East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-12

"a L DI-I l. lO
OF the most closely contested ones OF
the four years. Four strings. all of
fast horses, were entered and the only |
advantage lay in the superior dexter
ity of one rider over another in max |
ing the changes. Roy Kelly, cham
pion of 1910 and 1911 and who is |
this year fighting for permanent pos
session of the silver cup, Is riding the
Fay lie Grow string and he finished
the first relay In advance OF the other
three but lost almost half lap dur
ing the first change. his horse trying
to start before the saddle had been
cinched. Earl Armstrong riding Spain
Bros string, fought 1t out with Hoot
Gibson on the Barney Sherry string
and Wade on the Jim Blakely string,
taking the lead on the second relay
and winning two seconds In advance
Of Gibson. His time was 4.27'1-2. Glib
SONS was 30 1-2, Wade's 4. 81 IA.
and Kelley's 4.37 1-2. 1t Is three
day race and the loser yesterday may
be the winner in the end.
lsvrlIla ISldncett. AGAIN Leads.
Bertha Blancetl, winner oI Lac cow
girls relay in 1911 anu 1872. is out
lvr 'anoIher championship ana took a.
big lead yesterday. Rluing Barney
Snerry string, sne ran the Two miles
anu iuaae ner lnree changes OIL saddle
without single mishap and finished
in 4.5U. botn OlIIe osborn, on the
II. w. b. Smith string. and Vera Nc
1Innls ON tne Clarence ADAMS string,
were thrown from their horses on the
third lap. The former did not finish
but the latter pluckily remounted and
completed the race. her time being
6.33 3-4.
Pony Express is Exciting.
The pony express race proved an
other exciting event and here also the
champion or two years finished last.
Jason Stanley lost time on his first
change and never made II up. The
event was won by Braden Gerking In
2.l9. Fred Spain was second in 2.26,
Hoot Gibson third, 2.2S ga, Johnny
Baldwin fourth, 2.SO, Frank Hogg fifth
2.33 IL and Stanley sixth, 2.S4 l-2.
This race Is also run for three days.
Hazel Walker won the cowgirls
dash on cowponies, her time of 5S
seconds being a half second faster
than that made by Eddie Turk, win
ner of the cowboys cowpony race
Lila Smith was second and Babe Lee
third in this event while Braden Ger
king ana Darrell Cannon took second
and third to Turk.
Hoot Gibson Wins.
ri . l.. sta al fn.w
boys race from Otto Kline in So l-2
seconds while Tillie Baldwin won the
cowgirls' standing race from Rose
Wenger Gibson in 72 seconds.
Indian Events Popular.
The Indian events were popular
ones with the crowd and the redskin
relay race, a new event this year, was
closely contested one from start to
| finish. Riding without saddles, the
! 1.-the bodied natives slipped from one
| horse to another with ease and rap
| idity and the three winners were
closely punched throughout. Two of
the riders we're forced to quit the
race through losing their horses in
the changes, Matthew Sheoship's sec.
ond horse starting so suddenly that II
jumped from in under him. The race
was won by Johnson Chapman with
Lucian Williams second and Gilbert
Minthorn third.
Roach is Twice Victor.
The maverick race was captured
easily by Jim Roach, who won that
event once before. Deaping from the
midst of the bunch of pacing horses
and swinging ropes, he sent his moose
over the horns of the fleeing steer al
the first cast. 1t was at the end OF
this event that the steer, jerking the
rope from Roach's hand, turned at bay
and after defying the efforts of sever
al horsemen to capture him, set oul
in pursuit of Director Sam Thompson
with lowered head. Seeming the dan
ger, Thompson's horse broke into 4
dead run and the race did not end un-
til other horsemen finally turned the
enraged steer into the corral
The trick roping and riding was the
best ever seen here. In the exhibitions
of the mastery OF the running moose
Cuba Crutchfield, Chester Byers. Sam
my Garrett and Jane Bernoudy as
tonishei the crowd with their seem
: ing impossible feats and none wor
more admiration than the pretty lit
tie woman who spun the wedding ring
from her horse and put on and tool
off a coat while spinning the rop,
about her body. These four roper
Bertha Blancett completed their exhi
bition in the arena by catches of gal
Looping horses.
The trick riding saw several new
performers at work. Among the mel
Otto Kline, champion of all. stood ou
above the rest, his agility in leapint
, on and off, into the saddle and ou
: winning him prolonged applause. Blu
the favorite of all was Tillie Baldwin
. a better Tillie than last year for sh
D had several new and original stunts
However the work of Vera McGinnis
r Pabe Lee, Johnny Baldwin. Sid Seal
v and Jack Ven Ness was all of higl
e order and the climax of all was tn
L drunken ride by Walter Scale.
Grand March Is Inspiring Event.
} Most spectacular and most inspirin
of all was the grand march and gal
Looping parade which came during tn
r middle Of the exhibition. Hundred
e Of gayly attired cowboys and COW
4 girls followed by hundreds of Indian
g at whose brilliance of savage dress tn
:, crowd went into ecstacies, took tn
4 track to the strains of music by tn
: Roundup mounted cowboy bant
: Leading the long procession was Gov
d ernor Oswald West and T. d. Tayloi
d nresident of the Round-iln