Arizona republican., 1904-09-19
srEER TYING AT THE PARk
The Last of the Three Days Sports
 We'll Attended.

There was a big crowd at Eastlake park yesterday to witness the last days cowboy sports. The grandstand was well filled, there was a large crowd on the grounds outside the stand and another large crowd was beyond the Jurisdiction of the ticket seller, looking through cracks in the fence or perched in trees above the line of the enclosure.
 The first part of the programme was the tying of a bunch of steers by the seventeen highest participants in the contests of the two previous days. An inducement to good work was a special purse divided into three monies. An other innducement was Professor Fountains band, which sat in the middle of the grandstand, like a big spot of scarlet. The tying was a good exhibition of skill, though it happened that a larger number of cowboys than usual made mo time" Among those who failed were such veterans as Joe Bassett, the winner of the big prize at Tucson not long ago. The first money was won by Dolph Evans in :32 S-4; second by Lonnie Lancaster in :34, and the third by George Haggard in :39.
 The tsteers tied were a wiry lot, not large, but determined to make busf-
 ness for the cowboys, all of whom were
 given a run for their money.
 The first steer fell to Bud Burrows,
 the winner of first money the day be-
 fore in :2S 3-4. He was less fortunate
 yesterday, for before he could throw
 up his hands in signal of the accom- plishment of his work, AZ 1-2 seconds
 had elapsed. Walter Card had bad luck from the beginning and chased his
 steer around in vain. It became neces- H.. throws; his time was 1:19 1-2. Lonnie
 Lancaster made a fine catch before the steer had got half way across the field.
 His time was :34. Joe Bassett, who seldom misses, made four throws and gave up in disgust. DOlph Evans by quick work at every stage of the pro- ceedings made the record of the day in 32 3-4. Walter Harrington finished his work in 40 1-2.
 Winnie Rosenberg caught his steer by one horn and made the second throw This was a fatal one, for the steer never rose from the ground. He throw up his head and tried to get on his fore feet but sank back. His back
 was broken. He was dragged off the
 field and killed. The time of George Felton, one of the best known cowboys
 in the southwest, was 1:19 3-4. Frank | of Walter Joslin were equally ineffec- tual George Nognett finished his task in 1:O3 1-2.
 Ed Davis tied his steer in :54 1-2 but it was decided to be no tie because the rules had not been followed. He had tied three of the steers legs but not
 the right three, the rules requiring that
 two of three must be hind legs. This
 rule, however, is not universal, but it happens to be the rule in contests in
 this territory. Ramon Ortego, one of
 the veterans who had made a good showing the day before, scored mo time" Jim Gibson, after a great deal
 of effort, accomplished the same thing. and George Haggard earned third money in :39.
 The next incident of the programme was a regular round up. That was
 really of greater interest to the major ity of the audience than the steer tying
 had been, for steer tying has been on exhibition so often that while its in- terest may be perpetual, it has lost it's novelty. Sheriff Cook was elected cap tain of the rodeo. There were twenty cows and calves in the bunch. There was the usual incident of the cutting
 out and there Was a fire in which the
 running irons for the making of the brands were heated.
 There were several things for which the spectators may congratulate them selves on having seen for they were
 never seen on any cattle range in the
 world. For instance one of the cow
 boys was wearing patent leather shoes. | several had low cut shoes with fanciful | open work socks. One of the most ac- | tive participants was adorned with a shirt of sheer silk or some other dia- | phanous material. In the whole outfit | there was not pair of high heeled l boots.
 The exercises were concluded by two dances by Chief Patricks band of Va quis One was the Dance of the Deer
 and the other was the Dance of the | Kings Fool.
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