East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-14
Roundup Program a Series of Thrills

DRINCIPAL among all of the events at the Roundup are til
- bucking contests in which the best broncho busters in the Yves
vie with each other in their skill at sticking to the back of
rearing, plunging, bucking outlaw horse. Spurs may be use
but quirts and whips are barred. Pulling leather IS a sign of tol
IRE and all that the rider has with which to steady himself ON his IL
secure seat is one end of a halter rope As a result as often as no
the spectators are accorded the sight of a cowboy propelled into tn
air and landing in the dust, yauquished by the beast he sought to cor
quer and Inundated by the taunts and jibes of his fellows.
While the bucking contests are exciting, as thrill producers the
must rank secondary in the features of the Roundup program. Ih
wild horse race, the grand finale to each day performance, has II
equal in this line. 1t multiples the excitement of the broncho bus
clnging riders in action. For every cowboy participating, an mtame
mustang is brought just in front of the g~randstand and, at Il given 81!
to force his animal around the track. The one who completes the ci
cult first is declared the winner but the task set out for this man is
more violent by the excited crowds about them and they buck an
plunge in every direction, wheeling, rearing and some even rGIIi4
over in their frenzied efforts to shake the laach-lke thing ON their bach
oone buck IN one place until they, are exhausted, some reap uc Ienc
in the arena and fight it out with their riders there, some start forwor
frequent, and throughout it all, the buckaro2es are employing every al
known TO a cowboy to urge their mmana&sa9e ste'd5 about III
actually crossed the finish line for frequently a broncho will fly til
track or buck backwards when all but over the line.
Just as thrilling and and s spec %o,.o , and much sno t more @To, n nSonn than
contests in which a cowboy barehanded wrestIcs with a long
horned steer, throws It Oil L; is 5oack and holds it down with his
ador would not attempt for it is more dangerous than the
much touted bull fight. The steer is turned onto the track and
is pursued by a yelling cowboy on the back of his mustang.
When the fugitive is overtaken, the "bulldogg,er" leans from
his saddle, grasps the long stlleto horns III his hands and -
swings to the ground: Dragged along t.or a hundred Yards he ~
struggle of man against beast ! ,eoins. Slowly the head of the 80
angry steer is twisted unt1l its nose points upward when the
fa oal &c, aGgg GER mIcneS backward, throwing the a an in.to Ut t% h
leet' ana man Il" ID, beast fall to the ground IN an hSt'ne u un r.
upper up Z" the Frustrated steer is seized IN me tee1n of u Mo E
%e de hold on the horns is released, ana Inc p'''' u ''
p.ord lies he)nless before its man conqueNr'
' Tn como the most thrilling of all the events are the cow
bow and cowgirl relay races and the cowboy pony pony express race.
IT, +%o f;rot two the contestants enter with a string OF tour hors
.no zach Of which is ridden one half mile. The excltenenI
comes in changing the saddle lie. from rom one oi.td mount 1s to an nO fine p mn
~ n.ona roco zach contestant has two horses, each OF which ne
rides twice. Each mount carries its own saddle and the the rae
i ,mS f rono n horse. grasps the horn of the saddle on the other, M
L. - Ianor o;yes the animal a sharp cut of a whip and the ex,E&
nm riider is off again, bounding along at the side OF his seed
for several jumps then leaping into the AIR and ngnung /" "e