Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

record on ten steers was recently made
1 by ]. E Carroll Of Oklahoma at the
Baseball park In San Antonio. Tex, in
the worlds championship rOping con-
test between him and Clay McGona-
er and roper Of San Angelo. These two
men. acknowledged the best in the
business, met in contest before n crowd
OF 5000 people. says the San Antonio
Express.
Each man roped ten steers. Carroll
made the remarkable time of q minutes
and o seconds. McGonagill, who had
hard luck on three Of his steers, took 4
minutes and So 3-5 seconds for his ten.
McGOnagill made the best time on an
individual steer. getting his fifth in %
seconds. Carrolrs best time was on his
last steer. which he got in % seconds
The worlds best time for ten steers is
not known, but IL Is believed Carrolls
8 minutes and o seconds reduces il.
whatever IT IS, by many seconds.
Both men were In magnificent form.
all the horses used did work which sug
gcsteI almost human knowledge OF the
game. and the steers. with q few excep-
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most critical.
McGonagill used three horses. his po-
mics Rowdy. Sunflower and Rambler.
Carroll used but two horses. Red Buck
and Jacl; Hill. The latter and Rowdy
showed themselves past masters OF tie
art OF roping. and many an enviors
eye was cast toward these COW ponies
by the hundreds OF punchers present
who had come Off the range to see the
contest. More than once Rowdy and
Jack Hill prevented a steer getting on
to his feet again after the throw by
hauling away and backward from the
animal. thereby keeping its head down
and drawn back. while the agile COW
boys twisted the hand rope quickly
about the flying legs.
The roping began promptly ut 2:3C
O'Clock and continued to the finish
| without a hitch. Not n steer was cr::,-
pied. not a rider was spilled and not q
complaint was registered by any one.
McGonagill and Rambler did pretty
work on the Texans eighth steer. al
though the time was only II % sec
onds. The steer was a fast one. but
Isambler was faster and got alongside
before the fence corner was reached.
\ hard fall resulted. AMI McGonIGill
was off Ike lightning AMI after tire
steers legs. Before lie could reach them
the steer tried to get up Quick as IL
fash the pony SWIM. his weight on the
rope and side stepped To draw the ami
mails head back. McGona"i!! did the
rest.
Mounting his favor!te horse. Rowdy.
ten-year-old that has Helped win
nearly 10000 IN prizes. McGo:a-ill
made up for three bad breaks by get |
ting his ninth steer IL - - seconds |
and his tenth in 70 30 seconds. In
both the steer was thrown after Il hard |
run to the far corner OF the field. The
work OH both OF these was quick and
sure. On the ninth steer McGonI- !
gill took o 80 seconds from the time !,
he quit his horse until he threw UP |
his arms. When tie Texan went att |
er his tenth steer Il mad race 10 the :
fence I'm the far corner cuSucj. Just I
as il looked as If both horse and steer ,
were going crash. bang into tie fence
McC;onaGill threw his rope. He got the .
steer by one horn. The pony stopped. I
but the steer did not. He sailed over
the fence like an antelope, the rope
side 1t was ruled that this did not
count, and another steer was turned .
out. McGonagill got him in quick or
der.
n feature OF the work of both men
Sunday was the rapidity with which
they tied their steers. McGonagill cut
down his total time in this manner in
nearly every instance. While he did
the quickest work in this regard on any
one steer. his average was not better
than Carroll. who made n remarkably
quick tie Oh each steer and on two took
10 seconds from the moment he dis
mounted. Neither man broke Il rope
during the contest although each had n
rope slip off after the steer had been
lassoed.
Cnrrolls record for tie day was the
subject of much comment and praise.
On only one steer did he take over
minute and In that case broke over the
mark only 2 seconds. One steer took
him over so seconds TO get. and one
took him Al seconds. The other seven
he got In less than 40 seconds.
McGonagill began the sport and Car
roll followed, after which they alter.
mated. The man from Oklahoma be
gan in whirlwind time. getting his first /
steer In 20 Is seconds. He was riding
his famous horse Red Buck. which he
used for his first four events. For the
last six steers he rode Jack Hill, an
other star cattle pony. On his nrst
i've steers Carroll simply did perfect
work He went after the animals like
shot out of a gun. threw them hard
and while his pony held them or drag
ged them to keep them from getting up
he tied them with iightninglike speed
CarrolIs nrst fall-down from a phe-
nomenal record was on his seventh
steer, which was somewhat tame. and
got up twice before he was thrown
and held down The visitor took SO Is
seconds for this steer.
On his very next steer Carroll show