The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-16
Cowboy Curtis Jackson Stands High.
est So Far in the Estimation
Of the Judges.
BEAUTIFUL GOWNS WORN
BOXES AND GRAND STAND FILLED
AFTERNOON and NIGHT.
The FraternaI Parade Will Be a Fea.
ture To.Day-Crowds in Festival
FieId-CiN's Visitors.

the other horse show attractions. In this
intention the officials were successful. +.
r. Sims exhibited Limestone Belle. who
performed her high school steps with great
beauty. Mat Cohen showed his beautiful
brown saddle horse Jack o. Diamonds and
w. B. White drove MS tandem hitch, Glib
son Girl and Dolly Warden. and each was
properly presented to the spectators by
Superintendent W. 3. Blair. Another un-
expected feature was potato race, ir1>-
which the two Sims boys. Fred Bork.
Frank warman and Will Jacobs partici-
pated and which created no end OF fun
Their work was all voluntary and intended
wholly TO please the crowd. Will Sims
rode his cunning little black pony that Is
as slippery as an eel. In the scrimmages
the young men discounted football trife.
ROUGH RIDING ENJOYED.
The rough riding was feature that was
a revelation to the spectators. The riding
was all qualifying The contest opened
with Steve Girandot on the rope horse. This
animal is indispensable in contest OF this
character He is broken to stand still and
hold the obstreperous bronchos that do
not want to be bothered. The tether-a
rope-is fastened to the pommel of his sad
A.
most heroic service without indications OF
discomfort The first horse brought in
a big bay, which fell to the lot of Bert
Eardsey. He bucked. but not so hard as
he was expected to. Eardsiey cid not
seem to get started right. and his work
was not up to his standard. The second
horse was branded II o." indicating that
whoever branded him was sorry he had
%1of ha
rank outlaw Harry Brennan got him. and
made one of his creditable rides, which
he ended by going over the horses head
as he stumbled. Austin Cochran got Tam
glefoot, who bucked and plunged and gave
the spectators much opportunity to shout
Finally Cochran overcame him after the
horse had run into the fence. rubbed "a
telegraph pole and tried to bite Cochran's
legs, and rode him back TO the Judges.
Bill Conners. the Texan. let wild whoop
out of his mouth when You Just Watch
Me" carried him away with the worst buck
ing that had been seen. Conners had a
perfect saddle. a good mount and a good
ride up TO the point where he thought the
horse was going to switch, and he seized
the saddle, costing him ten points. But
Conners stirred up the spectators by his
wild ride.
Otis Jackson got a gray stranger which
bucked a little bit and then quit. c. E.
Bruce drew Ping Pong. who tried TO break
her back in a five-minutes' endeavor TO
shake Bruce off. Jack Joyce. from Mon
tana, drew Apollinaris, who was not a test
for his skill. Joyce came TO the contest
from st. Louis. He was not originally en-
tered, but as the class was open 10 the
world he was admitted. Joyce was for
eight years the star cowboy of the Buffalo
Bill show, and he gave an exhibition or
rome throwing in the arena between the
bucking rides.
GIRARDOT DREW A PRIZE.
iSteve Girardot drew a prize in Something
Doing This strong broncho gave Girardot
a hard fight. using all its animal sagacity
to catch him unawares and throw him.
The horse tried TO get over the fences. and
Superintendent Blair and his silk hat were
conspicuous in the aren by Blairs frantic
efforts II keep out of Girardots way
bucking horse pays no attention TO the
guiding of the reins. and Something Doing
was no exception.
W. c. Cooley got Bucking Jane and c. D.
Monroe Stick TO Your Saddle. Neither
horse was an Improvement over anything
that had been ridden.
But the star performer fell to Curtis
Jackson who was the winner OF the second
prize at Denver. The horse bore no name.
but was known in the lot as ''the bay shave
tall" so called because its tail hair is very
short "Shave Tall proved a hard task
for jackson and terror TO the spectators.
He plunged about like savage animal.
He threw. himself against the fences and
reared and plunged frntically. Jackson re-
tanned his seat with perfect composure.
He only lost II when Shave TAIL" evi-
IDENTIFY determined TO be a murderous VIII
lain, plunged through the fence at the
southwest corner of the arena and Jack
son was carried off his back by the wires
that were placee above the ratings to pre-