East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-14
BUD SUMMERS PULLS LEATHER
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7 can't tell. couldn't begin 10 tell, for | don't know myself. II Is not
wild and woody, it is not affected, it is not theatrical Its Just what
it's and that is about all the explanation one can make
affected simplicity that makes it 50 appealing The people are not ae
Tors. are not trained, but Just the people, the simple country people u
m the streets of Pendleton or any other city in Eastern Oregon. They
are a bright, energetic, healthy people without the least bit OF stag
and disikes. loyal to the last-lke the Squaw Greek bunch-and the
soul of hospitality Not only did 1t affect me IS l have attempted "
describe. but when YOU stop 10 consider that as many as three thous
ana peoplel Eo0, s%n't - IN t%a Bognp5rn rounds and sit from nine
o'clock in the morning until the show begins at two o'clock IN the an
ternoon for the sole purpose Of getting a good seat you must admit that
there Is something to it that gets You and gets you n"Pu'
But of all the things l learned at the Round-Up, to me the most
* iLn n r; a ne b be o Ils thought that for a bucbing contest an
e e%r oT field and an hours time would be necessary. And 50 when
! !, AZ nqsS4 ~ +.t it. would he worse than a country fair. But learned
That if a horse does not throw his rider within the first minute he will
not throw him at all. \ horse viii not buck, that IS do real bucking,
for a longer time than a minute and a half at the most, but the things
that he Will do in that short time are amazing
Although the bucking contest was the big event vet [ enjoyed the
race was more exciting. It is worth making any effort and sacrifice
of which know to see those girls ride around that track at a speed
And the way they do it and the things they do! Dashing up in front
Of the grand stand to where the waiting relays are held by men, they
drop the relns, swing their bodies to one side, reach down M cacI
the patent snap on the cinch, and long before the horses have stopped
run to the waiting-horse, saddle him, get a good hold on the morn,
calling "al ready they make a few springs along side the flying
horse and then when the momentum is sufficient striking their heels
to the ground and vault into the saddle and are half way around tt
track before they touch the reins
You hold your breath, and I have seen even men shut their eyes
as the girls performed this feat. It is wonderful The cool, STEADY
nerve Of the riders, the unframed horses, the spirit of conquest tina
SlUt= III NTH tNEc dI AC CANINS-ItA VI NUtLLIIdlip that Nu SC
in their faces. It is that, that alone in all the contests, that makes TIL
Roundup. It is something that you do not find and could not finc
in a staged show. a circus or anything of that kind, because 1t Is tn
real thing after which all the others are patterned, unaffected an'
natural.
In the finals in the bucking contest, which comes on the last day
the riders are selected by the judges and they must ride any horse tn
best horses and the best riders. To the people Of the sage brush an
plains who know good riding when they see it this is the sum-aI, tn
one great thing of the Roundup, the grand finale Of the three day
events. For in the finals there must not only be the ability TO ride br
there mnst be style, 90 and class to the riding.
To see Bert Kelly, Glenn Canon and Walter Runyon ride sue
horses as Lighfoot, Dynamite and Blue Bazes is something wort
while. it Is something that YOU cannot see anywhere and anytm
Youmiss the roughness in a way but YOU see the finished product an
that hs q greater appeal.
But the Round-Up, which is to the town of Pendleton. hidden ava
as II is in the bunch grass and sage brush on the old Oregon overlap
trail, what the Passion Play Is to the people of Oberamergau, itis som
thing more than a show or a circus to them. 1t is a deiniation of t
character of these people and of the country that has afforded 50 MAJ
matter how skeptcal he may be, and come away without feeling tn
for once in his life he is acquainted with the real people of the sa
brush, the plains and the mountains and bunch grass. 1t gives one
insight into their character, their real, true nature and themselves
So Jealous are the people of Pendleton of their Roundup that tn
have, like the people Of the Passion Play, put it out of the reach
speculators and showmen. The Roundup belongs to the people, it
nothing except purses and horses. There are no dividends and ney
will be. The men connected with the management receive no salar
and the only paid officer is the secretary, and he has to do insuran
real estate and ab5tracting in order to make a living.
And still one wonders, even after months have passed, what s.
tie. magic charm there is to the Roundup which will get YOU like
does. which will make five thousand people walk only six blocks
the grounds and sit on those hard boards from as early as nine odo
in the morning until the show begins at two o'clock simply that tn
may secure q good seat 1t Is a psychological question, a study in
man nature that the ordinary mortal cannot solve, and yet ! have do
the same thing myself and expect TO do the same thing again this We
On the morning Of the 18th Of September you will find me holdi
down a seat on the front, about half way up, on the east beechers, a
I will be there on the 18th and 10th. I viii take my book, my kod;
a pillow and my lunch and any one who wants to talk business to Il
or pull me away on urgent issues, will get only one answer from 1
and that is the slogan of the Roundup, "Let 'er Buck"
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