Arizona republican., 1909-12-26
TENDERFEET THR0NG
 TO BRONCO BUSTING
Bert Bryan's Show Furnishes Amuse- ment For Several Thousand
 People.


 busting in the southwest was the show given yesterday afternoon at Eastlake park by Bery Bryan. It was the sort of show that the tourists went wild over. The grand stand was full of them and many a tenderfoot who had read about wild horses and outlaws but had never before seen them got full satis- faction. There were nearly three thousand people present.
 The show started off in a rather quiet way with flag picking" This event was participated in by local men only Handerchiefs were placed on the ground about forty feet apart. There were twelve of them and the riders dashed down the line endeavoring to pick up as many as possible. It is no trivial feat to pick up an object from the back of horse. yet one man sue ceeded in getting six handerchiefs with the horse at full gallop. He was de- clared the winner.
 After that came the bronco busting. There were no trained horses such as occasionally travel with a circus and are taught to buck at the right mo-
 
 United States where real bronco bust ing may be seen it is right in Arizona and yesterdays exhibit was typical of the territory. The country was gone over with a tooth comb to procure ev- cry bad horse that is bad enough to acquire q reputation for villany. There was Wildcat" the most vicious of them all; Princess" which is not as gentle as kitten: ''Milkshake" and War Eagle" and another animal. which has not been baptized, ridden by Henry iszabell. Wildcat has com cited homicide twice and has left be- hind him a long list of maimed and in jured riders. He was ridden by Bert Bryan. Bill Dugan handled Princess and Bob Crews rode 'Milkshake." while J. R. Quails was mounted on War Eagle"
 The fun began when Dugan tried to mount Miss Princess" The first time he did not get fairly in the saddle before he was thrown He was not counted out by the judges who decreed him another trial. The next time he got fairly in the saddle and Princess could not throw him. He rode the nag till she was worn out and quit buck ing.
 Bob Crews had some trouble in get ting the saddle on "Milkshake": but when she was finally saddled he gave a good exhibition of riding.
 War Eagle danced about with Qualls but could not dislodge him. A four year old which Henry Iszabell brought down from Flagstaff, showed the worst temper of any which had gone before. Then Bert Bryan got up on Wildcat" a horse that has never been ridden before. Wildcat" attempt ed murder at every stage of the game but Bryan hung on and the horse finally yielded.
 There were six contestants entered in the potato race. Two boxes were placed in the field the first one full of large potatoes and the second empty. The riders were furnished with short sticks sharpened at the end. The rules of the game provide that the contestant stabbing the largest number of potatoes and depositing them in the second box shall be declared winner. It is allowable for the riders to scrape |
 the potatoes off their opponents sticks or to break the sticks if they can, | those whose sticks are broken being | out of the contest. | The potato race was vastly amusing to the grand stand. One rider chased i another all over the field trying to make him lose his potato. There was much confusion between the riders who were flashing down the line with | potatoes on their sticks and those re- | turning and many clash resulted
 Henry Iszabell, youngster of Flag staff. deposited the greatest number Of
 potatoes in the shortest time and wor
 the event.
 There were eight who competed ir
 the wild horse riding contest. Eacf