> 08:35.800 which kept getting louder and louder. Then he cut loose and started to gallop around 08:35.800 --> 08:40.040 the grounds. Now I hadn't had the chance to get the rope off his neck and there he was 08:40.040 --> 08:43.760 galloping like the wind with that rope trailing after him. I didn't think anything about 08:43.760 --> 08:48.680 it at first. Thought it was a good laugh and something we might use in the act all the 08:48.680 --> 08:53.000 time. The folks liked it so much. Then I remembered that there was a hefty knot on the end of 08:53.000 --> 08:57.840 that rope big enough to kick up quite a dust trail as it bounced along. What if that knot 08:57.840 --> 09:01.960 were to catch on something? Going at that speed it would throw Tarzan so badly it might 09:01.960 --> 09:05.880 break his neck. I began to yell and ran after him but everybody thought it was part of the 09:05.880 --> 09:10.480 act and laughed all the harder and then it happened. There was a jumping pit in the middle 09:10.480 --> 09:15.080 of the field with very strong supports on each side to hold up the jumping rails. While 09:15.080 --> 09:19.600 the way Tarzan was going that knot was headed for a slot in that support. I knew by the 09:19.600 --> 09:23.400 sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach that it was going to catch and Tarzan would 09:23.400 --> 09:27.880 be thrown for sure. The people saw it too and the laughing stopped and a great gasp 09:27.880 --> 09:32.240 took its place. Then I saw something I'll never forget for the rest of my days. The 09:32.240 --> 09:36.440 horse came galloping out into the field. It was that English filly. She had broken away 09:36.440 --> 09:40.360 from her stable boy and jumped the fence. She knew something was wrong. Like a streak 09:40.360 --> 09:44.320 of wind she made for Tarzan and just when the knot had wedged between the supports and 09:44.320 --> 09:50.200 I expected to see Tarzan thrown she reached him, headed him off and turned him just enough 09:50.200 --> 09:55.000 so the rope when it jerked spun him around but didn't spill him saving Tarzan from a 09:55.000 --> 10:00.400 broken neck and sure death. I tell you I don't mind admitting it there were tears in my eyes 10:00.400 --> 10:04.800 when I reached the two of them. They were standing together their heads mighty close 10:04.800 --> 10:09.640 and the folks in the stands were like to go mad stamping and yelling and screaming. Don't 10:09.640 --> 10:13.400 let them tell you those English people are reserved. It just takes more to make them 10:13.400 --> 10:19.120 let go that's all. Well buckaroos if Tarzan wanted to marry the gal and take on a mate 10:19.120 --> 10:24.160 I wouldn't have any objections. There's no finer filly in my estimation anywhere and 10:24.160 --> 10:28.280 if a moving picture camera had been trained on that rescue scene we'd have had one of 10:28.280 --> 10:33.120 the most exciting bits of film you've seen in a long time. So we moved that filly to 10:33.120 --> 10:39.040 stall right next to Tarzan's and believe me she was in horse heaven. Yes sir I hate to 10:39.040 --> 10:44.120 admit it but if horses could ride Tarzan would probably get more fan mail than I do. Anyway 10:44.120 --> 10:48.920 he sure is getting one from Fort Madison, Iowa. That right Jimmy? 10:48.920 --> 10:56.040 Well Ken that was a story with a real English flavor wasn't it? Buckaroos don't forget 10:56.040 --> 11:01.120 if you're looking for adventure you'll find loads of it in Ken Maynard's personalized 11:01.120 --> 11:08.560 Diamond K record album. Two complete stories of the Wild West on two big eight inch pure 11:08.560 --> 11:14.240 vinylite unbreakable records. You know vinylite is expensive material and it makes a fine 11:14.240 --> 11:19.160 flexible colored record that you can't break and you can play your records over and over 11:19.160 --> 11:25.440 again. But the Diamond K record album for you buckaroos isn't expensive. No sir. It's 11:25.440 --> 11:30.440 an amazing one dollar for the two complete stories and a colorful album with pictures 11:30.440 --> 11:36.040 of Ken and Tarzan on the front and on the records too. Now the records are the standard 11:36.040 --> 11:42.160 78 RPM speed for the regular kind of record player that everybody's used for years. And 11:42.160 --> 11:49.440 don't forget Ken makes these stories just for you and he'll call you by name right on 11:49.440 --> 11:55.160 the record. You'll hear him say, hello there Raymond this is Ken Maynard with a story just 11:55.160 --> 12:00.420 for you. Yes Ken will call you by name whatever your name is and boy you'll be 12:00.420 --> 12:06.240 the talk of your neighborhood. So if you want real adventure send your name and address 12:06.240 --> 12:11.600 and a dollar bill to records in care of this station and if you have a friend to whom you'd 12:11.600 --> 12:16.800 like to make a very special and exciting gift send the name of your friend and a dollar 12:16.800 --> 12:22.000 bill to records in care of this station and you'll have a personalized record album to 12:22.000 --> 12:29.000 have as a gift for some very special friend. Now it's just as easy as rolling down a hill 12:29.000 --> 12:36.000 so right today. Now once again here's Ken to tell you about his next story. 12:36.000 --> 12:41.320 Well buckaroos it was Tarzan's story this time and I hope you liked it. Oh Tarzan's 12:41.320 --> 12:48.320 reading his fan mail. That sure must be some letter. So this is Ken Maynard and Tarzan 12:49.160 --> 12:53.340 we won't bother him now bringing our story round up to a close reminding you for some 12:53.340 --> 12:58.120 real western fun get those one dollar bills in the mail right away. Join us again when 12:58.120 --> 13:03.400 I'll tell you the story of Talbert's bank. You've been listening to tales from the Diamond 13:03.400 --> 13:08.040 K stories of adventure told by Ken Maynard internationally famous cowboy stunt writer 13:08.040 --> 13:12.160 and Hollywood's champion of western stars. We hope you're one of the regular visitors 13:12.160 --> 13:17.520 to Ken's tack room. The doors always open at the Diamond K Ranch every weekday. Invite 13:17.520 --> 13:22.240 your friends to come along for a trip into the adventures of the wild wild west. We bet 13:22.240 --> 13:27.160 mom and dad will enjoy these stories too. Ken Maynard you know is a real riding roping 13:27.160 --> 13:31.880 shooting cowboy who's traveled all over the world looking for excitement and lost treasure 13:31.880 --> 13:36.320 starring in circuses and rodeos as well as his own motion pictures and he's chopped full 13:36.320 --> 13:41.560 of stories. Rooting tooting stories. Ken will be looking for you. Tales from the Diamond 13:41.560 --> 13:57.400 K was transcribed and produced in Hollywood.