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RALPH MADSEN - THE BIG COWBOY! - 7 1/2 FEET TALL! SHAKES HAND OF SENATOR MORRIS SHEPHARD - CAPITAL STEPS WASHINGTON DC
MR. RALPH MADSEN, "Big Boy," was born and raised in the State of Texas. Age, twenty-four years the 19th of last April. His height is seven and a half feet; weight, 228 pounds. His mother and father are of medium height; father about six foot two, mother five foot eight, two sisters and a brother about five foot eight. Mr. Madsen wears a size nine shoe, his hands are of an average size. He is healthy in every way, hearty and strong. Exceptionally strong in his arms and limbs. So you can readily see he is not on stilts as some people think. Mr. Madsen spent most of his life on a ranch and a greater part of it in the saddle, until he started to travel some six years ago. He has visited every State in the Union and parts of Mexico and Canada. Wishing to enlist in the Army, he tried both his home country and Canada, but was turned down on account of his extreme height.
Mr. Madsen has acquired a good practical education and is an authority on live stock, horses, cows, pigs and sheep. Knowledge in veterinary and caring for stock has been acquired by actual experiences, being one of the best posted men in the country on domestic animals. He loves a horse above all animals. The little horse he carries with him is his pride and joy. He would keep her at his hotel if permitted. Ask Mr. Madsen anything about a horse, or a domestic animal, he is always ready to talk intelligently about animals or farms. So many people ask him foolish questions in order to appear ridiculous, he is quite witty and goes them one better.
Mr. Madsen is normal in every way, and does not appear as a freak or monstrosity. He takes pleasure in his present work, likes to travel, and has plenty of this world's goods. His height does not bother him when it comes to being sensitive; he says, "we were all meant to be just as we are." When asked how he sleeps, he remarks sometimes, "Up stairs over a vacant lot." or "In the hall at the hotel."
Mr. Madsen is the original Texas Giant Cowboy, under the management of J. Sam Houston, contrary to the reports that he is traveling with any circus of carnival.
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