The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-14

went until near the east fence, when
Cups made lis first throw and miss ii the
steer the rope sliding off over the back
OF the steer. The man gathered Up his
rope without stopping and soon was ready
for another cast and this time the loou
fell squarely over the head Of the steer.
! The steer was going northwest when he
was caught. but the pony was Gcing
! another way. and when the length r the
rope was reached, the steer whirled
around like whip-craeker, but did not
fail down The pony then went around
| him and the rope was drawn under the
legs Of the steer and the steer was down
with one sharp jerk The rider slipped
off and in very few minutes had the
animal tied and raised his hat 70 the
judges. His time was one minute and
thirty three seconds.
The next man to try his hand was Elsa
Roberts, Of Woodward Q. T. He was
given a big. raw-boned animal with horns
three feet long. Tho steer had a good
start and away they went across the field.
The first throw made was a good one,
but the steer jumped clear through the
moose and the rope was drawn tight
around the body. lie was caught amid
ship and it was 4 hard Job TO down lin.
At the first attempt The horse fell down.
throwing the rider. but both were on
their feet in short order The pony and
man worked hard trying to throw the
steer. but fall the animal would not. He
was jerked and pulled in al directions
and whenever tne pony tried 10 go around
him, ne moved the same direction, and
thus prevented him being thrown He
was simply worn out, 1ntil finally the
rope was placed between the fore-feet,
and then it was al up with him. The
steer was held fast as If by a post, for
when he vUac thrown ono of the 100y horn
stuck into the frozen ground and held
him like he was chained and it created
considerable excitement after the show
was over watching that steer in his fran
tic efforts to get up and ne worked for
five minutes before the ground was loos-
ened enough to pun the horn out.
W. A. Major of Liberal was the next
man called. A long horned white Texan
was turned loose for his benefit. He made
fine throw the full length of the rope,
but it was only over one horn and when
he tried to tighten it the rope come of.
He gathered up the rope again and made
another run, but this time the steer
jumped clear through it before it was
frightened and Mr.. Nailor gave up the
chase, and two or three other punchers
caught the steer and brought him in.
While they were chasing this steer the
crowd was entertained with some antics
not on the program. The steer was go
ing south along the east fence when a
man rode up behind him and caught
him by the tail, then riding around he
threw the steer and the animal rolled
over three times before he could stop.
He got up and tried it again and an
other time the man caught him by the
tail and dumped him. This kind of fun
was very interesting to all but the steer
and he began to get his Dutch up, and
when he arose the second time there was
plenty Of room for him and he took il.
Through the crowd and over the fence
he went and was finally captured down
in the creek getting drink.
c. Reynolds of the 101 ranch was mount
ed on a very small, bay pony and was
given big yellow steer about twice as
big as the pony. He was the quickest
man to catch his steer as it was not
more than 200 yards from the gate when
he made the throw. The pony made a
quick turn as he made the throw and
the horse slipped and the man was thrown
TO the ground. The rope slipped off of
the steers horn and the pony started
to run after it. but the man was tan
gled up in the rope and before anyone
thought he was being dragged across the
prairie by one foot. Two men roped the
pony and stopped her while others caught
the steer. Mr.. Reynolds had his ankle
wrenched pretty badly, but he kept on
in the ring and roped several steers that
others let get away.
Jim Seldman of Alva took the field and
won third prize of SIS. He had a big roam
steer TO capture and he did it in short
order. After making his throw and once
throwing the steer he got off the pony
and was going TO the animal when he
got up and while attempting to throw
him the horse stumbled and the man
went over his head. He was soon on
his feet and this time the steer was
thrown so hard he could not get up. The
time was one minute and thirty-nine sec