Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-05-20
ROYAL BUCKERS
At THE FAIR
GROUNDS
FAMOUS CONTEST HORSES
ARRIVE AND CORRALS
AND BLEACHERS WILL
BE CONSTRUCTED.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

(trom tuesdays DailyJ
An advertisement will appear
next week in the Billboard" for
contestants in the wild west fea-
lures of the programs to be given
during Frontier Days. July 1856.
The last 'ad' in this powerful
amusement paper resulted in twenty
entry blanks being signed.
1t is the experience of the man
ayers of Frontier Day. Cheyenne.
The Roundup. Pendieton, and other
world-famous shows. that contest
ants come from cover at the eiev-
enth hour. but Mr. Haworth, chair
man of the program committee OF
the local show, means to leave no
stone unturned to make this From
tier Day OF the first quality, not
only from the standpoint of hav-
ing all parts of the West present.
but also as to having the best men
in the world in each line ready to
start when the signal is given.
: Ten buckers from Sierra Blanca.
Texas. arrived Sunday and are now
on grass in the grounds of the
Northern Arizona Fair Association.
They include some of the best
known contest horses in the West
and will be ready to throw some
OF the best boys in the country
when they come down the chutes
on the third of July and find thous
ands OF expectant eyes on them.
They look fit and are a splendid
lot of horses.
These animals and others will be
Kept at the grounds until the ceIe-
bration opens. They will receive
every care and attention and viii be
full OF ginger and oats when tn.
hrst gun is fred.
The riding chutes will be bu;rt
this week and after that. the horses
can be ridden by any rider who has
entered for the buct:"s -o-t-...
The animals wiz require a fair
amount of riding to put them in
proper fettle to pull the trough
stuff" and all wishing to give them
a try-out will have that pleasure"
Lumber for the erection Of the
bieachers has been purchased from
Flagstaff mills and in a few days
the sound of many hammers will
be heard at the grounds. These
oleachers will afford seating accom-
modations for more than 1900 ex-
ira. Corrals for the contesting ami
mails will be begun at once.
The first meeting of the Pres
colt Trapshooters' Club will be held
tomorrow night at the Chamber Of
Commerce at seven sharp. About
thirty five members have already
enrolled. but it is desired to have
everyone interested in this sport
present at this meeting when or
ganIzation of the club and future
plans will be the order of business.
Letters from Los Angeles, due to
publicity received in the Los An
geles Examiner, are coming to Sec
rotary Fraser daily from gasolcne
boys who would get into the big
loop race and the proposed Los
Angeles Prescott durability run. The
course for the latter. which is via
San Bernardino into Victorvine.
Barstow. Needles and Kingnian, has
been officially measured by a repre-
sentative engineer of the Autonio-
bile Club of Southern California,
and that club is now working on a
plat of the entire road. which will
be sent to the Contest Board of the
American Automobile Association
with the request that authority for
the durability race be given the
Prescott Automobile Club.
Charles II. Bigelow writes from
Los Angeles that a number of rae
ers are awaiting news as to the
purse to be hung up for this race
and that the great loop race will
interest many of the
crack drivers of the Angel City.