East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-06-29

cheer wildly. Inc norue OF cIONHS |
were funnier than the average paint
ed mirth provokers in a professional |
circus and some Of their stunts were
new and original. The clown band |
proved to be a strong card and many |
of the other features were really first |
class, among which was the music |
furnished by the Roundup band
throughout the performances. No
circus ever boasted of such a high |
class musical organization before.
Two Accidents Occur.
Only two accidents occurred to
mar the performances. In the after
noon, Ben Corbett, while riding in one
of the running races, was forced into
the fence and his ankle badly sprain-
ed Despite this injury he gamely
rode in the hippodrome races and
succeeded in capturing the first prize
over L. Il. Mccoy. In the evening,
while Al Slusher was making splen'
! did chariot drive against time, one of
his horses stumbled and fell, causing
a pileup The driver was thrown
with considerabl eforce, striking on
one side, dislocating his elbow, tear
ing the ligaments of his shoulder,
spraining his wrist and bruising him
badly. He was taken to the hospital
where medical attendance was secur-
ed and expects to be out within
couple of days
Chariot Races Exciting.
The chariot races were events OF
the real thrilling variety. The best
of the two performances was the first
OF the afternoon between Herbert
Thompson and Slusher. The former
had the pole and secured a slight lead
but in the home stretch the two four
horse teams were almost neck and
neck, Thompson finishing in 1:05 and
Slusher in 1906. Both of the former
in later races defeated Derwood Waf
file Thompson doing the trick in 1907
and Slusher in III. Waffle was
thus eliminated and Thompson and
Slusher was thus scheduled to race in
the evening for supremacy. A dis
agreement, however, arose over which
should have the pole, Thompson
claiming it because he was the win
ner of the previous race and Slusher
because he had not had it in the af-
ternoOn event Unable to reach an
amicable decision, S.usher took the
track for an exhibition race and was
going at great speed when the acci-
dent came which stopped the exhibit
tion. Because the total time made by
| Thompson was better than that made
by Slusher, he was awarded the first
prize
John SPAN, driving George Per-
| inger's black mules mad an easy
time in the mule chariot races, his
! team being considerably faster than
the four grays owned by Hugh Bell
and driven successfully by Ben Cor
bett, Garrison and L. E. Mccoy.
On the other races, with the eXcep-
| tion of the hippOdrome, Barney Sher-
ry made clean sweep, his string OF
horses. both fast and well trained,
wining out in every event. His
horses were ridden by Shorty"
| Saunders, shine" Taylor and Mick
ey Madden.
Trained Stallion Good.
One of the most pleasing features
/ of the afternoon performance was
the trained stallion owned by MI.
Mitchell of North Yakima and ridden
by Mrs. Charles Cole of this city. The
animal was made to twostep, lie down
and pose in various attitudes and
narrowly missed accomplishing what
no other horse has ever down, mount
ing to four small pedestals. Three
feet it go up safely and attempted
several emes to locate the fourth
pedestal but, failing, became dis
heartened and quit
Fireworks are Beautiful.
A number of the afternoon features
were omitted during the eneging but
the display of fireworks amply atoned
for these omissions. The Elks had
secured the fireworks which the city
has had on hand ever since last
Fourth and they were exceptionally
good
The side shows.
Before each of the two perform
ances many of the circus throng were
tempted into the side show tent by the
spielers without. Once in they were
escorted about the tent by Joe Skra-
BILE who explained the many wonders
on exhibition. First there was gen
uine darkey minstrel quartet which
sang and danced and after their short
entertainment by these sons of dusk,
the audience passed successfully be-
fore the fat woman (John Rosen-
berg), the snake charmer (Royal
Sawtelle). the tattoed man, (Glen
Finch, the Texas Tommy dancers
(Verne Bibee and Augie Rosenberg,
the little lady oscar Mahler), the
strong man (Clark Nelson). Then
there was a special compartment of
the tent labelled "The Glass Blowers"
and bearing the announcement that
only men would be admitted. Suffice
it to say that most of the men liked
to blow the particular kind of glass
within and the proceeds from this
booth were good.
Altogether the EllIs' circus was
big success, financially as well az
otherwise, and great credit is due to
the committee who prepared the var
lious features and to the members all