The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-09-26

SWS OF stakes. The finals fOun,
John Gill, of Salmon river, and Wal
lace Jarrett, OF Tolo, as competitors
Jarrett got good lead but knocke,
down stake and the victory wen
to gill;
THE first days session of the bucl
ing contest was one of the interesting
features of the afternoon and five O
the fifteen riders entered were up fo
first try-out. All of the riders KEEP
their mounts but many highly excit
Ing situations We're provided durinf
this exhibition. Art Accord, the sen
sation at the Calgary Stampede ant
the holder of the Pacific coast cham
pionship, made a sensational ride OIL
the outlaw horse. Cyclone" This
horse was ridden at Calgary and was
awarded 500 prize as the hardest
quicker presented there other rid
ers were Lawrence Upton, of Free.
dom, Bill Carey. of Salmon river
Arthur Seals of eastern Oregon, Del
Blancett, professional.
"The Border Days program was
brought to close with a grand cli-
max provided in the wild horse race.
This feature is an innovation even at
frontier celebrations and the specta-
Gle provided this afternoon was a
highly exciting one. Visitors in at
tendance pronounced the wild horse
race a feature far SURPRISING any
thing ever offered at Cheyenne or
Pendleton and 1t Is not improbable
that 1t will be prominently featured
at both Of these celebrations In the
future. The attraction, is provided by
turning band OF outlaw horses into
corrall $50 yards In diameter and
the first contestant who is able to
catch, saddle and ride his mount In
to the small CORRAL from which the
horses we're released, Is declared the
winner.
There were twenty contestants IN
the race today and the scenes pre-
scented within the big enclosure far
surpassed any of the revels of the
cowboys at the breaking corralls.
Horses were bucking and fighting and
a number of the contestants never
succeeded In getting their ropes onto
their horses. There was no choice
OF horses and every contestant was
out to secure the first horse available
Lasso ropes were dragged and tossed
about the enclosure and men and
horses struggled for supremacy. 1t
was spectacle indescribable but In
tensely fascinating and was generally
conceded to be the big card of the
day The winner was Bert Rhodes
of Salmon river; Art Accord, second;
Ed Nelson, of Forest third.
THE wild horse race will be q daily
feature during the celebration but
new horses will be provided for each
day.
1.-THE aeroplane flight by the Japa-
nese aviator had been scheduled to
take place Immediately following the
close of the arena program but wind
developed and the flight was post
poned. AS result there will be two
flights tomorrow. one at ten O'Clock In
the morning and the other at four In
the afternoon.
So soon as the crowds left the
grounds they moved to the business
district and entered upon the pleasure
of the big carnival. Large numbers
reached Grangeville today from all
sections and the city is now enter
tanning the largest crowd ever assem-
bled in the prairie country while adj
vices received show large throngs
will pour into the city tomorrow and
Friday
The large enclosed BASEBALL grounds
of the Grangeville Baseball associa-
ton has bene admirably utilized for
the roundup arena. The pavilion
seats have been extended the entire
length of two sides of the enclosure,
affording total seating capacity of
close to 5000. The stock cattle and
horse corrals. occupy opposite cor
ners, and the arrangement is such that
the acts. constituting the big program,
are carried out with a facility that is
a delight to the spectator.
Program for Tomorrow.
I'm the program for tomorrow will
be new stunts provided by Art Accord,
Del Blancett and wife and the Scale
Brothers. The wild horse race will
again close the days program while
the special feature arranged win be
the reproduction of the Indian battles
with the Nez Perces. The Indians
are here under Chief Yellow Bull. one
Of the sub-chiefs during the war of
1877. The old man Is now blind but
ne has entered into the spirit of re-
producing the battles of his tribes
man and through his sub-chiefs prom
ses to give the visitors a realistic |