Gunnison news-champion., 1914-07-24
CBY CLIFFORD II. sToND

(BY CLIFFORD II. STONED
Gunnisen' big annual show is chang
ing. Ii is far better than ID was in the
earlier days. but il is less of cattle
mems celebration. Not that the cow
boy and cowgirl events are any less
spectacular than they formerly we're,
bat there is a less general participation
BY the eattlemen Of Guanison county.
The stockmen's parade of Thursday
was mere remnant of the grand psr-
sde which started of the celebrations
of former days. A few cattlemen rode
in the parade, but more went to the
grounds in automobiles.
But to say the show is far better IL
putting it mildly, The Thirteenth An
nusl Cattlemen's Day Of yesterday anSs
day before had all the ''earmarks" Of
the celebration which kpd been lifted
out of the class of the ordinary country
fair, and gave promise of becoming On
event which is generally attended BY
people from far away rs well as by the
nearby country folks. The rsce snd
various broncho exhibitions are better
regulated, and more exciting because
they run tester end buck harder. y
fheve wss sosae rssl blesd IN the race
TRACK this time, and the COW horses
were rebegsted to events which were
strictly their own. If . horse WAS not
broncho, which could buck and buck
hard, or q real race horse, he WAS com
PEELED to content himself with such
events as the stake race or an ordinary
cowhorse race. The Merchants Free
For-All this year brought out some
horses that would touch the blood" of
any turf enthusiast. 1t seemed that
there were more contestants, too, in
such events as the broncho contest and
wild horse races than ever before, and
they were no scrubs either.
Twenty-Five hundred people, putting
the estimate low, were present at the
Association grounds yesterday and day
before. They were a good natured
crowd and cheered broncho buster and
ball player alike; but they had a cause
to be jolly and good natured tor Gunni-
sons superb weather was never better.
The weather man fairly smiled down
on the festivities as he displayed blue
sky and at the same time a cool breeze
which made everyone feel like entering
into the festive spirit of the day.
For number of years the cattlemer
have been talking about paying the
/ prizes and expenses of the celebration
out of the gate and grandstand receipts.
That is, it has been the ambition Of the
association to to make Cattlemen's S Day
pay for itself. This year that ambition
was realized, and more than realized, az
from the indications last night and be
fore complete financial report could
be secured, the gate and grand stand
receipts will more than pay the prizes.
President Stevens of the association
told the writer yesterday that the cele
bration would certainly be greai
financial success. A rough estimate
made from the receipts of the first day
indicates that the total receipts may
reach twenty-five hundred dollars.
Heretofore it has been the practice
to solicit from our merchants the money
with which to finance the events. but
this year it was decided to try the
scheme of paying all of the prizes ou'
of the gate receipts. A subscription
was taken up among the merchants. but
this was secured by the merchant.
themselves and the money Was used tC
pay the big purse for the Merchants
free-for-all, purse of $3.50.
1t is hard to run such a festivity
~ Cattiemen's Day, and for that rea
son the committees, and especially ths
general committee deserve great credit
for the way in which the various event.
were pulled of.
The music for the two days vas fur
nished by the Normal hand which prov.
ed itself to be = most excellent orgaiza
ton. Their music was coed and they
dispensed plenty of it Their banC
stand haA been moved this year to 4
new location, in order to allow an en-