Arizona republican., 1913-07-05
Wild West Representations, Sports of All Kinds, Band Concerts and Automobile Race Feature Prescott Gathering
SOCIETY COMES
 OUT FEN MASSE
Dinners, Luncheons, Gath erings of Boards of Trade, Fraternal Greetings and General All Arizona Spirit Pervades
(By Lyle Abbott.) Especial to The Republican


 PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 4-(SpeciaD Starting with patriotic exercises in the Plaza Prescotts Frontier Day celebration ran the gamut of eastern ad western pleasures and ended late in the evening with a dance in the Plaza. The Frontier Day contests at the Fair Grounds were observed by a crowd of not less than 2,500 people. The Selg Polyscope company riders furnished a large part of the excite ment at the Fair Grounds with buck ing bronco, roping, fancy stunts afoot and on horseback. The crowds con tinued to drift in all day At noon President Dennett, Secretary Welch and mem bers of the board of directors of the Phoenix board of trade ar rived on the train and were met by R. N. Fredericks, Malcolm Frazer, T. c. Norris and many others working for the Frontier Day celebration.
 The visitors were conveyed in autos to the hotels. clube and private home and then the crowds began to assemble to catch the train for the Fair Grounds. Practically all the Phoenix visitors together with many other visitors from coynties outside of Yavapai attended the opening day of Western sports.
 The morning program began with an invocation by Rev. J. Redwood Jenkins and soprano solo by Myrtle Steadman the leading woman of the Selig troupe here. An oration by Hon. J. E. Jones of Flagstaff and announcements of the Frontier Day by Attorney F. L. Haworth completed the program. The beautiful plaza was crowded to it's capacity by visitors and hosts who listened to the inspir- ing music of the Prescott band and the songs and speeches.
 In a magnificent mountain setting one mile from the town lies the park in which the wild west sports were carired on. Early special trains be- gan carrying the immense crowds, while numbers walked and rode autos By 200 o'clock the grandstand was so crowded that some feared for safety but recent work upon it made it secure for the vast audience. The crowd overflowed into the stretch and had frequently to be pushed back into the lines by deputies on horse back. In the midst of the waving pines the cowboy stunts were held with riders from all parts of the country among them being many from the Selig troupe now stationed here. The service of twenty riders furnished by producer William Duncan of Selig Polyscope company to whom in M. A. Frasers words, large part of the success of Frontier Day is due Wearers of the big Diamond S. fig ured in every event showing they are not merely Movie cowpunchers but the real thing gathered from the ranges of the entire west Their con- trol of their horses was marvellous. One rider was seen to speak to an un- ruly bronk and curbed his plunges with words.
 The camera man was kept busy all afternoon filming events of Fron- tier Day. he is Lou Orstand, one of the best operators in the service. He was directed by William Duncan in person who superintended in q mea- sure all the events in the field The first event was fancy roping and was won by Harry Knight Tom Mix of the Selig troupe second It is not stretching the truth a bit to say that this was the most spectacular rOping contest ever seen in Arizona The second event was trick and fancy riding and was won by George Hook with Tom Mix second both of the Selig troupe. Rockers work was little less than marvellous considering IIle COIUlIlOH or Ine lEdCk ana the fact that his mount refused to be good at times. w. Y. Peck of Yava- pal county won the wild horse riding contest making the gate of the corral in remarkably short time. The event consisted in saddling the bronk and riding him into the corral against time. Harry Knight was second. The goat roping contest furnished the fun of the afternoon program. Thirty riders participated, Peck winning in twenty-fOur and half seconds, Oscar Roberts was second in twenty seven and a half Getting goat proved dangerous for some spectators though none were hurt The animals ran close to the crowds an more than one was endangered by the flying ropes. It must be said that the crowd was cared for in a most completely satisfyinf manner by the Marshals
 The feature of the afternoon was the elimination trials in the bronchG twisting competition for the ch3np- ionship of Arizona Thirty or more of the best riders in the west en- tered for this contest and began sen sational work in the middle of ths afternoon and continued late with most soul satisfying results A dozen or more wild one were tanned before
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