East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-24

Fully 10000 people present, the
weather clear and comfortably cool,
the crowd happy and enthusiastic. the
show furnishing a thrill minute, the
second day Of the 1915 Roundup is
all that directors, residents and Wis
itors could hope for. Again there is
snap, there Is smoothness, again there
Is the unexpected happening; in fact
there is everything that II takes to
make Pendleton Roundup, the
greatest OF all out door entertain
ments,
The crowd was not yet full seated
before the first event was announced.
Bucking bulls. bucking steers, and
bucking burros put the crowd In a
gleeful frame OF mind but while the
arena was still full OF pitching ami
mails and tumbling cowboys, the at
tention OF the spectators was turned
to the track where the cowboys
pony race was under way. Drumhel'
Ter the winner OF yesterday, could
not repeat today, though he made
pretty finish for second. 1t was Mack
Gaunt, boy, who finished in the lead
and Sleepy Armstrong came In for a
close third.
sharkey, the veteran old buckinS
bull was inclined TO be lazy again put
n few kicks in the ribs reused his ton
OF flesh into action and the rider de-
scribed an arc over his head.
Bertha Blancett is Winner.
runaway horse, with pretty
souaw aboard furnished little enter
tainment just before the bevy Oh
souaws started on their half mile
race II was pretty race but the
winners we're disqualified because
they rode horses which had been
barred.
Bertha Blancett. took the first
money today in the cowgirls' standing
race, beating out Vera McGinnis ana
Mayme Saunders by her ability TO
keep her position, one foot on either
horse,
Relay Races Thrill.
II WAS the cowboys relay race
again today that reused the crowo
TO It's first full-lunged enthusiasm
Allan Drumheller again forged 10
tbe lead as winner, defeating
sleepy Armstrong, Bill Abbott, Oar
rer Cannon and Braden Gerking In
the order named, Abbott on the
Boise polo string finished the first
relay in the lead but the superior
changing ability of both Drumheller
and Armstrong gave them the lead
after the first change The third
relay was a neck and neck AFFAIR De-
tween Drumheller and Armstrong,
This race is proving a classic ana
the total three-day time BIDS iair 10
break the local record.
lin Massey of Snyder Texas, one
time champion, was the first to take
the track this afternoon in pursuit oil
a steer. He missed the animal as no
left his horse, but borrowing the
horse Of his hazer, overlook the
steer and, after a stubborn ilght
brought it crashing to earth Just as
the time limit was up. He was dis-
qualified for using two horses. Mas
sew is the same cowboy who last night
wrestled the big steer in Happy Can
yon,
williams Misses steer.
Iucian Williams missed his steer
L. 10 Mccoy. who claims the recoru
time Of bulldogging, also used two
horses but both times he caught his
steer by one horn only and was drag
cod loose Buffalo Vernon, the old
fayorite. brought the crowd to It's
feet when he bulldogged his steer In
"a seconds. Harold Neptune hooli-
handed his steer, tripping it by Its
horns. and was disqualified. j, c.
Mabie made the most sensational
fight of the contest directly in front
Of the grandstand. His brute was
a mean one, dragging the cowboy
across the track and through the
fence. Mabie, however, hung to his
hold and finally twisted the steer
from its feet,
The same four girlgirls who rode
buckers yesterday tried again today.
Bonny McCarroll got bad fall from
the back of Silver but the other three
rode successfully. Princess Redbird
won an ovation by waving an Amerl-
can flag aloft as she sat through the
pitching of her mount. Champion
Bertha Blancett rode Eagle in
straight-up form and Peggy Warren
made n pretty exhibition on Body