East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-15

CllnSlng legs from MS sides, he dis
played his temper in vain attempts tC
reach them with his teeth. Couch
played his game safely and was on the
alert for all of the we'll known tricks
of the little animal.
Gavin was up second and he drew
Iightfoot, who has been in at the H.
mails of every Roundup. That wicked
little sunfisher made one of his best
bucks but it was not good enough, for
the Idaho boy was too great in his
ability. Still. the crowd was divided
as to whether his ride had been bet
ter than that of Couch and so there
was eager expectancy as Long Tom
was saddled and Mccormack settled
himself in the saddle. The veteran
outlaw had never been ridden since
Bert Kelley won second on him a
year ago and the popular belief was
that the Cheyenne cowboy was not
equal to the task between him and
the prize. But he electrified them
with such a wonderful ride that a
mighty roar of applause went up from
the $4,000 people in the stadium. They
knew, after the first three jumps had
found him sitting straight up, that a
champion was being made. Long
Tom never in all of his career bucked
harder. Across the arena he pounded
the earth, leaped the fence and con-
tinued his rocky way half around the
track before his stubborn spirit would
admit defeat. And even then, it was
probably more the lack of strength
more than conquered will that caus-
ed him to stop. Through it all, ARM
strong kept close seat. He never
raked the big rorrel brute with his
spurs for the man probably does not
live who could and still stay on his
back. But his ride was made in the
45 horns announced the fact, the
crowd felt that he was winner AS he
stepped before the judges stand and
was proclaimed the champion of all.
he was given an ovation that a king
might envy Gavin was awarded sec
ond honors and Couch third and both
were greeted with cheers.
Great Rides by Losers.
Those seven men who qualified for
The semi-finals and We're eliminated
rom the last contest made some splen-
lid rides Henry Webb. winner at
Cheyenne this year, gave a great ex-
libition on Wiggles, scratching that
title animal fore and aft. Bill Ma
laffey of Prineville, did some great
craping too when he threw the steel
nto little Casey Jones and many
bought he would be in at the finish.
Happy Jack Hawn, husband of the
who won the cowgirls' cham
)ionship, staid with Mrs. Wigs with
,ase while Red Cross met his match
n Jess Johnson. Harvey McCrea. the
Ioldman boy who has learned all he
Knows about riding bucking bronks
Turing the last year, fought Butter
Creek to the last jump Sam Brow
lell had his hands full with Whistling
Annie but he rode her and rode her
light. Sea Lion could not even Shake
lack Fretz. the Oklahoma cowboy.
California Girl is winner.
Nettie Hawn fought it out with
Bertha Blancett of Arizona and Min
lie Thompson of Cheyenne for the
'irst honors in the cowgirls' bucking
contest. 1t was probably due to the
fact that she drew the worst of the
.hree horses brought out that she en-
srged from the contest victor. Snake
plunged viciously and she kept her
seat in admirable form until the
take-up men took the rope from her
hands when, for moment, she was
In danger However, her ride was
over when the rope was taken from
her. Bertha Blancett, winner of sec
ond honors last year, rode Rambling
Jimmie through the fence and never
once was she shaken. Minnie Thomp-
sons ride on Brown Eyes was prob
ably the most spectacular of the three
but the fact that she rode with hob
bled stirrups ranked her below the
other two who rode as men do. She
was given third and Mrs. Blancett
second.
Both second and third places in the
contest were won yester-
day. Lou Minor, champion broncho
buster of 1912, had the best time in
this event for the first two days but
was relegated to third place by Wally
Padgett and Dell Blancett Padgett
chased his steer once about the track
and swoOped down upon the long
horns In front Of the grandstand. He
twisted the animal off its feet after
a short tussel and just one minute
and 81 seconds after the steer had
been turned out of the corral, he had
fastened his teeth into its upper lip
and raised his hands to signify that
he had accomplished his feat Blan-
cett was handicapped by a fence
jumping, lodging steer and lost al
most two minutes in oyertaking the
beast But when he finally left his
horse, the fight was over in a short
time for his great muscles were too
much for the tired steer.
Old Champions Give Way to New.
Both the cowboys relay race and
the pony express saw old champions
give way to new Armstrong, by his
superior speed in changing saddles,
duplicated his wins of Thursday and
Friday. Roy Kelly. champion of 1910
and 1911, could not make up the sec
onds he lost on one change OF the first
day and could only finish a strong
third. He was riding the lie Grow
string Of horses. The most sensa-
tlonal performance of the relay race
today was the recovery OF Wade, rid