The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-07
Wild WEST SHOW
IS fine Event
F. Burchard is Well Ac-
quainted With the Coming
State Fair Attraction.

That the Irwin Sheyenne Wild West
show, which has been secured as the
leading amusement attraction for the
state fair this year. is the biggest and
best show of the kind is the opinion
Of Secretary l.. +. Burchard of the
school board. Mr.. Buchard was Il
resident OF SheSenne. Wyoming, be-
fore coming to Grand Forks and many
OF the riders and horses advertised
with the Irwin shows are known to
him.
The wild west show as 1t will be
presented in Grand Forks was the re-
suit of tho wonderful success of Shey-
enne's Frontier Day celebration which
takes place every year in August. AL
though Sheyenne is a city of about
10000 people, frequently the paid adj
missions to this big event which lasts
for several days have u up to $40,-
900. A $4,000 grand stand of steel
and concrete with an immense hippo
drome for the bucking bronchoes and
rOping events has made Sheyenne ia
nous. Riders from all yer this
country compete for valuable prizes
offered and men who are interested
in this type of frontier sport come
the big events. Every year at Shey-
enne, the champion rider of the world
Is proclaimed after the best riders
have been weeded out by judges from
the scores that enter.
From this yearly celebration with
it's actual bucking ~bronchoes, outla ws
from the big ranches are saved for
this day. with its real cowboys and all
the air of the frontier. the Irwin
bucking horses and the best Of the
riders have been picked by Mr.. r.
win as headliners for this big outdoor
vaudeville production that will thrill
thousands at the coming of the state
fair.
Sheyenne first saw Steamboat" the
famous bucling range horse who for
several years withstood the efforts Of
the best riders to break his spirit. One
or two men We're killed and several
manned by this animal After Steam
boat had thrown his rider he invaria-
bly, bucked and tore at his saddle un-
til he was free. For seven years
Steamboat was unconquered. During
the rest of the yea he ran the range
tree and untrammeled. The two
months before the Frontier Days
brought to the big annual event in
fine fettle. Sun fishing" was Steam
boats faNorite method of throwing as
pirants. He Is a big horse and throw
ing himself in the air he often turned
end for end in his frantic efforts to
throw the rider.
Steamboat was always saved for the
last day of the fair when the cham
pionship was awarded. The eighth
event that Steamboat participated in
was at hand with the famous buckihg
horse in fine fettle. The first rider to
receive the honor of straddling the
big black horse was banks, a Shey-
enne rider. Steamboat was lead ont
as was always the case submitted
quietly to being saddled. He bucked
a Few jumps after banks was on his
PACK ana was halted by the judges
stand. The horse stopped and Danks
quick to see the opportunity, dis
mounted. waved his hat to the crowd
and was received with enthusiastic
applause as the first man who had rid.
den Steamboat.
Stanley. a slim young rider from
Portland. Ore. who was also in the
mas Immediately approached Chas.
denounced Danks' effort as a fake
ride. declared that banks had neither
spurred the horse nor whipped him
and offered to rid the famous bucker
TO a finish. Irwin announced his ~
the crowd, and they went wild. de-
that Stanley's request be
complied with. The horse was broi,rht
Il and Stanley mounted. Instead of
continuing his operations to the stad.
ium provided for that form of snort.
Steamboat broke through the fence
into the space in front of the grand
stand and for three-quarters Of an
honr the crowd was treated to an en-
hleitlon such as they had never seen
before. Steamboat 'sun fshed." and
enrp.osed an OF his favorite tricks ac-
Infatuated horse. but the slim StanIew
was equal to the task. and finally The
horse. conquered in spirit. bleedine
o the squirting, stopped his efforts
and stood head down in front Of the
grand and. Steamboat had f1naiiv
oeen conquered and Stanley was nrn.
claimed champion. was pro-