Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-10-02
Thousands of Visitors From Every
Part of Central Montana Attend.
ed the lewistown Carnival.
WILD WEST DAY A HUMMER
Three Thousand Witness Skill of
C0wboys-Br0wn and MORGAN
Win BuCking Contest.

The first Lewistown carnival is now
| a, matter Of history For four days
| last week the carnival city was in her
glory and thousands of visitors were
royalty entertained within her walls.
In every respect the first Fergus county
carnival was success.
Though undertaken with some skep-
ticism as to it's outcome, the carnival
project has been vigorously pushed by
a number of business men. and the re-
suit has been most satisfactory ex-
hibition of fun and entertainment.
The weather, if not ideal, was as good
as could be expected. With the excep-
tion of a rather chilly opening and 4
little rainfall on Thursday evening, no
serious inconvenience was caused from
this source. Especially was Old Sol
gracious on Friday, when perfect wea-
ther favored the banner day of them
all
An abundance Of good entertainment
is an indispensable feature Of any sue
cessful show. In this respect the local
carnival was as successful as any could
be expected to be in acity 80 far inland
The shows were worth the money, and
those dissatisfied held the carnival
standard of entertainment too high,
expecting it to measure up to high class
vaudeville or worlds fair attractions
The crowds came from every section
of the county and Lewistown never en-
tertained SO many people in a single
week before. Thousands of visitors
from every part Of central Montana
We're in the city during the week. Es-
pecially was the attendance of the last
day of the record breaking variety.
But Lewistown was prepared to receive
her guests and everywhere the hand Of
wlcome was extended
The closing day witnessed the most
elaborate program of events ever got
ten UP in this part of Montana The
wild west show drew fully three thous-
and people to the fair grounds on Fri
thousands of people entered the carni-
val gates.
The wild west show was the most
successful show of the kind ever given
at the fair grounds. AS large crowd
had never assembled there before, and
the races and other contests came off
without any needless delay.
Promptly on schedule time the first
race was called. which was the half
mile dash, resulting in victory for P.
Perchette. with VIM. Smith second.
The results Of the other races and
contests was as follows:
Bucking contest-Al Morgan. first;
M. o. Brown, second.
Roping contest-M. O. Brown, first:
B. w. Anderson, second
Quarter mile dash-John Law, first:
Ed Kindschey, second
Ladies' race-Miss Peppard, first:
Mrs. Vanness. second.
Boys race-John Kline. first S.
Flemmy, second.
Indian race-Ban Hipean, first.
All Of the races were hotly contested
and interesting, but the most exciting
events of the day We're the roping and
bucking contests in which the most ex-
pert cowboys of the state participated.
The first rider was Harry Green of
Gilt Edge. who has an enviable record
as broncho fighter A big bay was
led out and with a clever throw Green
had the lariet circling the horses front
feet. and in jiffy the horse was sad
died and bridled. AS soon as the horse
arose Green was on its back and a fine
ride was put up, one which was hard
to beat. Many of the spectators thought
that Green was entitled to first honors.
NJ. o. Brown, better known as Mick
ey," made the second mourt, which
was difficult one, as the horse made
some big jumps at the star. and Mick
ey had to pull leather until he caught
his stirrup. The animal made some
short. fast bucks, and Brown put up
pretty ride.
The third horse brought out looked