Arizona silver belt., 1889-11-30
CELEBRATION IN GLOBE

| iH6ub OHeG6u III OlOoO OH AudHhsH " ing day sufficient to please everybody Those religlously inclined, gave thanks at the NJ. E. church, for manifold blessings received during the past bountlful season. The sport at the ball grounds was witnessed hy large crowd winch enjoyed the many anus ing incidents of the day, and gener. ously applauded the contestants.
 First on the programme were the horse and pony races, which were ex- citing and closely contested. There were three entries in the horse race: Geo. Roggenstroh's bay, ridden by McLane; Chas. Tebbs' black, ridden by Harvey Morris; and J. w. Ran som's sorrel, ridden by J. Bacheus. The conditions of the race werei DIs- tance 300 yards, for purse judging, ''start and finish '-thatis the positions of the horses were noted at the start and those m the lead were set back a like distance at the finish. After sey- eral attempts the horses were sent of to a good start and came up the track well punched. So close was the finish between the bay and black that only those directly at the line could tell which was in the lead. The black had the best of it by about two feet, but as he got the best of the start by apany times that distance the race, accord ing to agreement, was given to Rog- genstroh's bay.
 The second race was even more ex- citing. The entries were, John Penn bertons gray, Harvey Morris rider; John Murphy's bay, McLane rider, and Chas. Eads' sorrel, Cliff Middleton rider. The ponies got away to a good start and 1t was neck and neck for the entire distance. The finish was so close between the gray and sorrel that the judges decided it a dead heat. There was some dissatisfaction ex- pressed with the decision, Pemberton and several of the spectators claiming that the gray won by two or three feet. After some discusslon it was agreed to run the race over agaln; but unfortunately the result was no more satisfactory than the first heat, the judges again deciding it a tie, although it looked to the spectators at the finish as though the soriel was seven or eight feet III the lead The owners of the horses agreed to divide.the purse. The Murphy horse although defeated m the first heat, was run flor fun in the second and beat the others out. The judges at the start were Ike Hing man and A. McLane, and at the finish, James Hale and A. H. Gibson.
 Great interest was taken in the steer-tying contest, which did not be- gin till after 12 o'clock and, owing to the large number of entries, consumed the entire afternoon. The fact that strong east wind was blowing militia ted agalnst the success of the contest The steers, too, were light in flesh and remarkably active, and several of them after being thrown, were again on theIr feet in few seconds. James Gibson roped and threw his first steer in very cnhck time, but before the rider could dismount, the agile beast was up and away again. It was thrown three times befor, submitting to being tied. Notwithstanding his ill-luck Jimmy made last time on his second steer and won first money. His brother John did good work, and took second money, and Geo. Stanley cap tured third. Ed. Horrell was applaud ed for his excellent roping, but he, too, was unfortunate. After roping his first steer in 12 seconds his lariat broke and destroyed bis chance of win nlng. Ills second steer was roped and tied in 1.1S Renteria downed and tied his first steer in H. The fail ure of others is not to be ascrIbed to a lack of experience. The contestants are all expert ropers, and under favor able condition able to cope with the best.
 In making comparison of the rec ords made here, with similar contests elsewhere, allowance should be made fer the bad condition of the Globe grounds. The mesa upon winch the contests took place is narrow, with a scattering growth of catclaw, and bounded on three sides hy broken ravines filled with live brush, greatly inbreaSing the element of chance 1T contests of steer tylng. Following l; the record:
 James Gibson, on,..............L5 90 104 John Gibson. n.............1.90 l 2; Geo. Slanley, ey,............L43 14S Marion Horrell, ll,...........1 g 2O( Jesus Reuteria, .s.......1 .1.11 3 5i Ed Horrpll 3A2 1S