Arizona republican., 1904-02-22
FIRST DAYS EXHIBITION
What the Cowboys Did at East Lake
 Park Yesterday.

Yesterdays exhibition, the first of the three days cowboy tournament at Eastlake park was fairly well attended and was entirely satisfactory from the view point of those in the grand stand. The mark for steer tying was placed at 34% seconds, a very good record. and one that will hurry any body to beat during the tournament as it was within very few seconds of record time. There are eighteen cow boys entered for the steer tying con test and the arrangement is for six men to tie each day. Each man draws number the first six showing yes terday, the second six today and the third group tomorrow.
 Yesterday the honors were carried away by Robert Harper who tied his steer in 3f2i seconds. The second man out was Bill Anderson who tied in I:01E and the third man was Charles Hollingshead whose time was 1:22 flat. The other three men failed to tie at all though they made the usual run. But the steers loosed for them were really not good range specimens and ought to have been entered in the matinee races for today as they be- long in the jack rabbit class. The horses were distanced and there was nothing doing.
 The relay race between Oscar Rob- erts and John Wright was an inter- esting event. It was three times around the track a distance of 900 yards with six changes. The changes included saddles Roberts won in 2:21 The contestants in the flag picking event were Oscar Roberts and Bill Ander- son. It was a tie and the money was divided.
 A longer and better programme will be presented this afternoon. The six men who are to tie are all experts and include Oscar Roberts who holds the record, and Wayne and Charles Davis. After the regular six man contest there will be another contest in which six steers and i've men will participate. This will be a bunch play. Six steers will be liberated at once and five men will start after them. The man tieing his steer first and leaving it captures the sixth steer will be de- clared the winner. There will also be a COW boy relay race between Oscar Roberts and Johnny Wright, three times around the arena. Both are notable riders and the race should prove an exciting one.
 Another race, after the manner of the hippodrome will be a running race, once around the arena, between seven- teen of the best riders in the aggre- gation of range specialists. There will be a flag picking exhibition again today. as yesterday, between Oscar Roberts, the local champion and Geo. Felton for years conpected with a wild west show after finishing his range education in the Tonto basin coun- try.
 Mir. Wright. who keeps books for the MelcZer liquor store, and whose name should not be confounded with Johnny Wright the cowboy, yesterday chal- lenged oscar Roberts to a special horseback riding contest which is to take place this afternoon also, as d part of the exhibition, the challenge being accepted by MT. Roberts The contest is to be a race once around the arena and the terms are that neither rider is to touch either his bridle reins, the pomme of the saddle, or anything else, for the purpose of guiding his horse or maintaining his seat in the saddle. If he does so he forfeits the race. Either man, how ever, may use his reins before the start and after the finish for stopping his horse, but during the race the ami nals must be guided by the balancing of the rider and must also be kept in the track: no cutting crosslots will be permitted except on penalty of forfeit. Each man has deposited ten dollars, the winner to get the stakes.
 Altogether todays programme af- lords great variety and the exhibition should call out large crowd.