Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-07-13
Details Of Rogue
River Roundup
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BulldOgging.

BulldOgging.
Shouts, a cloud of dust, and out
of the corrals shoots long-horned
steer with two riders in close pursuit
One hugs the fence and keeps the
steer away from the wire barrier
The other leans low over the neck of
his pony and spurs him up even with
the steer. Suddenly the rider launch
es himself from his horses back, six,
maybe ten, feet through the air, and
in a cloud of dust cowboy and steer
come to the ground together. The
steer struggles along for many yards,
tossing the doughty cowboy who
clings grimly to the horns of the in
furiated beast. Finally the skill of
the cowboy begins to tell, the steer
comes to stop and the man throws
his weight into a slow twist which
eventually brings the steers neck into
a knot and throws him to the ground.
When on the ground the man, holding
the head of the beast fast, secures a
grip with his teeth on the steers lip
and raises both hands above his head.
The report of the judges revolver
proclaims the feat of "bulldogging'
to have been accomplished.
Bulldogging vies with the best OF
the bucking as the most spectacular
of all wild west stunts. There are
many riders and but few bulldoggers.
During the recent roundup the
visitors to the grounds had an op-
portunity of witnessing the greatest
bulldogger in the world, Buffalo Yer
non. Rivalling Vernon was Frank
Cable, also from Pendleton, lacking
Vernon's weight and experience, but
a conner. Then the third contestant
in the Ashland show, Frank Smith
a newcomer at the game and so light
that time after time he was thrown
high in the air and dragged across
the vast arena, tossed violently from
the horns of a steer but still gamely
holding on and putting up an exhibit
tion of grit which brought as much
applause as the finished work of the
more experienced bulldoggers.
Vernon's time for the three days:
First, 1 min. 12 Sec; second, SIX
Sec; third, min. Y sec.
Cables time: First, 43 sec.; sec
ond, min. SO Sec. third Sc sec.
Smith threw his steer the first day
but was obliged to turn it loose the
second and third days after many
minutes of terrific struggle.
Buffalo took first with total time
~ seconds faster than CaDfe.
Through a misreading of a carbon
copy the result of the second days
contest appeared wrong on the pro-
gram and caused some confusion.
The prizes were SIS, $50 and $25.
Relay Race.
The event with the most local in
terest was the relay race in which
Jinks Murphy rode a string of Ash
land horses against Jimmie Taylor
and Shorty Hall of Pendleton. Muir
ply seemed to have the fastest string
but his horses we're not the old cam
paigners that Taylor's were, and
Murphy's total time was few Sec
onds longer on account of slow
changes due to nervous horses the
second day.
The first day ended with. Murphy
ahead, the time being: Murphy, 4
min. IL sec.; Hall, 4 min. IL sec.
Taylor, min. IA sec.
The second day Taylor took wide
lead by artistic change work, mount
ing mostly after his horses were on
the run. Time Taylor, 4 min. IL
sec.; Murphy, min. 20 sec.; Hail.
4 min. rs sec.
The third day Murphy won again
but not by a wide enough margin to
overcome Taylor's lead. Time; Muir.
ply, min. Sec; Taylor, min. Il
Sec; Hall, min. "a sec.
The prizes we're $3.50, 500 and
$50.
Pony Express.
The pony express We'd with the re.
lay for excitement. Jim Taylor won
out all three days in this by a wide
margin, with Tortora second and
Frank Smith third. Their total times
were, respectively, min. 10 sec., 6
min. 38 sec., and min. So sec. The
prizes we're 800, $50 and s25.
Cowboys Pony Race.
The first race each day brought
out number of contestants. On the
first day ]. Arant won the $40 first