The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-01

This is the story of how our own Ha
waiians ropel into the finals of the
great steer roplng contest at Cheyenne
1t is written by Charlie Van Loan, ac.
knowledSed t. be the greatest sporting
writer ever produced by California For
many years Mr.. Van Loan worked for
the Hearst papers, and made a great
name In Los Angeles as descriptive
writer of sporting events. The follow
ing story was written by him for the
Denver Post, for which paper he is now
working, ands gives very graphic ac-
count of how Archie Kaaua and Ike
Purdy did their clever work on the
Friday before the day in which Purdy
won and Archie came in third:
CHEYENNE, August 22.-The Ha-
waiians roped yesterday and as re-
suit both the dusky wizards of the
rawhide go into the finals to fight it
out with six men from the West.
BY long odds the most exciting event
of the day was the steer-roping con-
test, and the crowd which saw the South
Sea visitors win their way into the
finals was record breaking one for
Cheyenne. Every seat in the stands
was taken, and the fence about the
running track was lined with vehicles.
The first man to rope was Hugh Nc
Donald, who broke his steer s horn and
got nothing. The second man, Hugh
McPhee. roped and tied in lilo.
Edward Mccarthy drew a dodger and
/ 80 was his mark
V. A. Cochran missed several casts
and retired discounted Then the crowd
began to sit up and take notice.
Archie kaaua, the first kanaka, was
next on the list. Seated on his white
pony, the yellow wreath about his SON.
brero telling of his island home, the
visitor waited for his steer. 1t was a
swift-footed one which knew how to run,
and took flying start on the roper.
The red flag flashed downward and
Kaaua was off, whirling his heavy raw
hide RATA. At racing speed the islander
crossed the field, bore down ON the
steer, and with a quick swapping mo-
tion let the rope fly. The loop dropped
over the steers head, one twitch
frightened it about the horns, and Kaaua
spurred ahead to "bust.
80 Everyone knew that if he made a
good ssbust and the steer stayed down
the record was in danger. The rope
frightened around the steers heels, the
white pony made one great bound and
down went the steer with thud. Then
before Kaaua could prevent it, the ami
NAL struggled to his feet, stepped clear
of the entangling rope and, doubling
and twisting, ran for the fence. Three
times Kaaua tried to go round the steer
ami each time the steer lodged in the
same direction. Over the low fence he
went and the~rope caught about his
heels. Quick as fash the white pony
settled back on his launches and the
steer turned half somersault and fell
on the track. The kanaka was bending
over him with the rope before the dust
had chance to settle. and by bril-
liant performance the Sandwich Island
er threw up his hands one minute and
nine seconds after the fall of the flag.
When the announcement was made
that Kaaua IS time was the best made
so far the entire grandstand broke into
cheers and yells of appreciation.
To have the time lowered by Kaaua
was bad enough, but there still remain
ed Ikua Purdy, the man who beat An
gus McPhee, and is already entitled to