Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-22
PLENTY OF THRILLS
y y. !" FRONTIER SHOW
harvey Hazen Sustains Broken
Leg and Alex Sidel Has q
Few Ribs Cracked.
HORSE HAS TO BE KILLED

- W" PahNhSi WIN a ptohNh ANBG
another with some ribs cracked, still
another with the breath knocked out
of him by wild steer so that cold
water had to be used to restore him,
and fine roam broncho killed, was
in a general way the net result OF Fri
day afternoons Frontier day events
at the Douglas county fair grounds.
Harvey Hazen, Douglas, Wyo., had
his leg broken at the knee when, a
broncho threw itself with the rider,
who was just starting for bucking
exhibition. DR.. G. w. Hickey OF
Bennington responded from the audi
ence when call was issued for a doc
tor, and the man was carried in an
automobile to the Methodist hospital,
where he was given attention.
Hazen is an independent rider, In
no way connected with the Irwin peo-
pie, but riding here for the big purse
hung up for the winner. He had no
immediate friends on the grounds,
who's your closest friend here1"
DR.. Hickey asked him.
WELL" replied the cowpuncher,
gripping his injured knee in both
hands, and speaking between clenched
teeth, Shorty will take care OF my
chaps and spurs"
Anxious About Spurs.
When it was observed that the care
of chaps and spurs was OF more inter-
est to Hazen than getting to hos
pital, some of the men took matters
in their own hands and ordered car
to take him to the hospital.
Hazen had three vertibrae cracked
in a riding contest in Wyoming last
November. ..-.
Alex Sidel had some ribs cracked
in attempting to bulldog a steer, The
steer threw itself upon him, and he
had to be helped from the field.
Homer Wilson Of Muskogee, Okl,,
leaping from his speeding horse upon
the horns OF fleeing steer, fell into
hopeless tangle with the big brindle
animal, and when the steer shook it.
self free and fled Wilson did not rise.
Charley Irwin galloped up with cup
of cold water, which he dashed into
his face to bring his breath back.
Besides losing his breath, Wilson
had his face skinned and his legs so
badly bruised that he had to be as
sisted back to the starters stand.
Paul Hansen got rough treatment
when his steer fell on him and rolled
completely over him, directly in front
of the grand stand, Hnsen was on
his feet before the steer, however, and
pinned the brute down for a fall,
In the bare-backed bucking contests
q roam horse broke its leg and the
boys promptly lassoed and killed 1t
just back Of the Sioux teepees.
"Soapy" Throws an Ankle.
Charley Williams, known on the
range as "Soapy," in getting off his
bare-backed horse, fell, threw his
ankle out of joint, and slid on, his
stomach for rod or more.
Bugger Red, jr., of Texas rode prob
ably the finest bare-backed bucking
exhibition of the afternoon. So pep
perry was his horse that he might be
bucking yet had not Hugh Clark Of
Cheyenne, Wyo., ridden to the rescue
OF the Texan and dragged him from
the horse to his own mount. Red,
too, is independent OF the Irwin
crowd, and is here riding for the big
purse. He won the big money in the
bucking at Las Vegas, N. NJ, recently.
The trick riders, Bill Donovan,
Floyd Irwin, Harry Walters, Ray
Kivett, Jim Kennedy, Scout Maish and
Sam Garrett, have borrowed just one
feat from the Cossacks and in that
feat they excel the Cossacks. That is
the feat of standing on their heads in
the saddle at a gallop. But aside
from this they perform feats on the
backs of galloping horses that would
make the Cossack seek home and
mother. II
The, afternoon crowd in the grand
stand and bleachers was somewhat
larger than. the first day, perhaps
3 800. The performance continues
Saturday and Sunday afternoon and
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