In the interview, Harry talks about his family, describing how his father, aunts, and uncles came over from England and settled on a homestead in Colorado. Harry was born in there, the second of three boys. He explains how he and his cousins were raised by his father’s sister Molly after his mother left when he was three, and shortly his cousin Art Greene’s mother died. He also talks about his immediate family’s move to New Mexico after his father’s remarriage. He tells a number of stories about his childhood involving his cousin Art, his brothers, and Jose Lucero, a Mexcian man who worked for his father.

Harry also discusses his time in the Army during World War I. He claims that he, he cousin Art, and a friend were the first three boys from Colorado to enlist. During the war, Harry worked with horses and pack trains. He speaks extensively about his experiences during the war, being wounded, his squad in the stables, and battles he saw. He talks about joining the Cheyenne Rodeo after being discharged from the Army as a bronc rider and roper and tells the story of being hired to be Uncle Sam in the US float for the Olympics in Paris in 1924.