The sun., 1896-08-23

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| followed which iickled the spectators hugely
free and kept plying his whip constantly, There
sftesn minSies the bay SucFed.. paved. and
mighty BLIZZARD sucoum6ed and Gard denshirs
rode him around the circle at gentle gallop.
Con claimed another chance to show what he
could do. 80 they hshed bony yellow nag out
Of the pen and after four bucks he gaTs Con a.
TO test Gardenshires supremacy further. and,
as no one else stepped forward, the euit OF
Broncho Buster Of Texas" went to the lad
from the Lip ranch.
minutes were given to those intending To partici-
pate In which to test their laria ats. This was
an Int oSch
wsrewort The ponies, wond derfully trained
and helped in the tests rs though we'll aware Of
the fact that their own safety as well as that of
the rider depended on the strength Of the fariat.
read to the contestants:
Rule I-steer. to he in the pen and then driven by
turned due west and run to line thirty yards from
Rule a-The roper is to be stationed opposite corner
o, pen nedH,sS S nRS9n ;sfer rb es9n'ns 9s9se
Rule 3-The roper Is to have rope ready when word
Ss carry EXTRA 70. S
Riie S-If the steer Is killed that run and tie shall
not te counted. and the party shall have chance At
Rule 7steers to be kept tied until released by com
mittre, to be tied by not iess than three feet
me % Sp S wS Ts M eep ptne aha MseS ONE es
ibie % saddle e. A"A'''" '"' ''N' "' . ''' w IVA
The steers. every one Of which was an outlaw.
were brought up from the pens In q cattle car.
1t had not been thought sate TO lead them. as
they were all big fellows. averaging In weight
neanse ioV ~ hnSs S mos. ov vicious f.ep
The, honor Of being first man at the steers was
awarded to Emilnie Gardenshire. big
speckled steer. with horns four feet across, was
run out. and Gardenshire went for him. He
went right through 1t, and the people laughed
at him. This ratified the boy and his next throw
third throw landed fair and Gard denshire turned
the animal end over end in bringing him down.
II was magnificent exhibition OF skill. but the
TACT that the steer had run nearly mile, aud
that the two misses had stretched the time out
to 8 minutes aud 81 seconds. put Gardenshire
out OF the contest
Ross Sloan OF seymour took the next steer. a
big and vicious red fellow. He caught him
around the horn on the first throw aud downed
Budd smith Of HASKELL downed and tied the
next steer. big black and white fellow who
mour made two misses at a piebald and catch
ing him on the third wound up his job in $50.
utes. and then Dave Harris tackled big piebaid
steer who was All old hand at the business. He
rolled him end over end at the first throw. but
the steer was mp in a second. Twice more he
downed the animal. but the Jerk proved too
much for the horn Of bis saddle aud away it
aged to tie his steer In 4:l0.
John Carr had an old timer on his hands. too.
bounced like a ball, and the thump could be
heard In the grand stand n quarter Of n mile
away. The steer was on his feet In second.
though, and Carr had to wind him six times be-
fore he could throw him. His time. 2:5O, was
considered good under the clrcumstances
the list, and as Chalk has been looked tho
best roper in Texas for long time. his exhibit
up the biggest steer in the pen .or Chalk. and
Chalk had the lariat over h m six seconds after
crossing the itns. When the jerk came both
safely. The second the animals were up again
Chalk was in the saddle. The second jerk W a. all
rope parted a foot from the saddle horn. and
away dashed the steer across the plain. Chalk
vas after him in second. and then came the
finest exhibition of horsemAnship ever seen at
Seymour. Riding AT full speed, Chalk leaned
over and caught the end of the larts,, which
get IL around the saddle horn. but the steer
1erked 1t away and most OF the skin OF the
gathered the rope and BY ss rdne Guf fu .peed
got In enough slack TO take turn around the
saddle horn. Then he threw and tied the steer.
the whole performance being done in 2:O5
pony when they came back. Chalk would nm
accidents. His .opinE the steer in six seconds
was the best throwing of the day.
, sheriff George Martin OF Kings county
downed his steer in the second throw in 2:I0.
Then Billy Parks OF the Moon ranch In COttle
county. known all over Texas as tho "ritchtork
Kid" tackled strawberry roam steer and
downed him in :29l8, making tho best time OF
the contest. John Arnold OF vernon tried to
beat Parks. and rode John ChalE's famous little
dun pony. but the hest he could do was ~
and the prize went TO the " rtcntork KID
There WAS n ball game later in the day and
In the evening the Seymour Dramatic Club pre-
scnted a tive-nct melod sama. Fielding Manor,
o. the Lost Heir" for the cowboys. 1t a
great performance. and the boys almost tore
down the house In their enthusiasm.
Fridays fun opened with the barbecue near /
apt. McLeans house. Capt. Mclean founded
seymour. and his house as me first built there
There were speeches and songs and such a feast
a. never took place in Texas before. IL lasted .
all day. and at night the crowning feature OF the
whole reunion came on. \ grand bail took
place at the opera house. 1t was like AL West
rrn bals-a dozen Young women present and
some 400 wboys. Alex BenGe jefI Scott and /
George Taylor were the floor managers. and I
twelve young women won't go around among
400 young men. even II they are the most
lolignG young women in the world and the ball
ioes last all night.
The twelve Young women wore gowns sent
out from the Eas, Tor the occasion. and the !
cowboys were a- ratified AS lot OF school J
,hi!dren around them. The bail kept up until /
oclnck IN the norning. but long before that
lime the boys who couldn't get dance quietly f.
vent out. got their mustangs. and put for il .
across the plains. On Saturday morning the :
her cowboy guests away with cordial invita- |
ion Ia come again. The boys set OF l!cketty- |
split in every direction. and for n week there
MAS some tall rounding up and un;hngling OF /
II Seymour.
MOSTISA'S GLACIERS.