The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-09-25

cott," Smiley Corbett ON Speed Ball."
and Jack Hawn ON "Corkscrew." All
of the boys gave splendid exhibitions
OF riding but the center of attraction
was Smiley Corbett in his wild and
prolonged ride of Speed Ball. who
Is placed only second on the list of
bad buckers in the four days contest,
and Jack Hahn, the man who rode
Cyclone" to finish the day before,
in his mount on "Corkscrew," the
blocky bay twister, who had taken
Dell Blancett's goat ON Thursday.
Speed Ball. he of the greyhound
build and the endless buck, took
Smiley to merry party in their bat
tie for victory. He started for the
west fence, whirled and twisted
across the arena clear to the south
fence, where he made his escape
from the "herder" leaving Corbett
with but one rein in his hand; back
he came to the north grandstand.
bucking and gyrating every jump. He
again whirled and started south, whe
he was closed in ON, and when Cor
bett reached the ground he stretched
himself on the grass and painted for
breath. One more vigorous twist by
SPEEDY" and he would have been
riderless. This was by far the longest
tuesle in all the bucking events. But
it was not the hardest. When Jack
Hawn straddled "Corkscrew and
announced to the assistants "cut 'em
loose" it seemed like the underpin-
ming to the whole show had dropped
out The blind" was hardly off
when "Corkscrew'' hit the ground
with resounding thud twenty feet
to the west, the next second he arose
as high as the grandstand, balanced
north then south like the workings
of an earthquake, then whirling
squarely about on his hindfeet he be-
gun sunfishing to three points of the
compass. Again he arose in the air
lurching as though to fall, but never
losing his balance nor the object Of
his maneuverings. Another sudden
turn with great upheavals in the mid
die, a lunge to the south and a
great bucking general once more
stuck his forefeet in the clouds. This
was done suddenly and with such We
locity that his rider was fooled into
the belief that he was sure going
over, and he loosened his right foot
from the stirrup. The second the
loose stirrup touched the chargers 8
side he whirled half about and be-
gun real old fashioned bucking. Hawn
here grasped the saddle horn, but 1t
was useless; the horse knew just
and the next second Jack Hahn, the
intrepid rider measured his length in
the dust, and his conqueror continued
his buck across the arena with an
empty saddle. This is freely admit
ted by spectators who know some
thing of the game, as well as such
riders and experts as Red Parker,
Art Scale, Jim Massey, Jim Crouch,
Jason Stanley, George Weir, and
others of the professional, to have
been the greatest feat of bucking
ever witnessed by them, and one of
the best exhibitions of riding they eve
had the pleasure of seeing. The boys
were all frank in their admission of
this fact to the writer, and they all
rushed to Hawn to congratulate him
on his effort to take the turns out
, of the corkscrew. Mrs. Hawn wept
when she saw her husband go down
to defeat.
Many thought that Smiley Corbett
should at least have been given sec
ond place, if not first in this great
riding contest. But the judges
thought otherwise. Ole Johnson who
did not get into the finals Saturday
and his friends, asked that he be Civ
en- a chance to ride "Corkscrew
after he had thrown Hawn, but the
owners refused TO allow the horses
to be ridden twice in one day. They
offered Cyclone" for Ole to ride, bu1
he wanted nothing but "Corkscrew
and the match was therefore no
made.
Steer Bulldoesine Contest.
Dell Blancett made the best eXhibi
ton of bulldogging the wild Mexican
steers of any of those who entered
the lists Jim Massey who is one o
: the best bulldoggers was injured il
: his effort on the first day, and Wa
not himself from that on. Jasol
! Stanley failed to throw his steer af
r ter getting him almost down, as dix
) several others. 1t was admitted b.
the contestants that the Mexican
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