Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15

progress. There were five entries in
this contest and everyone of them
did good riding. Jim Connolly rode
first and was on good specimen Of
the genuine bucking broncho. Pete
Walters. Tommie Smith and Dan
Crowley also contributed some artis-
tic work in the saddle. The sensa-
tion of the day occurred when Frank
Biglen was thrown from vicious ami
NAL. Black Diamond. formerly the
property of Curley Van Iderstine. but
now owned by Mort Burrows. 1t was
almost an hour before Biglen got the
horse saddled and mounted. Before
he landed In the saddle. some of the
tallest bucking ever seen In this coun-
try was in progress. The black horse
put In TO use all of the tricks known
10 a natural born buckster. and after
moment of that sort OF work, sue
ceeded in sending his rider TO the
ground. something that has seldom
been done. as Biglen is considered
one of the best riders in the west.
Biglen offered to bet $50 that he
could ride the horse, but no one GOV.
cred his money. Connolly later rode
the horse. but II was one of the
toughest jobs of his career in the sad.
die. The judges, f. w. Cooper, Matt
Sparks and George Campbell, award.
ed the prize of $50 to Connolly.
Four teams participated in the
drilling contest. which was for a prize
of 500. The money was won by Dan
Foote and Sol Koko. of the Barnes
King mine. who drilled S4L inches.
They are the same men who won the
money last year in Kendall. owen
McCabe and John MILAN. OF Kendall,
were second with 27la inches; Jim
Mcdonald and Tom Deliha, of Cone
Butte. third. with 26i4 inches, and
Tom Dignan and Jim JENSEN, of Gilt
Edge, fourth with &c inches. Tom
Baker and Johnnie Conner were Civ
EN- the sl5 offered to the best boys
drilling team. they being the only
contestants. In the 150.yard horse
race. free.for-all. Baldy. ridden by
Dick Reed. came in first and Swift,
guided by the young son Of A. Dahl,
was second. There were six entries.
Gus Phipp's horse won the iO0-yard
race. II. Burnett's horse being Sec
ond. Ernest Bullard won the 50.yard
foot race. Hartman being second.
Laura Martin. Helen Donohue and
Annie Donohue were the winners IN
the three girls races. Alva Johnson
and George Smith won the boys
races. while the pipe race was won
by Albert Smith. Of Whisky gulch.
Dick OBrien put a 2l-pound shot 20
feet and was given the $40 prize Of
fered for the winner In that event.
The tug Of war between Gilt Edge
and Whisky gulch was one of the
most exciting events of the day and
was won by the Whisky gulch boys.
who divided the $50 among them.
In the evening there was a big
dance in Rafter's hall and the attend
ance was the largest In the history
of Gilt Edge dances. there being 125
couples present This amusement
lasted until late hour and all went
home feeling that the day had been
spent in most enjoyable manner.
Notes Of the Day.
They have some enthusiastic base
ball rooters in Gilt Edge and they all
root for the home team. There was
a large contingent of Lewistown Eco
pie over. however. who added vocal
encouragement to the boys in red.
While the bucking contest was IN
progress a horse which was hitched
TO post pulled the post out of the
ground and made wild dash through
the thickest of the crowd, swinging
the post in every direction. II was
almost miraculous how some escaped
getting hurt either by the horse or
by the post. but the only damage
done was to dog. which was hit by
the post with fatal effect.
A horse which was being ridden by
the young son of A. Dahl stampeded
through the crowd late in the after
noon and after running for short
distance. collided with wagon.
smashing up the rig and throwing the
young rider headlong over the corner
of the wagon. Fortunately the lad
was not seriously hurt, but the horse
sustained very severe cut on the
shoulder.
Some who were closely watching
Connolly riding Black Diamond, the
champion bucking bronch, say that
the rider went for leather once when
the horse was doing his worst About
nine riders out of ten would have
gone for the earth