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