Weekly journal-miner., 1916-07-12


 nut Grove bad man, Bill Simons, and Wild Horse Hill became uneasy. Neither had been applauded for 3O minutes and the suspense was grow ing unbearable They rode down the arena and rounded up several steers, drove them up iu front of the grandstand and gave private bull logging contest Wild Horse man aged to throw a steer in few sec onis. Bad Bill made several at tempts to upset q black critter and finally ended up in mud puddle and was left there by the steer. Bill was almost broken-hearted for his pretty green and white handkerchief was all dirty.
 Yaqui Ordunez joined the contest and, while trying to >iy. discovered that he was not an aeroplane and volplaned to the mud several inches behind the steers horns. The steer evidently mistook the Yaqui for a door mat and proceeded to wipe his feet on Ordunez's manly figure. Yaqui nopped up uninjured, although it looked as if Mir. Steer had pune tured him in half dozen places. and proceeded to give war dance to prove that he was used to being stecped on.
 During the afternoon lightning struck tall pine outside the grounds. and tore strip off of it several yards long. Several camp ing parties near the base of the tree immediately started searching for their life insurance policies but the lightning zipped away from them without doing any damage to the camp.
 The pony express race was omit ted yesterday. Walter Cline made a fast start in the relay race but, on his first change of mounts lost sev- cral seconds and at the finish was behind both Alton Gardner, on A.. B. Gardner's, ponies, and Sterling Ellis, riding for C. w. Carter. Gard ner finished first.
 The final program of the celebra- ton will be given this afternoon and will be filled with thrills. Through the process of elimination the lists of contestants in all events for final big money have been thinned until only the best remain. The greatest interest centers around the worlds championship broncho riding con test. Unless some of the riders are disqualifed this morning, when yes terday's postponed contest will be staged. the following men will have a chance to win the S400 first prize and diamond studded gold meal this afternoon: John Fredericks. Doc Pardee. S. l.. Robinson. Al Smith, Frank Thompson and Bob Don- nell, John Fredericks will prob ably not ride, Shorty King taking his place. In order that there be no question as to who is entitled to the championship. the two top men this afternoon will probably ride two extra horses each.
 A special event that is arousing interest among cattlemen as we'll as outsiders, will be given by Frank Condron for Sl,OO0 side wager. Condron remarked while watching the events yesterday that he could rope two steers in 30 seconds. Joe Stephens promptly disagreed with him. with the result that two checks for Sl.000 each were placed in the hands of Van Dickson last night. To win his bet Condron will nave to average Is seconds in roping each of the steers. Some of the boys say ii can't be done and other de- clare that Condron is one of the s't0S sf tl1. country. The wager will be paid in real cash and not stage money.
 Other special features will be of fered and the final program will un- doubtedly be the best during the celebration. The rain yesterday served to settle the dust and put the arena in the best possible condition.
 (From Saturdays DaiIy.)
 Prescott's l9l6 Frontier Days have come and gone. leaving behind three shining lights, Doe C. w. Pardec and Frank Thompson, who tied for the worlds championship broncho riding title, and Clarence C. Jackson, who won the worlds championship steer roping contest. The final pro gram of the celebration, and easily the best, was given yesterday after noon before a crowd of between 2,500 and 5000 persons.
 Pardec and Thompson will split first and second money in the broa- cho riding contest, each taking S325, and the name of each will be engrav- ed on a gold bar above the medal. Thompson. who lives at Blythe, Cal. will probably not be able to contest next year and Pardee will defend the title Doc" also won first in the bareback broncho riding contest, an nexing SIPS more. Thompson picked up an additional S200 by placing sec ond in the steer roping contest
 The final results in the three most important events are as follows:
 Worlds championship broncho
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