Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-10-11
Another Good Day of Races and Some
Novel Features of Sport
Introduced.
Steer Roping Contest Attracts a Con
siderable Interest as One OF
the OCCASIONS Novelties.
An Unknown Man Ground to Pieces
Under a Train at the Bridge
Friday Night.
Jim Smith Recaptured, and Is Back
in the Penitentiary After
Many Days. Ill.,. .
The Last DAYS Sports.

h Last Days Sports.
The third and last day of the Mandan
fair equalled the first two in attendance
and exceeded them in attractions. The
parade of the live stock on exhibition in
the forenoon was witnessed by a large
number of people whose delight was
equalled only by their surprise at the
living evidences of success in raising
blooded stock on the Missouri slope.
Governor Allin was present and unhesi.'
tatingly declares it to have been one of
the best exhibits of the kind he has ever
seen. Another feature of the forenoon
was the broncho roping contest-the con-
testant to rope, saddle and ride-in
which some fine exhibitions of cowboy
rldership were seen. Governor Allin
%oficlated in this match as one of the
judges.
Early in the afternoon the seats in the
grand stand began to fill up and when
the gong was struck for the first race at
2:30 not an empty seat was left.
The free.for-all race, pace or trot, was
somewhat of a disappointment as but
one horse was entered, DR.. Gary, against
Roselle, the Glendive mare. In the first
heat it was evident that Roselle didn't
need to be urged any to win. She came
in leisurely in $3.50. DR.. Harcourt, the
starter, announced that some good work
might be expected in the following heats
as distance had been waived. AS a re-
suit Roselle left her. opponent or the
other side of the track, making second
heat in 2:28 and third in 2:27, the best
time made on the track.
In the special dash of half mile for
purse of 500, Pat 'Bandenwald, owned
by Billy Badger O against Grace e.,
| the Herbert mare Of Bismarck, time 55h
seconds. Grace H. was ridden by a
heavy weight and odds were offered
among the sports that with some other
| rider Grace Fl. could show Bandenwald
her heels every time.
In the cowboy half mile race there
were seven entries. Timberline was a
hot favorite against the field and won by
a couple of lengths over Billy Badgers
B. D., time, So seconds.
The most interesting race of the sea.
son was the ladies' half mile dash, trot
or pace, for a purse of 500. There was
but one entry at first, Miss Foltz, OF
Mandan, but finally Mrs. Jack Burke
consented to ride to make the race
When the contestants scored up and the
audience caught on the fact that Miss
Foltz was riding bareback and in the
genuine "new woman" fashion, with &
neither extremity on to each side of the
horse, there was a shout went up from
5000 voices, such as the placid waters oil
Heart river near by had never heard he.
fore. At the signal "go," Miss. Foltz
threw her hat into the air, and with he1
legs wrapped around the pony; her head
close down to the horses neck, she plied
the whip and before Mre. Burke, al
though riding the fast O'Leary pony
reached the first quarter the dust thrown
up by the heels of Miss Foltz's flyer had
already settled again. On she came like
a flying meteor and louder and louder
the cheering, and, as if approaching the
hilarity of the occasion the pony kept
on going around the track and inside
the track until exhausted gave way tc
the determined rider and presented Itself
before the judges stand for judgment.
The most exciting event of the day
and n worthy of the widest of wild
west exhibitions, was the steer ropiue
and tying contest.
The conditions of this contest we're as
follows: Steers to be in pen; the steer
for each man to be chosen by a contest.
ant and turned loose at the discharge OF
a gun; time to be taken until the stee,
is thrown and tied ard nan steps back
and holds up his hand. The judges shall
cause the steer to struggle, and if it fails
to get loose and up the man accomplish.
ing the feat in the shortest time shall
win. A time limit of two minutes and g
half was fixed. There were four con,
testants-Joe New, Don Stevenson, Jr.
Hylie Birchfeld and Ben Singletary
Birchfeld is somewhat famous for his
experiences in handling the lasso, and the
pool sellers f und him a favorite against
the field. The clearing Of the area in,
side the race course of carriages anc
people, and the placing OF a score o.
more of mounted cowboys in a semi
circle leading out from the pen at thu
east of the grounds containing half {
dozen wild steers, and the admonitlor