East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-14
BY JAMES II. GWINN.
ecretary of the Roundup Association

Taylor, livestock. R. I. Bishop, Indians; Dan P. Smythe, accommo-
dations5, l. D. Drake, advertising. Each one of these chairnen of
committees appoints a subcommittee to look after the specific work
and duties of his committee and regularly has reported back to the
Board of Managers the progress OF the work
A more effective organization would be hard to find, their devo-
ton to the work has been unceasing and their loyalty to each other
above question. Differences of opinion, honestly, expressed have
been many but when they have been finally thrashed out and decided
by a majority of the board, every member has been loyal to the decision
am. lent his best efforts to carry out the same.
The old adage "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" will be
thoroughly demonstrated to YOU in this years show, for the proof OF
their constant and efficient efforts will be shown you IN the perform
mce given. and I do not hesitate in advance to say that the coming
Roundup will be the greatest event portraying the sports of the COW
boy and cowgirl ever presented in the West and due credit must DC
given to the splendid loyalty and assistance of the cowboys and cow
men of the Pacific Northwest, for it is a celebration to show to the
that the cowboy hhas not vanished with the invasion of the farmer,
and that the sons Of the great West can still conquer the outlaw bron,
cho, and have the same skill with lariat and spur as the cowboy and
pioneer of a generation ago.
This celebration for 1911 begins September 14th and continues for
three days Each day has a varied program, yPically Western, in
which a thousand riders take part, showing with ~recklessness and skill
the pride they feel in their unique and dangerous calling.
Thousands of dollars in prizes, titles of Northwest Champion
e and innumerable trophies attract cowboys, broncho busters and skilled
ropers from all corners of the great cattle growing west and the con
o TESTS stir the blood with excitement and arc worth travelling far to see.
It 1t is the day of the cowboys great triumph and thousands viii
e come to share his fun and Pendleton's true hospitality.
In addition to the cowboys and their sports, the daily programs
are varied by the races, war dances and tribal contests of the Indians
T the stirring military music Of the mounted cowboy, band, the relay
T ing panorama of the veritabe army of eentuears who fill the immense
~ open air arena.
Il The contests never fail to stir the enthusiasm of the most iadei
seeker after novelty. The competitors contest not only with each
other but with chance. The bucking broncho develops unexpected
vagariee Of the racing steer.
For peril and excitement nothing can equal the wild horse race
* in which a score of terrified, plunging horses which have never known
" saddle or bit are brought into the arena and amid the indescribabt
L. confusion of flying ropes, Tapping saddles, and plunging hoofs the
lie cowboys simultaneously or otherwise mount and try to ride the wlC
r. horses.
e To throw a steer with bare hands and not a soul to help, seems in
n credible, but is one of the contests at the Roundup.
Similar in thrilling danger is the sight of a woman riding a buck
e ing broncho. Dozens of cowboys can testify that a COW can picl
worse than a horse, but these are but incidents in the great carniva
(which the cowboys call their own.
Only a few years and the frontier will have passed, but today tn
#. cowboy from ranch and range is challenging the world to equal hi
marvellous achievements.