East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-27

the best known ranchmcn in this Sec
ton Of the state, Henry Lazinka, who
has large cattle ranch at Camas
Prairie.
Miss Lazinka rode horses in Barney
Sherry's string. Her first mount was
Pinto and with this animal she got a
good lead on the rest of the field
The first change was Little Froggy
On the change Mrs. Bertha Blancett
succeeded in getting saddled and
away before Miss Lazinka, but before
the course was finished Miss Lazinka
was ahead. II was on this run that
the young woman was injured. She
said last night that IN the Roman
race, the fence at the turn had been
| iscraped leaving several sharp pieces
| Of wood sticking out. On Little Frog
| gy Miss LaZinka started off at a
rapid pace determined to overtake
| Mrs. Blancett. The horse hugged the
rail and at the turn the splinters
| from the fence tore into the flesh of
the left leg of the young woman.
II felt the pain" said Miss Lazinka
a her home last night, "but l thought
no more about it. 1t was only de-
terminel TO overtake Mrs Blancett
and show her that / could win. |
wanted that ra"e-and l had made up
my mind to take IT,"
In spite Of the stinglng pain that
went through her limb and would have
made many another girl give up, Miss
Lazinka made two other changes,
riding Brownie and Snookims and fin
lshing winner OF that event. She
did not faint at the finish, but as
cool as If nothing had happened to
her, she rode TO the corral. It was
there while she was dismounting, that
one of the helpers discovered blood
.oozing from beneath her riding habit
She was taken to the Red Cross tent
where an examination was made by
Drs. McFauI Garfield and Temple.
The wound was seen to be more seri-
Gus than the young lady thought, and
though she discouraged the fears OF
the doctors that there was anything
the trouble and that the wound would
not prevent her from riding, the ply
sicians knew better and after taking
l3 stitches to close the gaping wound
advised her that under no circum-
stances should she ride u any of the
succeeding events.
Miss Lazinka said last night that
while she was disappointed beyond
words to express, that she could not
go into the race in the remaining
events, she would follow the advice
nF h. 4
ents and remain quiet until the wound
heals.
A more disappointed girl would be
hard to find in all oregon last night
as she sat on n couch in the living
room of her home and related her ex-
perience. Her father was as much
disappointed as was his daughter. He
said ii was not the honor of winning
the money, but for the glory of the
northwest" and the satisfaction which
comes from winning an event in
which ability as a rider alone counts.
In the first year of the Roundup
Miss Lazinka won. Last year Mrs.
Blancett won. while Miss Lazinka ex-
perienced a series of bad luck spells.
She was slightly injured in the same
race which this year has incapicitated
her completely.
sid like TO ride, said the girl, but
guess / can't. I am sure that
could have won. And I wanted to win
real bad"
The physicians in advising her
against riding fear that the strenuous
eXertion would be the cause of compli-
cations and serious results might
come. while with a few weeks rest
and quiet, they say she will be all
right.