Well, the reasoning was because my grandfather always used to cite Jack Hoxie to me as one of his favorite cowboy stars (along with Hoot Gibson). But I’d only seen a couple of Hoxie films, and they were some bottom-barrel cheapies from the early talkie era, and not regarded as prime examples. The silents were representative of the ones my grandfather saw, and when I saw this 1926 one pop up on a cheap public-domain dvd for five bucks, I ordered a copy.
Ok fair enough. I know my grandfather was into Tom Mix like pretty much every other 8 yo boy back then.