The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-13
OLD R0PERS
TO ENGAGE
IN CONTESTS
Representatives From Five States
VIII Try for Worlds Record
al ChIckaSha
suoeIal 10 the paily Leadar.

Suecial to the Daily Leader.
Chickasha, Okla. June t3.-Renre
sentatives Of a hundred clans OF the
cattle ranges of Oklahoma, Texas,
Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona
viii assemble here on July for the
first really great reunion of COW
boys ever held in the new state.
The event win continue three
days and some OF the most noted az
outlaw bronehos and ferocious long
horns Of the plains country viii
furnish amusement and permit con
tests for new records in riding aud
roping Railroads viii be asked to
furnish reduced rates from Forth
Worth Amarillo, Wichita and Fort
Smith and other points in adjoining
states. The awards will aggregate
several thousand dollars.
Millard Holcomb. OF Ada, Okla.
VINO last year made a record OF sew
enteen seconds at roping and tying
steer is to be one Of the leading
contestants Holcomb Is typlcai
representative az the COWBOYS of
former Indian Territory and comes
from the region once made famous
hy the Rolf and E'roman ranches.
Holcomb remainds typical of his
race which is fast passing into
memory He and his pioneer neigh.
bors cling to the term ranch III
speaking OF their homesteads and
small agricultural and grazing man.
tations There are more ranches
that are farms Ill pontotoc comfy
OF which Ada is the county seal
than IN any other county on the
state
Elliott Carroll OF Monument. NJ III.
former Oklahoman. who holds the
worlds championship record for rop-
ING and tying steer, and j. Il. Ware
OF New Mexico who also claims high
bonors, are TO attend the reunion.
This alone viii result III bringing
several hundred cowboys from those
}serriteeles CarroIs latest record
was made III Oklahoma City. when
ne lassped steer from an automo-
bile and stopped the car and tied
the animal b a few seconds more
Than his record time of sixteen
seconds.
Some Of the great Texas ranches
to rs represented are the Fights the
9iAtS-nanes the Circles, the Mata.
dors and the Burnetts The last
named probably shouIM rank first
al this time The Burnett ranches
cover much smaller areas than form
erly, but they have retained their
identity and are still operated bv
Burke Burnett oil Fort Worth one OF
the pioneers Of the range, and prob
ably the wealthiest cattle dealer In
Texas
Burnett was one Of the lessees OF
the kiowa and C0manche Indian
country 0f Southwest Oklahoma be.
lore that country was opened to SET
tlement ten years ago. He made
the fifst lease with the late Quanah
Pafker chief 81 tie Conanche ln-
9 ans, more than thirty years aao.
Mle instrument being signed near
tied river under what has become
an historic tree, with Richard san.
aers. q police officer OF Iawton as
the witness
Burneti and his associates came
n possession Of more than 3.O00. 900
acres of grazipg land which they
Fenced and controlled for i minimum
rent lie was The leader OF the op-
position made by the cattlemen for
several Years prior to the onenlne
0i the indian country. to the passage
ol bill by eongregs proyding for
ene aliottlng and homesteaaing OF
the lands, Burnett VIII he invited
20 act as a judge in some Of the
important events.
an interesting aggregation of COW.
1oys viii con,e from the former
\ feek and Cherokee nations of In.
alah lefritory Many of them are Of
INDIAN extraction and some of tham
ale tSpieal Of the class that operated
u those nations before the Indians
received their pllotments aud the
farmers made their advent
The principal advemaries OF tho
creeks and Gherokeas for Years
nave been The cowboys oi the Osawe
nation which adjolned the Greek na-
lfoA on yhe west In recent wears
frequent riding and roping contests
nave been held by representatives III
these three nations at Rartlosyille
alsa aud other places and~the Os.
aees nave made the better recOrds
1hickasaw's invitation will ask that
sne cowboys Of these nations come
aefe 70 finally sottle the champion.
ship l''0't
Inc southern par OF the old
aiekasaw nation viii be represent
n by cowboys II the new era Due
ng the last fifteen years hundreds
q thousands Of acres OF nnallottea
lands in this nation have been leas.
ad to eattlenen
VI historic Interest will be the rem
1esantaaon from the Washington
ranch Of Marietta formerly one ~
tue principal ranches OF the chick.
lsaw nation. The ranch was estab.
lsned BIZ She leasing Of Indian lanas
something less than 4 haf century
iso by William ana Jerry Washine.
coNFEssEs MURDER or wlFF