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

size of the Roundup arena Is no
small one. The steer Blancett drew
persisted in leaping the fence when
ever the rope was kissing near while
Byers' horse was not equal to the
quick turns of the steer.
New Horse Is Great Bucl<er.
1t remained for the bucking contest.
always the stellar event of the pro-
gram, to furnish the real battle be-
tween man and brute. Yesterdays
contest developed the fact that the
champions of former years, both
horses and riders. are likely to be
supplarted this year. The greatest
| exhibition of the day was the very
first of the sixteen. The horse was
little spotted Indian cayuse called
Mckay and his efforts to shake
George f. Attebury an Is year-old-
boy. from his back were probably the
most spectacular ever seen in Pendle-
ton. He was what Is known as a sun
! fisher. throwing his hind legs to the
right and left alternately and with the
Quickness that only little Indian
cayuse has. He twisted squirmed,
| Jumped and pivoted but all in vain
| for In Attebury he had met his match
| Straight up In his saddle, the rider
! sat and he raked the sides OF the out
law continuously with his spurs In
sheer contempt of the others strug-
giles.
Two Riders Eliminated.
Hardly had the cheer which greet
ed his successful ride died away than
a wild yell of approval went up for
Whistling Annie. In just two jumps
she had got rid of Jack Joyce. the
buckaroo who last year made such
a spectacular ride on Angel. Claud
! Franklin was the third rider UP and
his mount was Crooked River. The
animal was just as crooked as its name
and soon had the rider holding the
horn with both hands. He was dis
qualified for pulling leather
Ben Corbett of La Grande, who
rode in the semi-finals last year. made
a strong bid for a like chance at the
honors this year by scratching the
sunfishing Mrs. Wigs at every jump.
| Ed McCarty drew the valiant little
Lightfoot and rode that champion
bucker to a finish. He rode safe at
| first but. when he felt his mastery.
loosened up and threw the steel into
the wicked little plunger
Hotfoot fell with Fred '.eide when
the wranglers unblinied him but was
on his feet In minute and with his
first spectacular plunge, threw the
buckaroo over his head
One of the best rides of the day was
made by Johnnie Dobbins on Cyrus
Noble. The chunky broncho buster
sat in his shifting seat with firm
ness that won plaudits from the grand
stand and he scratched the beast from
first to last.
Tex Daniels drew the old re-
Ioubtable Long Tom. That plungei
wasted some of his strength in re-
. sisting the efforts to saddle him anc
did not strike the ground with a.
much force as usual Daniels rod'
well. considering the nature of hi
horse. but after two or three Jumps
, was compelled to double-rein hi
I horse to save himself from fall
/ Double refining is almost as poor form
( as pulling leather
I Smithy made a running buck Will
Andrew Jack, and that rider, an In
dian. was not at all hard pressed t
keep his seat. Glen Harrison, an II
year old boy from Pilot Rock, mad'
n GOOD ride on Fuzzy for few jump
but finally steadied himself by a mo
mentary touch of the horn. an ac
which probably disqualified him.
Spain Can Stili Ride.
John Spain. who won the cham
pionship in 1911 ana who has sine
lost one of his hands, mounted Sky
rocket and proved that he can rid
an outlaw without any hands, II ne
cessary. He kept n close seat In tn
saddle through all of the upheaval
and his legs were travelling up an
down the sides of the beast beneat
him.
Lazy S, broke away from the wranS
lers when being sajdled and when h
was finally caught and mounted b
John Judd. he refused to buck bu
showed his temper by running away
jay Oliver made fair ride upo
Bunker Bean, sitting straight up Il
the saddle. Otto Kline, one of tn
best of the trick riders. showed hi
Glass" on Dempsey by squirting hir
to his utmost and tanning him wit
his hat throughout. Dempsey made
running buck and was not hard to 81
but Kline showed so much ease an
grace aboard him that he won tn
grandstand and bleachers.
Mora Smallwood was the last ride
of the day to bite the dust. Sea Lioi
one time gentle old driving horse
disposing OF him in two jumps. Tn
last ride of the day was made by
e Runyan on Goodnight. Runya
kept his seat easily
w. f. Powell, who drew Butte
Creek, and Hugh Taylor, who Dire
lee. failed to put in an appearance
and their names were scratched
The well proven ability of the tw
horses may have had something to j
with their failure to ride.
Girls Also Win Cheers.
Pretty Minnie Thompson. with ht
braids flying n the wind as st
duirted Snake, won the admiration {
the crowd in the cowglrls' buckir
contest Her only rival of the da
Bertha Blancett, one Of the best I
the skirted buckarooes, was unfortl
nate in her horse. She drew Raml
ler whose notion Of bucking SCENE
to be to gather himself in a hum
and move off across the field.
Big Bulls Invincible.
Sharkey. the famous bucking bu
purchased by the Roundup for $50
made his initial appearance in Pendl