The Florida star., 1905-01-20

Championship Contest Betwees
Cowboys AZ San Antonio.
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What h believed 20 be the worlds
record on ten steers was recently made
By J. z. Carroll Of Oklahoma at the
Baseball park In San Antonio. Tex. In
fhs worlds championship ropinS con
test between HIN and Clay McGona-
gfn AcGonagiIi is the popular punch
G. and roper Of San Angelo These two
men. acknowledged thu best In the
business. met In contest before q crowd
of 1900 people. says the San Antonio
Express
Each man roped ten steers Carroll
made the remarkable time Of minutes
and secondS McGonagiii. who had
hard luck on three Of his steers. took Z
minutes and 5S IS seconds for his ten.
HcGonagili made the best time on an
Individual steer. getting his nfth IN =
seconds- Carrolrs best time was on his
last steer. which he got In % seconds.
~ VIZ ~ y tt0A tAAAlC tCu otcENo -
not known. but u In believed cArrolTs
Q minutes and o seconds reduces IL.
whatever it ID, by many seconds.
Both men were In magnificent form.
ali the horses used did work which sug-
gested almost human knowledge OF the
game. and the steers. with q few sxcep-
tisus. were wild enough 90 suit the
most critical.
AcGonasiil used three horses, his po-
use< Rowdy. SunfiOwer and Rambler.
Carroll used but two horses, Red Buck
and Jack Hill. The latter aud Rowdy
showed themselves past masters OF the
srs OF roping. and many an enyious
eye wss cast toward these COW ponies
by the hundreds OF punchers present
who had come or the range to see the
contest. More than once ROwdy and
Jack Hin prevented q steer getting on
20 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 rOps quickly
about the flying legs.
The rop.ng began promptly 1t 2:3o
o'clock and continued TO the nnlsh
without a hitch. Not n steer was Grip
pied. not a rider was spilled and not
complaint was registered by any one.
McGonagill and Rambler did pretty
work on the Texans eighth steer. al
though the time was only - IS sec
onds. The steer was a fast one. but
Rambler was faster and got alongside
before the fence corner was reaclSi
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was OF like lightning and after the
steers legs. Before he could reach them
the steer tried TO get up Quick az .
fash the pony swung his weight On the
rope and side stepped 60 draw the ami
mArs head back McGonagill did the
rest.
Mounting his fAyOrite horse. Rowdy.
q ten-y ear-0Id that has helped win
nearly $4,000 In prizes. Mct;onAgill
made up for three bad breaks by get
ting his ninth steer In 26 > = seconds
and his tenth I'm vi 35 seconds In
both the steer was thrown after q hard
run to the Gar corner Of the neid- The
work on both OF these was quick and
sure. On the ninth steer McIiona-
gilI took 3-5 seconds from the time
lie 1uiL ais LOlrr ulEAA NAAAtN AaH
his arms When the Texan went aft
er his tenth steer a mad race 10 the
fence In the far CORNER ensured Just
as IL looked as IL both horse and steer
were going crash. bang Into the trn'e
McIsouaEili threw his rup-- lie Got the
steer by one horn The Po1y sJopPei.
but the st~sr did not lie sailed over
the fense like an antelope. the rOlSe
jerking loUss as hs landed % The other
side. IL was ruled that this did n0T
count ard another steer Was turned
out NctiOnagiIl Eot him In quick or
der
A feature Of the work 81 both men
sunday was the rArlGity with which
they tied their steers MC'ionsgll cut
down his total time in Ills manner in
nearly every instance " bile he did
the quickest work IN tbs regaCi oii any
one steer. his aTrTa.v "zs not uetter
than Carroll. who uAte = remarkably
Quick tie on eavh stceT and oa Two it,ok
10 seconds from the moment lie dis
mounted Neither man erVke rope
s1Tsring tie contest AlthoUSA each had 4
rope slip 81 after the steer had h<-cn
lassoed
CarrDIrs rS~cord Tor -" tay ~as The
subject OF much comment aud p-Nise
on only oae st~e- dtt hr iaAv aV~F =
minute nj IN that ezse broke over the
marx only = seconds. ou~ SJeC- tOok
him over sn ss~r1nts 10 SrJ aud one
ssos hiel AZ SsNNln<is The oSuc- seven
he GOT IN lS~s than - s<-Oa'!S
Mc<ionagtli b~sSn tire sport snd Csr-
roll followed. after Whieh they alter
nated- The nan frOn OklAbO1nA %
nn In whirixiDd tinse. gsSting lis orss
Istssr In q rs scConda- lie SAs ri1lng