The Meeker herald., 1902-10-11
FIVE COW COWS THROWN.
Rough Riders Fight spItsfui erenehes
At Mountain and Plan Festival.

cho busting contest at Broadway park
yesterday afternoon. Seventeen Of
the best plainsmen In the world fur
nished amusement for the crowd. NO
less than thirty-two horses were rid
den. Some Of these gave promise Of
all sorts of ,mischisvous daredevil
| work. but lii some Instances the exer-
| ton of throwing and sailing was 20
great that all the ginger was gone DO
I, fore q foot was set in the stirrup.
Five of the best riders were thrown
outright, and one man, Ed Tnarpe, was
taken OF the field with q broken leg.
Many of the animals were SO wild that
1t was necessary 20 throw them before
| they could be touched, II the manage.
menI made q mistake. 1t was in getting
animals SO wild that they were ex-
aausted In the efforts to saddle them.
At the recent horse show only two
riders were thrown; In this i've have
gone down to dust and defeat already.
In the horse show event one or two
horses lay down or fell over; in this
event almost q dozen have had tum-
bles. ~
William Benning opened the "bust-
ing" ball on Two Step. Two Step
didn't qualify as leader of the ger
/ man; his dancing was only mediocre.
A half dozen or so OF vaults into the
air and the committee pronounced him
'all in."
1t was another horse with q dancing
name that William Silcott bestrode. Jig
Time this Beucephalus was called. He
bucked Just enough to keep Silcott
from getting q second mount.
But Not In 1t, vicious looking black
made it look like there was something
doing" when W. T. Pussy straddled
him. Pussy was thrown. but not dis
qualified, because Commander John M.
Kuykendall, in trying to change the di-
rection of the zigxagging broncho. came
In contact with the rider and unseated
him.
Fred Bath got prize that was plenty
active. This was Shook, gray, who
proved good bucker for short time.
Curtis jackson, one Of the best. was
awarded a pegasus named Otto Fioto.
and rode him "out of hand on dead
gallop.
! Johnnie Miller took Carrie Ma
ton in hand and made her do
all kinds Of stunts at will. She!
belied her namesake from start
to finish. Miller was then award,
ed Tanglefoot, q good pillow horse. war,
ranted to stand safe without hitching.
There was not single buck in him.
But his third mount was q sorrel
named Cheyenne, who backed and
filled while in the air, who sawed and
weayed and tried to stand on his head
but could not, shake OF his centaur.
Finally, after three minutes Of the
hardest and highest kind OF pitching,
he laid down without warning and al
most caught Miller under him. Miller,
however, was alert, and came up on top,
when Cheyenne rose and started to run.
Bally had mischief In his eye the mo-,
.ment he entered the arena. Alex Dun.
bar was the first to tackle this uttlei
beast, and It was not long before he;
was given = clean fall Alex was dis,
quaiffed.
Steve Girardot, who did such good
work at the recent horse show, was
rather Disappointment whom he i'm.
mediately followed Dunbar with the MT
tie animal that had given the latter his
congo. Steve rode the cayuse. but heI
had to hunt leather to keep on. Bally,
was a real hot proposition. and gave q
pretty exhibition OF an earthquake do,
ing turn. -
Curtis jackson, who won second.
prize at the horse show contest, only.
got genuine bucker on the third trial
In Fusion, whom he conquered.
7, Rich r. Thomson got prize In his
second horse, Smoky Hill, but sub,
dued him. .-'
/ Walter Kinley got Tenderfoot. lit
tie bay. that kept running into the
wires, but was finally quelled.. - -.
/ Charles F. Hecht, . Denver boy, got
Naughty Brute, and managed the
naughty brute till he ran into = tele-
phone and dismounted his rider. (
Leroy Van HoIten rode Rip Van
Wrinkle, an animal that didn't wake
up. and was then given Mouse. that
was not timid, but finally became
quiet
{ Ed Tharpe got 'Tt." . vicious brute
that ran into the fence and threw him
self. breaking his riders left leg.
Jack Mcclure had two mounts, the
last lively one, that he conquered
neatly.
% Charles p McDade also had two
mounts and came ont all right.
Clarence L. Baker, In Blanco,' got q
funeral cavalcade. No excitement ut
all. Then Baker spent ten minutes in
Baddling Fire Ball ON the ground.
When Fire Ball rose, he was mighty
tired, and decided that he did not
care whether he was busted or not, so
he made only the faintest effort to
unseat his man. 80
Bert Earsley had two tries. Old
Man and Jim the Kid. The latter wag
bad one and furnished good deal OF
excitement before he was brought to-
time. Z ~. iJR7
4 The Judges of the contest are the
same as those for the contest of year
ago, John G. Coble of Wyoming. John
e. Twombly Of Denver, Fine P. Ernest
'of Denver. George D. Rainsford Of
Wyoming and William l.. Wilson Of
Denver. - ,tss-,,s
The contest win be continued to-day.
PROPOSITION REJECTED.
Mitchell and MIners Decline nresId.n.