Staff photo by Mitchell Zachs Ike Sankey pulls the flank strap for Larry Sandvick on a Bareback horse named Jug Head Wednesday afternoon. Sankey, of Cody, Wyo., is the lead stock supplier for the 2000 Round-Up and is already drawing rave reviews from competitors. The queen and princesses race into the arena, cross the infield at a full gallop and pull up inches away from the south grandstand in one of the most thrilling and popular segments of the show. Staff photo by Jesse Beals Dot Kalet holds Julie and Bert Kalet holds Penny during a relaxed moment at the Wally Byam Caravan Club International RV camp site next to Continental Mills Inc. in west Pendleton. The dogs are Cavalier King Charles spaniels.
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The four riders pictures are practicing their routine. It was a busy day, with 92 team-roping teams taking their first run. Beauregard the Happy Canyon elk has been a star of the nightly pageant the past 19 years, despite ripped tendons, broken antlers and a broken shoulder blade. The elk struts through the scenery early in the show, to the delight of spec-tators. Queen Shana Anderson, center, was joined by princesses Amy VanderPlaat, left, Darci Severe, Brittany Smith and Annie Hisler.