The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-23
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WANTS CARNIVAL
FOR THREE DAYS

Eben Low has been filed with ex-
oitement by the cowboy sports which
he has seen in Cheyenne on Frontier
Day, when the championships for
roping, breaking hroncos and other
similar feats are awarded each year.
He proposes TO bring Angus McPhee,
the champion roper of the United
States, back with him. and TO have q
three days carnival devoted TO out
doo- sports such as riding. breaking
horses. Topi1g steers and other stunts
which are performed on the Western
ranches
The matter is bsing investigated by
those 10 whom he has written, and
there IS q possibility that the plans
may b carried through carefully. The
Cheyenne Leader has the following to
say about The roping contest, in which
MePhee broke the worlds record:
The first days preliminary roping in
the worlds championship steer roping
contest proved The most spectacular
feature OF the day. Aside from the
work OF Angus McPhee, who estab-
hshed g new worlds record of 81 IS
seconds, and that of Mike Shonshey,
who chased his steer the entire length
OF the arena and then completed de-
fecIivs Tie ii - 2-5, no remarkable
time was made, but the steers through
out were caught at points where they
could be seen by the entire crowd and
some OF the roping was highly skillful.
Miles Fitzgerald, the first man TO
rope, caught his steer and busted" It
in fifteen seconds, but the animal re-
fused 10 stay down. and Fitzgerald, at
ter several throws. gave up within the
time limit Of TWO minutes.
The next rOping. that OF Hugh Stem
Ter, was even more sensational in the
beginning than Fitzgerald's, the roper
busting his animal in twelve sec
onds- As SIemler was running TO make
the tie the steer struggled TO his feet,
and bolIed, leaving the man in the
rear. although held back by good work
on the part OF SIemler's pony, and
this put Stenler ont OF the running.
Clayton banks roped his steer within
ten seconds. but was unable to get
into q position for the bust until
twenty seconds had expired. The steer
was thrown heavily and banks was
OF MS horse and running for the ami
nal IN twi1kling. His luck was bad,
and he missed his chance for the
championship, the steer arising just as
he left the saddle Attempting a Sec
ond throw. banks broke his rope.
John fitzpatrick downed his steer on
but the animal was not stunned and
was instantly on its feet again. At
the extreme end Of the field Fitzpatrick
made the second throw and tied in
1:27 -.
Harry Cant missed the first throw,
but was successful on the second, and
downed mis- Steer. His horse refused to
stand and dragged the PROSTATE steer
some distance, Cant mounting the
creatures side and making the tie
while participating in unique ride,
His time was 1:.3.
Mike Shonsey drew a racing steer,
which carried him 10 the lower end OF
The held before he could get within
roping distance. He made a pretty
throw, was slow in tying, and at thar
completed the tie in 81 1-2 second.
He tied the feet Of the steer far
apart, however, and the judges dis
qualified his mark. Later he was given
another trial with a different steer and
failed 10 down the animal
BREAKS THE RECORD.
Angus McPhee drew the largest
steer Of the day, q snow-white creature
CT magnificent proportions. The steer
ran hard. but McPhee was mounted on
e. swift horse and caught up with the
animal directly in front of the grand
stand. made a perfect throw and bust
ed with perfect skill. The steer fell
hard ard lay still while McPhee tied. /
McPhee's time. 81 2-5 seconds, is four
ffths OF second faster than the
worlds record established by Charles
Irwin at the 1905 Frontier show. 1t
should be understood that the Frontier
records are made under conditions
which give the steer 100 feet start OF
the roper. In Arizona and other range
States steers are given a start OF from
% 10 50 feet, which means probably
fifteen seconds difference in records
made under the different conditions.