The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-20

ing contests the horses played an i'm
portAnt part and in the bucking con-
tets some of the outlaws" have be-
come go famous that two to one was
bet that no one would sit them
straight up" And no one did.
One event was a wild horse race"
in which 80 unbroken steeds were
brought within the enclosure. were
there saddled and ridden, or at least
an. attempt was made TO ride them.
The winner had to saddle his own
beast with the aid of but one assist
ant, ride 1t once around quarter
mile track and take II to the corall
unassisod. The horses bucked, bit,
struck. ran blind through fences and
everything else failing, reared Aud
fell backwards. The battle lasted an
hour or so and for the most part the
horses won. The wild animals were
all in the enclosure at one time and
the mix-up was fearful.
Steers Are the Winners
Bull logging a steer" is a sport IN
which the chance appears to be all
with the steer but there are cowboys
who would make the best Spanish
bullfghter look like novice. The
steer is given a hundred feet start.
The cowboy, mounted is to run 1t
down, catch it with his bare hands
and throw and hold it with his teeth,
his hold being on the lip of the steer.
Getting a grip on the horns of run
ming steer while leaning from the
back of a flying horse appeared to be
easy but after the cowboy had slid
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out on the ground with the steer his
trouble began. Fences appeared to
be no barrier to the frightened ami
mails and they went through them as
If they were paper. or else went over
carrying cowboy with them. BY get
ting a snout and horn purchase on
his prey a good cowboy can twist a
steer off its feet but he has to be a
mighty good man to do 1t and bet
ter one to hold it there, Buffalo Ver-
non did the trick in seventy-three
seconds the second put the first day
he was thrown over a fence and Dell
Blancett, another famous bull dogger
felt the pressure of a steers foot on
his throat but luckily escaped with
torn skin only instead of a broken
neck.
Horse Is Applauded
The heartiest applause of the
grandstand, on the opening day went
to a horse. This was in the steer
roping and tying contest. The cow
boy had thrown his steer and left his
mount to run over and tie the ami
mails legs. Unfortunately the animal
was headed straight in for the pony
and when it lunged to get up the
horse had no way to prevent it so that
the steer regained it's feet While the
cowboy was dismounted. The cow
pony, taking in the situation, at once
jumped away twenty feet or so,
jerked his rope tight. threw the steer
a second time and held 1t hard. This
was so clearly on the horses own in
itiative and understanding of what
was required of him and was so
cleverly done that sixteen thousand
people broke out into the widest of
spontaneous applause.
Three Days of Ground Up"
Three days were given to the
Round Up" the program contrasting
"a events for each day, the final day
to be between the respective winners
or leading half dozen or more in each
event of the preceding days. In other
words the men and women who did
the best work for the first and second
days were pitted against each other
and against the outlaw horses and
steers for the final day. At least three
hundred and fifty cowboys and COW
girls from the surrounding range
were on hand to participate and the
Cheyenne and Texas experts had
gathered in to add new laurels if pos
sible. Letter Buck" the wild cry
of the care free range, was to be
heard on every side and when the sig
nal was given it was always to turn
loose sport which travelled persons
who were present said was superior
to anything they had previously wit
messed.
Second Annual Renewal
This year was the second annual
renewal of the Pendleton Round Up
and it has certainly established itself
Next year and in after years until of
necessity the sport disappears it will
be the greatest thing of it's kind to be
found in the world. The record shows
it. In the first two days but eight
out of forty of the most expert riders
of the country were able to stay with
the ponies which chance had allotted
to them. But one of the bulldoggers
was able to achieve victory. In the
wild horse race the vanquished were
spread all over the field and the cam
era men who were on the ground
reaped a harvest of pictures which
will prove to be thrillers for those
who were unfortunate enough not to
be present at the contest