East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-11

horn and choked it with grip. that
threatened to pull il off And he
never relaxed his hold until the
pickup men had taken the Light
foot up. He sure outguessed me"
said the big Telocaset buster with
chagrin written all over his face. He
was just a half jump ahead of me
and / never did catch up"
\ Guessing contest.
Harry Brennan Of salt Lake woul3
have made the finals II he had not
drawn anything but a COW to ride in
the try-out. But he drew an unknown
horse, a little midget of a thing that
didn't look like il had guck in it.
Harry guessed he could ride the un-
known, and all the unknown had over
Harry was just one good guess and
Harry passed out of the champion
ship class over the unknOwn's head.
So when the top of the good riding
is reached the finish is simply mat
ter of out t-guessing the horse. And
the reason that the finish riders are
thrown so easily is because they are
riding loose in the saddle, straight up,
slick and merely keeping their seats
by anticipating every move of the
horse II is easily seen that when
they make the least bit of an error in
their calculations or guesses they 60
off without further ceremony. There
are riders and riders who can ride a
champion outlaw horse to finish
but they ride for blood ana not for
class They will hump over, crook
their legs so as to get purchase with
their heels and spurs, grip with their
legs like a visit and let 'em go. They
stay in the saddle but that is about
all that can be said for them. Their
head and shoulders will be jerked
violently backward and forward and
from side to side. This is known as
whipping" A rider who whips" is
no rider at all.
''Class" Riding.
There is neither rule nor regula-
ton governing or defining class" in
riding 1t is matter of opinion with
the judges. There are many other
unwritten laws of riding which have
evolved in slow process from the COW
ranges. The only written rules and
regulations are that the rider must
ride straight up and slick saddle. That
is universal law.
straight up" means just what IL
says No difference how the horse
jumps or bucks the riders body must
maintain an upright position. BY
slick saddle" is meant that his legs
must be straight and his spurs free.
Many riders attempt to make the fl
mails by sticking their spurs in the
cinch The judges are quick 30 see
this and the rider is Immediately dis
qualified.
The classy" rider and the cham
pion rider must sit his saddle free
After he has once learned that and
mastered the art of so doing, he must
then avoid whipping or showing day.
light and outguess the horse. And
believe me-" says Art Accord, man
who has perhaps given more exhi-
bition rides than any other Roundup
character, ANY little old cayuse is jest
as apt to make YOU show daylight as
Angel in the high dive, because the
critters amt got hawss sense enough
to buck decent but bob up anj down
like they thought it was a tango they
was dancin' instead of dbin' a genu-
inc bucking act"
why The Bull Wins.
And" people continually ask, 'ii
they are such good riders why can't
they ride a bull?" They can. or al
least they could If YOU would give
them a bull shaped like a horse. Take
Sharkey, the famous Belgrade bull
now owned by the Roundup and fol
} which there is q standing offer O,