Weekly journal-miner., 1916-07-05
ATTENDANCE RECORDS SHATTERED AT OPENING
 OF PRECOTTS FOUR-DAY FRONTIER CELEBRA ATION
C01Ub0y Contestants Are Cheered By Thousands;
 25O Come From phOenix

the three grandstands was taken. Never in the history of the celebra- ton has such crowd attended and never has a crowd been more en- thusiastic.
 The setting for the events was ideal In one direction nothing but mountains could be seen. In an other. rolling hills and plains stretch cd far away to the foothills, and in every direction pine trees pointed their noses to the sky and waved their branches slowly in the breeze
 Seven thousand persons rose to their feet and cheered wildly as the first event, a quarter-mile race be- tween a cowpony and two horses, ridden standing Roman. was staged. The race was close but the Roman team, ridden by ob Anderson, slow ly forged ahead and won. several lengths ahead of the pony, ridden by Monty May. This event, usually used in closing a circus performance, proved that the celebration was one that started in just where a circus stopped.
 The steer riding contest followed and was won by Lone Jordan, a rangy, good-natured puncher whose ability to stick on the back of a steer in spite of the animals vigor- ous objections was little short of marvellous. Jordan displayed his contempt for MT Steer by calmly hopping off its back and landing on his feet while the long-horn was tearing down the field in front of the grandstand about 25 miles and ,our. Bad Bill Simon. of Walnut Grove. essayed to ride on the mead of a wicked looking steer. The steer was not in favor of the prop osition, however. but he could notput up enough strength to hoiH'Bad ISil on his neck. After several stagger- ing steps he fell forward, throwing Bill to the ground. As Bill fell he he pulled the steers head around so that the animals horns missed him q fraction of an inca, narrowly es- caping being dangerously gorcd. The crowd cheered this stunt loud lv and later on the Walnut Grove bad man repeated it, with little better success. One of the punch CTS slid half way off his mount but ciung on desperately for several mn utes until other cowboys rounded up the critter and rescued him. Dave Shivvcrs failed to prove at home on q steers back but also clung on, ran along side the beast m record breaking time and finally became dis- couraged and gave up the job Jor- dan was awarded first money m the contest. Simon second, Snakes Klch- ards third and Bill Smith fourth.
 The next event a novelty race. was a hit-'em-in-the-eye laugh pro voker. A gunny-sack was laid at the starting point of each entrant. In this sack was a collection Of kimo- mas. corsets, and other mysterious feminine garments. Each puncher, at the pistol shot, dived into the sack and pulled out whatever piece of attire he grasped first. Bad Bill Simons again proved his ability by Handling a kimono. a corset and pair of something with case, hop ped on his horse and rode away to victory. The other punchers were completely overcome at the sight of the "g1ad rags" and one almost tainted on pulling out corset. He struggled with it manfully and tried every way to make it wrap itself around his body but finally aband' oned it and the race too.
 The audience was once more brought to its feet cheering during the relay race. Each rider started