Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
FINALE OF THE COWBOY RACE.
Berry In First and Albright Second-Bene
fits of the Contest.

FINALE OF 7 He COWBOY RACE.
Berry In First and Albright tSecond-Bene-
fits of the Contest.
WORLD FAIR GROUNDS CHICAGO, June
2S.-The last stage of the great cowboy
race from Chadron, Neb., to Chicago was
entered opon at 10 o'clock Monday night
when John Berry left DeKalb, Ills, sixty
miles west of here, on Poison" the horse
that came through all the way with him.
Interest in the finale was manifested at an
early hour yesterday morning when
crowd of curious ones gathered at the
Thirty-third street entrance of Buffalo
Bills Wild West Show, which according
to the stipulations of the contest was made
the terminus of the ride. One of the earliest
arrivals was Mr.. John q. Shortall, presi-
dent of the Illinois Humane society, who
came on behalf of the society to see the
condition of the animals as they arrived.
One of the conditions-in fact the prime
condition of the offer of $500 made by Buff
alo Bill to the winner-waS that the horse
or horses should show that they had not
been pressed beyond their capability to do
good work Berry was shortly followed by
Maj. Burke, press agent of the show, who
was at Dekalb to witness the departure of
the contestants upon the last stage OF their
journey Col Cody and Nate Salisbury
the ground, naturally deeply interested in
the result of the struggle. In addition to
these were numerous attaches of the show,
the Indians and cowboys, who felt an al
most personal interest in the contest.
The patience of the watchers was not
put TO much Of a test, for at 9:25 Berry
dashed up to the entrance amidst a shout
of huZzas and dismounted in front of the
tent in which the gentlemen named were
seated. The rider was, as might be sup
posed, thoroughly fatigued and remained
in cQnyersati9n with Colonel Cody and
the others only few mohIehts, while they
congratulated him upon his safe accom-
plishment of the arduous task. Piloted by
Major Burke the weary hero of the hour
was given "A breakfast and then a sleep.
Berry covered the last sixty miles in
eleven hours and twenty-five minutes,
Poison was examined by veterinary
surgeon and found to be in excellent con-
dition.
The next arrival, at 11:13, created more
excitement even than that of Berry 1t
was Emmett Albright, with whom origi-
mated the idea of the contest, who came in
on "Outlaw.' He dashed up at smart
gallop which he had maintained for the
last twenty-five of the thousand miles COW
cred, and dismounted at the sidewalk
Leading his faithful animal Albright
and was informed that that mode of en-
trance would not do; he must finish on
horseback. SO remounting, when every
movement gave pain. he faced about re-
turned to the sidewalk, and then rode
through at the same fast gallop, reinisg
up his horse sharply in the most approved
cowboy style
John Gillespie and O. NJ Smith rode into
camp about 1:3), Gillespie being first They
h3 ~ in he yrrao .1Ni ho
ing, but could not find their way to the
fair grounds as well as they could have
found a 'buuch' OF lost cattle on the
plains. Albright was the only one who
brought both horses in. Berry rode against
a protest of the other riders, because hav-
ing been clerk oc the race committee for
awhile he became acquainted with the
places in advance.
Hursemen maintain that this race has
been of wonderful benefit to the west as
showing what western horses can do The
performance of some of these animals has
been wonderfIl-superior to anything ever
known before. John Berry, whose business
has made him an excellent judge of
estimates that the crooks
in the roads followed will make the
distance from Chadron to Chicago fully
/ ,03O miles. He was on the road just thir-
teen days and sixteen hours. That means
that his horses have made n daily average
of seventy-three miles without suffering
Enthusiastic horsemen in this race
the opening of Il new branch of commerce
These horses which have shown that they
are fitted for long, hard journeys are the
product of western plains, where the horse
must range for a living on bunch grass
They are of good blood and their rearing
makes them tough. Plainsmen say that this
race has been in the nature of an exhibit
which will make the western horse the
cavalry horse of the world
Notes of the Exposition.
The Missouri Press association was en-
tertained at the Missouri building by the
Missouri commissioners. There were a
banquet and speeches.
The Iowa Prohibitionists kept the anni-
versary of the establishment of cold water
law in their state, and eulogized the re-
suits of prohibition. Among the speakers
was Mrs. j. Ellen Foster. The meeting
was held in the Iowa building.
The New York cooking school will be
)pened this afternoon Miss Corson the