Dave Condon wrote many of his impressions of the Cowboys' Reunion, in N.M. Magazine in August, 1942.* "No Sir they don't need them foolish automobile contraptions up at the Reunion. Everybody has his saddle and can ride horses. No mere fanciful phrase is that saying that 'a man on foot is no man at all!"

Responding to doubts over holding rodeos during the Second World War, Dave said, "but then the Las Vegas folks started raising such a fuss themselves that they made Mr. Mustache's mess look almost trifling. Vegas folks said that calling off their show on account of gasoline and tire shortage would be a mite sillier than a tenderfoot maiden in love with a dude ranch foreman."

"My heart really acts like a Mexican Jumping bean when some Vegas cowpoke starts out after one of them black Angus calves. A rodeo is just about tops in the sporting world because it pits man against nature. In some other competitive sports one can forecast and foresee their opponent's next move because both have the same rational minds. But I'll be kicked by a dogie if there's a man alive who can tell which way an outlaw's going to buck next."