The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-11
WILD VEST SHOW STA TED FOR
ENCAMPMEINT WEEK EXPECTED
TO SURPASS CHEYENNE EVENT

A wild west show that is wild west
show will be the main attraction in Salt
Lake next month during the encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie This show will be as great as the
Frontier day spectacle held yearly IN
Cheyenne, and in some respects viii be
greater. 1t will have ali of the fea-
lures that attract tens Of thousands of
people to Cheyenne every year: it viii
have more riders and more horses and
wild cattle than there were at Chey-
enne last year.
The show VIII be given under the per
sonal direction of J. c. Leary. manager
of the Union stock yards and the Inter-
mountain Packing company. himself a
man who has spent a large portion Of
his life on the ranges. and who knows
the game. Mr.. Leary yesterday COM
pleted the program for the four days of
cowboy sport-Aug. 10. II, Il ana 13.
There are sixty stated events, fifteen
each day. and additional features will
be added from day to day. The show
viii be held at the fair grounds.
Cowboys and Cattle Horses.
Mr.. Leary has contracted with all Of
the famous busters who worked in the
snow at Cheyenne last year. They in
clude the most daring and expert riders
IN the world. In addition, he will have
nearly 100 riders from Montana. Idaho
and Oregon. He has secured the gov
eminent riders IN Montana, ten of whom
are working in one group in the range
country west of Dillon, and eight are
working in another company. From
Idaho and Oregon he viii have the pick
OF the best OF them. All told, Mr.. Leary
win have on the grounds at least LOCO
riders
Hundreds Of wild cattle have been
contracted for, including scores of the
notorious terrOrs of the range. There
VIII be an exceptionally wicked lot of
long horns from New Mexico, to be used
i'm the steer-rOping contests. Inasmuch
as Mr.. Leary used 10 punch COWS him
self down in New Mexico, he knows
where To get the worst ones.
From the ranges Of Wyoming, Idaho
and Montana, viii be brought the de-
mons that make life for a cowpuncher
worth while.
Msn-Eating Outlaws.
Vicious outlaws viii bc brought hither
from the entire west for the delectation
of the nimble buster. Many of these
horses have stood in defiance of riders
for years. and no puncher has ever been
successful i'm subduiug them. The noted
Steamboat, the most widely-Teputed
horse in the world for general cussed-
ness, viii be here. He has been for ten
years waiting for somebody 10 ride him
I'm Wyoming. but nobody ever did. He
has had so much practice in twisting
and sunfish stunts that he is d past
master i'm the art of landing his would
bo rider on the corral fence. There will
be hundreds like him. All of them are
vicious, in spite OF their meek and
humble appearance--for broncho new
CT looks anything else than the picture
"f hUmility-and some of them are reg
uiar man-eaters in action.
Big Bands of Indians.
Three bands of Indians Will be here.
V.th ali their bag and baggage-herds
az Tonies. dogs. tepees, squaws and pap
posses. Mr.. Leary has been fortunate
in securing a large number of squaws
for the show. a thing which is not easy
t. 90, for the Indian objects strenuously
10 putting his women forward as "show
squaws,' doubtless on the theory that
they may detTact from the splendor of
his own magnihccnce. for the buck In
dian, when he is on display, wants to
be the whole show himself.
the Indians viii dance every day and
night the war dances ana weird dances
~ their tribe, besides taking part in
the general show.
Mr. Leary hopes to put on Clusters
last stand. and has reason to believe
that he viii be able to do this. 1t will
be the greatest spectacle OF the kind
ever glven. At any rate. there will be
gorgeous reproductions Of pioneer day
scenes when the struggle for the mas
tery between the white man and the
rcd was 10 the death. Event No of
the third day viii be the burning Of a
frontier cabin by Indians. and their re-
pulse by cowboys
Rich Purses Hung Up.
The purses hung up for the various
events viii he of a size worth trying for.
For exam Me. there is $500 for the buck
inc contest, in addition to the Union Pa
cine championship saddle. valued at
$3.50; $500 for the roping contest: $500
for the ladies' relay race; 500 for the
cowboys relay race; $3.50 for the cow
pony relay; SIS for driving wild horses.
and numerous other tempting prizes
There is little question that the lists
viii be filled when the hour for closing
the entries, Aug. g. arrives.
The program for the four days OF the
punchers' carnival follows:
First Day, Aug. 10.
Event No. 1-Spectacular galloping pa
rade of loo cowboys and cOwgrls
Event No. Cow pony race, une-haIf
mile, purse SO; first. $40; second S25,
third SO. Ponies to be fourteen hands
two inches or under and to carry regular
COW saddles. No restrictions as to sex.
hut owners must show to satisfaction OF
Judges that ponies have been used as COW
advertised race. This is a race for COW
ponies and not race horses.
Event No. INDIAN pany race. open to
All Indians One-half mile, purse. so. first
SO; second, 81 third, s..
Event No Exhibition of fancy shoot
ing by Captain Hardy. champion of the
world.
Event No. 5-Cowboys' relay race. three
quarters Of mile; purse 500; first quar-
ter bareback; saddle up at grand stand:
finish in cowboy saddle.
Event No. 6-SQUaw race, One-half mile.
open to all squaws; purse. $50. first SO:
second, s., third Sc
Event No. Ladies relay race. purse
$50, first $50 and cup. second. 500. third
so. Each rider 10 have three horses in
charge of one assistant the rider 10 sad
die, unsaddle, MONT and dismOunt unas-
sisted. and TO rice three half-mile heats
number Of half-mile heats during the
three days to be declared the winner and
the champion of the world
Event No. S-lndian war dance by ba nd
Of full-blooded Indians
Event No. Sow pony race one-half
mile purse, 500: first SEQ: second $50.
third. SO Open TO all horses regardless
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