Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-03
SUCKING BROHCHOS.
THE COWBOY SHOW TURNS OUT SOME
THING OF A FIzzLE.
Fierv, Untamed vaqueros who Couldn't
Lasso Anything-Buckers
That Couldn't Buck.

Several hundred people whose attention
had been attracted by the Yari-colored
hangers and show bills which have orna.
mented the city during the past two weeks
visited Agricultural Park yesterday after.
noon to see the Cowboy Tournament"
The cowboys" proved to be rather new
in their business, judging from their ap.
pearance during the street-parade in the
early part of the day, and among them
were several faces which have been familiar
about the local slaughter. houses for years.
The parade was prolonged to such an ex-
tent that the performers did not reach the
park until after 3 o'clock.
A stout gentleman wearing shining silk
tile then mounted the judges stand and,
after giving several tugs at the starters bell,
announced that the exhibition about to
begin would be of kind that a person
could witness but once in a lifetime. He
forgot to explain the reason why, but then
that didn't matter, as the audience soon
found out why. He also stated that the
entertainment would commence with "rop-
ing and riding bucking broncho." 1t was
fortunate for the audience that the gentle
man had the forethought to tell what the
number would be-had he not, they would
still be guessing.
Several of the alleged Cowboys gal
Hoped their fiery steeds over to pen which
had been erected in the paddock, in which
were about a dozen docile-looking car
horses. These they drove out upon the
race-track and headed them down in front
of the grand stand. The band struck up
some circus music, and down swooped the
terrors of the Far West swinging their
lariats and yelling like Comanches, upon
the hungry herd of "bronchos" The lat.
ter took flight up the homestretch, with the
yelling mob at their heels.
Swish swish went the lariats through
the air-but the "bronchos' kept on run
ming. Not one of them had succeeded in
poking its head through any of the nooses.
The audience roared with laughter, and
guyed the discounted cowboys" unmerci-
fully.
The starters bell peeled forth again, and
the stout gentleman with the shining silk
tile informed the audience that the show
could not proceed unless they desisted in
their enthusiasm, as the "bronchos" were
an exceedingly nervous lot.
The band struck up again, and another
charge was made by the emulators of
Buffalo Bill. 1t was no more successful
than The first. The third, fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh attempts were equally
unsuccessful.
"Get of de earth p shouted a small boy
who had saved himself the trouble of buy
ing an admission ticket by scaling the
fence.
The stout gentleman with a silk tile re-
mOnStrated again with the audience but it
was no use. They wanted something for
their money, and took it out in chatting
the cowboys"
One of the performers finally dismounted
from his steed and charged upon the herd
on foot After several unsuccessful throws
he got his lariat over the neck of an unu-
sually tired ''broncho,n but before he could
secure his prize the animal ran away with
the lariat.
The audience was now riotous, and to
appease them the ss"cowboys" decided to
make one more desperate effort to catch
fiery untamed steed. 1t was with the usual
result, though, and they were about to leave
the track in disgust when out rode colored
stable-boy who is employed at the Park.
He had borrowed lariat and also horse.
He cantered up to the broncho herd and
with little or no trouble lassoed one of
them. He then brought his captive down
to where the cowboys were gathered and
presented it to them.
The audience cheered the stable-bo en-
Enthusiastically, and Immediately dubbed
him jackson, the Champion"
The cowboys" then seized the captive
animal, threw him down, blindfolded him,
and then one Of the performers jumped
upon his back. This, no doubt, was meant
10 be the "bucking broncho" part of the
act but no amount of squirting and lashing
could make that old timer "buck." He had
been too long in the business.
The lassooing was then commenced
again, in the hope of catching a real
"bucker," but darkness set in, and the con-
test was declared draw, with the betting
still in favor of the branches