The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-22
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MANY THRILLS

Los Angeles, March 22.-Sensation
topped sensation at the Lucky Bald
win rancho, Santa Anita, yesterday
afternoon, during the second DAYS
events Of the Rodeo cowboy contests.
Ana hundreds of excitement-seekers
VINO witnessed the championship COM
petitions from beneath q sea Of UNI.
orellas. were provided. not only with
recurring thrills. but they saw several
oiood-cooltng mishaps. Miraculously,
one OF the entrants were seriously in.
Jured and 1t only tended to demon
strate the pluck and luck of the wild
and woody westerners.
Ihe hafr-raising climax of the COM
petitions occurred during the hippo-
drome race. when half a dozen of par
Elephants were standing on teams Of
galloping race horses, as thew nonnd-
cd wildly about the track. There was
n man to two horses.
Zen Corbett. a Texas cowboy, with
a heart of steel and the Drawn of
Hercules. was in the lead as thev
flashed past the judges stand. At the
stretch turn to the back track there
was a sudden shout. one of Corbett's
horses slipped. the rider lost his bal
ance n In a second was buried be-
aeatn a veritab!e mountain of horse
nesn. with both animals apparently
rolling over and over him as thew
wildly fought to regain their feet.
Their heavy. flashing .hoofs seemed
10 be crushing Corbett with every
KICK: Ten minutes after Corbett was
carried to the emergency hospital
tent he was again before
me spectators. modestly assuring
them that all. he had suffered was a
lapse OF five minutes consciousness.
He Will ride again today. The crowd
dropped the umbrellas and applauded
n cheered him until he hashfully
ran to his horse and galloped away.
In the stage coach race another
dramatic moment came when the lead
horses in the four-horse team on Dell
Eagles coach .tumbled to the ground.
The wheel animals upon them and the
ceaci1 landing In a heap beside the
struggling animals. When Eagle pick
cd himself from the ground a frac-
tion of a second later he still was hold
ing tight to the reins. Another sec
ond and his assistant. was beside him,
n the two hardy young men were
getting their horses to their feet, un-
tangling them from the harness and
sending them away again with the
coach to finish the race. Again the
crowd went mad with enthusiasm.
Another incident was the heroic
struggle made by J.. F. Briscoe in a
MAEos&Auo oGN Will d JONS morn
Texas steer. After riding the animal
down. grasping its horns while still
In the saddle. permitting himself to
be hurled to the ground. and then
fighting the steer for ten minutes.
Briscoe lost his hold and the wicked
horns plunged at him. Again and
again they bowled him along the
ground before cowboys rode 1t off,,
Finally Briscoe. scrambled to his feet.
Gee whiz!" he said. II guess I got
my now purple shirt all spoiled"
In the cowgirls pony race three Los
Angeles girls brought glory to the
state in a race against q score Of cow.
girls from all parts of the southwest,
They took all three honors. Mrs. E. C..
Gordon got first prize, Mrs. o. Davis
was second and Addlin. Thompson
third. 49,
Spectators became ~hysterical with
loughter,.tn the steer ropfng contests,
when q dozen feet-footed long. horns
from Texas. led the cowboys a merry
chase I, over fences. around the track
and across the ffeld-everywhere, in
fact. ave where the ropers wanted
them. - .
There was, equally. az much fun In
the drunken. c0Whoys'' race. when a
dozen expert riders stood o their GAL
.lpping horses. and went through all
the foolish tricks seen on the, range;
when the cowpounchers r celebrate
he addter. q round -.