The Glenwood post., 1904-09-03

judge, Brennan of Pueblo, was taken
IN charge by the officers, but Sutton.
the other dishonest Judge, could not
be found when wanted, as he evidently
was unwilling to loiter in town. pre-
terrinS to seek more congenial climes
than Glenwood Immediately. Where
he went is not known as he has not
been seen since Sunday afternoon.
The awarding of the championship to
Richard Thomson was in accordance
with the unanimous opinion of the
spectators present as well as that of
every cowboy who had taken part or
witnessed the contest during the two
days and especially upon the last day
when it had settled down to a few
contestants. The second prize was won
by George Winters, of Carbondale. and
Frank Corners, of Snow Mass, won the
third prize. The second and third
positions in the contests were appar-
entity not considered of great import
ance, as far as their connection with
the scheme of the managers of the
contest, as the judges were unanimous
in their selection of the winners of the
places but had the original plan been
carried out they would have had the
honor of being second and third but
would have been looking yet for the
cash prizes.
1t was well that summary action was
taken against the promoters of the
scheme as it will undoubtedly result in
clean sport in the future and will
have tendency to remove such graft
ing for all time from Glenwood.
The sport of the two days was
thoroughly interesting and showed the
remarkable skill possessed by the
contestants in sticking to the hurri-
cane deck of bucking broncho while
under full sail. Herb Thompson of
Rlfie was the only one who had an ac
cident of any moment. and had he been
in right condition this would probably
not have happened, as he is one of
the best riders on the western slope,
as rule. He started to ride one of
the worst animals of the lot and the
horse had gone but a few yards on its
careening course when Thompson was
thrown to the ground, rendering him
unconscious. He did not recover for
nearly four hours. However after this
period of oblivion, he came to all right
and was only slightly the worse of the
accident
The cowboy dance at the opera
house Saturday night was one of the
mcst interesting and best patronized
features of the two days. The cow
boys were dressed in their picturesque
costume and attracted much attention
and the way they danced with all their
togs would do credit to a professional
waltzer on the finest of floors To
make the occasion the more realistic
there was the usual shooting of the
Dygone days, although even now such
occurrences are heard of OCCASIONALLY
"hlch fact brings to mind that the
day of the cowboy has not vet alto.
sether passed with the crowding back
OF the frontiers of the great west, |
Ihere were number of contestants in
the prize waltz and it was the general
opinion that Richard Thomson was
the best one of the bunch, although
others came in for their share of ap-
proval. There were about one hun
dred couples present and everybody en-.
tered heartily into the pleasure of the
occasion.
Everybody who attended the differ
ent events of the two days was highly
pleased and had the promoters Grims-
ley and Blakely, done the square thing
they might have come here next year
and arranged for an equally successful
tournament, but next year the affair
will be in better hands and balloon
ascensions and the like which were
not intended to take place will not
be advertised. Adios, gentlemen.