Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-05
$4,000 PEOPLE
SAW ROUNDUP
SIGHTS AND DARE
DEVIL FEhTS WE'RE SEEN
" DEWEY.
Parade Was BIC feature
Tulsa Girl on Pure White Horse Led
the tnnlcadc Into the
Gigantic Arena.

DEWEY, okla, July A. Especially
With over twenty-five thousand
people IN attendance by actual count,
today's program of the sixth annual
Roundup VAS marked hy thrilling
sights ana daredevil feats. Thirty
eight cowboys engaged in bitter con-
test to determine the champion rop.
crs and riders on the southwest.
cool south breeze added to tho
comfort Of the spectators but played
havoc with the ropers, who were
lor "d 10 get almost on top Of steer
before th"l could drop the moose over
lis horns The hot sun was Just hot
enough TO make the afternoons sport
exciting for th" participants as wen
aa the spectators
SIX special trains arrived here be-
fore noon today from all points of
the compass and 1t is estimated that
over 500 automobiles and two hun.
dred motorcycle made the trip into
the city overland. Every seat in the
Immense arena was nlled and hun
drcds were Standing up in the space
between the protective fence and the
grundstalrls when the grand entry
WAS made mt 2.20 O'Clock.
FROM out the corral whore the con-
testanis and their horses stay, rode
Mrs Glenn Condor, Of Tulsa dressed
In a stunning white western riding
habit and with n buglc hanging from
a white cord about her shoulders
She Was mounted ON Fairyhnd, Joe
Bartles famous white Kentucky thor
oughhred. Ri0ing Ike the wind. she
dashed straight To the center of the
INn-llIp -FAtgrpH
she wheeled the horse about and
faced the main grand stands She
then sounded "A bugle call and imme-
diately from the southern end of tho
arena appeared Joe Bartles. horse
back, leading the parade Of bands
and riders. McCrays band Of Inde-
pendcnce, the Bartlcsvlle concert
band and the Boys Band Of Collins
vile, comprising 20 musicians In all,
were IN Inc, playing lively march
Behind them were nearly "A hundred
cowboys, attired in ealstlc western
earb The cavaicade led by the
Tulsa young woman, marched the en-
tire length OF the arena and disap-
peared behind the stockade Of the
corral FIVE minutes later the first
steer was turned loose into the arena,
the bands played, the rider dashed
out after the longhorn, and the aft
crnoon's program was ON. From then
uuul y O'Clock the spectators were
treated to some Of the fastest and
most sensational roping, tlcing and
hucking morse riding ever seen I'm
oklahoma. There was something do
Ing every moment The program was
staged exactly according to schedule
and without n hitch of any kind
When the last horse had been rid
den, Captain j. Hector Worden gave
AN exhibition hight In his Molssant
monoplane. lie made try for the
altitude record, but II is not known
yet whether he succeeded.
The Judges VIII make known the
winners In all branches after tomor-
row afternoons contests. The best
hree-day averages are what deter
mine the final decisions The win
ners viii receive a total OF S2.500 In
gold
In spite OF the immense crowd in
town today. not an accidep; had oc-
CURED at , O'Clock tonight and no
peace disturbance of any kind was
reported
While tomorrow's crowd will not
be as large as the one today. II - eX-
pected that fully 1900 people viii
witness the final and deciding con-
tests
Tulsans are everywhere In evidence
here today. The regular northhound
Santa Zee train from there this morn
ing was packed to the guards" with
Tulsan-, bound for Dewey. and the
special Tulsa Roundup train that ar
rived al II o'clock, consisting OF eight
coaches was nlled and overtlowing
Many came in autos and thirty mem
hers of the Tulsa motorcycle club
made the trip overland
By actual count thirty-eight riders
and ropers have entered for the rop-
ing and riding contests OF the sixth
annual Roundup. which started here
Yesterday. This Ia thought TO be the
largest number ~ entries ever receive
ed az frontier celebration whore
the contestants enter merely for
sports sake and tn" prizes they stand
a chance 70 win.
The Judges in the riding division
do not MAKE known their decisions
until Saturday night and base them
on the best thrce-day average. The
same rule prevails IN the roping con-
test. Eacn roper aud rider must
compete every day unless ne is dis
qualified for some breach Of the
rules. such ns pulling leather" etc.
Following IL an authentic list of
the ropcrs and riders who are entered
i'm his years contest II Is IN. first
time the list has been published The
list follows
Ray OVerlees. Angola. Kansas. 5.
: Burgess Schulter. Okla. J G.
Dirickson. Claremore. Okla. Louis
Bland. Schulter. okla, Fred Lowry.
Lcnapah. Okla; " \. Combs. Hig-
gins. Texas. Henry --lmmcr. Kaw.
okla. Blue Gentr ..U nm: W.
+. Hale. Wihurtor iiller Hal
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