Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-09-17

naNeu Dauly at the post n stamped
ed through with her jockey, who was
taken of and replaced by Guy Skill.
man.
The breed running rae over the
mile track was exciting as usual and
was a surprise party to the spectators
as the favorite, Ben Cline's horse.
hardly secured a place and the ace
was won by Jerry, the 0uellette horse.
with the Berger horse a close sec
ond.
The drilling contest for a prize of
$50 and s25 was a failure as far as
the drilling exhibition goes, though
considerable money changed hands
on the outcome. The competing
teams were Guy Colscott, Alfred Johns
OF Gilt Edge, and John Scott and
Frank Norton of Whisky Gulch. The
former team, which won the contest,
sunk a twenty-six inch hole, while the
latter team only went down 1Sk inch.
es into the rock.
The bucking contest, which was to
be decided on the third day, went on
merrily and Frank Biglen was the
first vaquero to straddle the festive
broncho in the shape of an evilmind.
ed buckskin, which bucked all over
the grounds and finally ran under a
shed at the stables and almost raked
his rider off. Guy Skillman thumbed
a big sorrel and rode him to a stand
still. while Walter Sturman staid on
the hurricane deck of an iron grey
until the animal turned a couple of
somersaults and fell with his feet
against the western fence. Sturman
was caught and could not move; luck
lily, however, 1t was only his heel that
was caught between the saddle and
the ground and he was astride his
mount as it struggled to its feet. One
OF the bucking horses broke loose at
this stage Of the game and Billy
Woods, with several of the twisters,
had a merry time cutting 1t back to
the bunch and had Just got 1t dead to
rights when another festive broncho
got away with a saddle on. Away
went the cayuse with the boys after
1t on the dead run; bucking, falling
over bitches and running into the
thickly clustered teams. After sew
eral minutes of wild riding, a rope was
thrown which caught the horn of the
saddle on the runaway. Then the
fun commenced; the wild cayuse,
scared tn death at the Tightening of
the cinches, would run, and On com
ing to the end of the rope, turn a
somersault; up again and he would
make another break for liberty and
II was not until he was roped SO that
he could not move, that he gave up
the game and was led into the cor.
raj.
Will Howells rode a vicious hay
while Jess Woods, with the i'll luck
which attended him the day before,
got a mount that wouldn't buck and
was being towed to the corral by one
OF the boys when the brute reared
and bucked, throwing him across
Woods leg before he could be turn
ed loose by Jackson, who had the hack
reins wrapped around the horn of his
saddle. Woods demanded another
horse, but before it could be saddled
got too stiff to ride and his place was
taken by Guy Skillman, who cut his
initials all over the hide of a bay out
law that happened to be handy.
The main feature of the afternoon
was the balloon ascension by Prof
Baldwin and it was a thorough sue
cess. At 2:45 the ropes attached tt
the big balloon were cut and 1t sho
up a distance of several hundred
feet in the air like a rocket. WheI
H. became steadied, the professor
who was sitting on a bar attached t.
the parachute, lighted several wa
bombs, which exploded with a repor
that could be heard for many miles
At a height Of several thousand fee
the parachute was cut loose and open
ed after a dead drop of three hundre'
feet. Acrobatic feats were performe'
by the professor while at a dizzy ele
walton, which would be hard to accom-
plish while on terra firma and he de
scended in sight of the crowd, abou
a half mile to the east of the grounds
The crowd at the grounds was a ga,
one and the ladies had taken advar
tage of the fine weather to don thei
holiday wraps, which gave the ground
a gala appearance well fitted to tn
occasion. The stars and stripes floa'
ed gaily everywhere and the exhib
ton buildings were being filled u
and arranged rapidly.
The Lewistown Commercial Co. ha
a very tastefully arranged departmer
in the art building and displayed a
the novelties of the season. Manage
Hanke was on hand to show the e,
hibit to visitors and the display a
tracted the attention OF the passc
by with It's tasteful arrangement an
brilliant coloring.
The Power Mercantile Co. had