East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23
NeU Thrills Mark Opening Day of Sixth Annual Roundup
5000 People Greet Finest Brigade of Co1Oboy EUer Here
Allen DrumheIIer Wins First
Place in Cowboys Relay Race
COwQs Win Applause for PIuc ding BudCgge Unable
Steers Glen Bushes Sid Seal Victor Today Cowboys Stand
inq Race; Show Moves with Well Known Snap and WgOr.

From thousands Of throats the show
cry OF the Roundup issued this ar
ternoon at 1880 when Pendleton's
sixth annual frontier carnival began
its reckless career. There may have
been many who did not join in the fa-
miliar cry but, nevertheless, beneath
their decorum, pulsed the same spirit
which caused the more impulsive to
welcome the advent OF the cowboys
playday with unrestrained enthusi-
asm.
Forgotten today are the horrors OF
wasting wars. forgotten the worries
OF private and public life, The huge
throng banked in the Roundup sta
dium remembers only the thrilling
scenes being enacted before them for
their entertainment. The primitive
love OF excitement controls them abb
solutely and they rejoice in it.
The crowd which is today viewing
the sports OF the cowcamp and rang
es is fully as large as that which was
present at the opening exhibition OF
the 1915 Roundup. The grandstand
is a solid bank OF humanity and the
bleachers are half filled with the
throng which has gathered from all
points Of the compass. Conservative
estimates fix the opening crowd at be-
tween $500 and 5000.
As for the show itself, 1t Is pro-
ceeding with the smoothness, the alb
sence Of waits and delays which
have characterized the five proceed
ing Round-ups. Beneath 1t all can
be glmpsed the wonderful organiza-
ton which has made Pendletons
frontier festival the greatest Of all.
outdoor entermtainments.
Right on the dot, the 1915 show
opened and the first act sent the au
dience into spasms of merriment
A dozen bucking steers. bulls, cows
and burros were turned loose into the
arena at once and the air was full Of
of kicking heels and Hopping chaps.
Sharkey, the famous old bucking
bHll, displayed a laziness today that
comes from too must fat living, and,
for the first time in his long career,
he failed to unseat his rider.
The exhibit on bucking was still
going on when dozen cowboys
dashed up the starting point and,
were off in a cloud of dust in the
ever-excitng cowpony race. 1t was
a neck and neck affair throughout
the half mile but Allan Drumheller,
by a splendid exhibition Of horseman-
ship, kept the pole from the start
and finished scant foot ahead Of
Sleepy Armstrong.
Races Are Thrilling.
The squaw race followed immedi-
atey and the pretty Indian maidens In
their bright dresses whipped their
little ponies into reckless speed
taking the breath from spectators as
they dashed around the sharp curves,
The standing race for cowgirls was
equally exciting, Vera McGinnis and
Bertha Blancett standing erect on two
horses and holding them abreast as
the circled the track. Miss McGinnis
finished ten feet in the lead.
It was the cowboys relay race that
first brought the crowd to its feet
with five strings of fast horses en-
tered, it was fight from the first
relay but, by one Of the best exhi-
bitions Of changing seen in the local
park, Allan Drumheller, riding his
fathers string took the lead from the
start. At each change Of mount he
increased his lead over SLEEPY" Arm
strong, the champion of last year, and
completed the race a quarter of lap
in the lead. Braden Gerking, riding
Ed McCarty's string, had the misfor-
tune to lose his horse at the first
change. but, cutting across the sta
dlum, he caught 1t on the back
track and finished his race. The
Boise popo string, ridden by Bill Ab-
bott. finished third.
Not > cowgirl. entered as a rider
of the bucklng horses. but staid IN
her saddle today in the contest for
the championship Of the world. Pret-