The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-10-12
ROUNDUP PROGRAM
FINISHED FRIDAY.
FINAL RESULTS

iHc SOWboyS NeNCIul hOunuOp IN
Tucumcnri last week was pronounced
by almost everybody ms grand sue
cess. or course some of the more
modest thought it was "A little wild.
but as far as the cowboys part of the
program was concerned, il was moth
ing out of the way. The boys took n
few days off and those who remained
sober took down the prize money. II
was "a noticeable fact that the cowboy
OF today is just as good as the cowboy
of yesterday, and some of them were
total abstainers from strong drink.
This was commendablc. Contests and
athletics Of all kinds today call for
young men with clean habits and this
was proven in the roundup here.
The city was practically thrown wide
open and 1t was expected that the
roundup would end in free for all.
The cowboys rode their horses into
some Of the saloons and put on spec
tacular exhibitions for the moving
picture man. Many daring feats were
performed and in order to secure u
wild-west picture different from any
thing yet thrown upon the screen il
seemed that some of the large crowd
would be crippled but not so. After
the movie man had finished it wns
more calm and the would-bc tough
was the only drunk" to he seen. There
were plenty Of those who took advan.
tagc of the opportunity. The carnival
company had few attractions thai
were worthy Of patronage, hut the 80
show was disgrace. II might have
been better 20 have staged that show
over across the track in the red light
district.
There were two moving pictur"
shows in operation and they were Of
the usual high merit The hoXing cv-
hibition by Livingston and tubh was
worth the money. They are 10th good
clean men, what Lubb lacks in science
he makes up in being able 10 cover up
at the right moment aud IVORY his
opponent rs well as punish him Sc.
vcrcly Livingston is credit TO the
boxing profession and believes in Civ
ing his audience its moneys worth
The restaurants and eating houses
were true to their promise and we'll
provided for their guests at the reg
ular prices charged month in and
month out. The wagon yards were
forced to charge for bed which neces-
sarily was little above the usual but
at that, the charges were reasonable
considering the responsibility attached
To caring for so many teams and rigs
which also called for extra help.
The jitney service TO the grounds
seemed little bit high but those who
cared to save that twenty-five cent
piece could do so. Some of the boys
had so much bad luck with puncturcd
tires and other difficulties that their
net earning was not nearly so much
aS they had figured.
The mistakes of the first roundup
will bc remembered and remedied next
year. The roundup drew much larg-
er crowd and was far more successful
financially or otherwise than was cx-
pected by those who really had faith
in IL and spent their time and money
furthering every phase on the enter
tainment program.
Next year the grand stand will he
extended and bleachers built out both
ways. This will give every person
chance To see the performers and
therefore get their moneys worth. As
II was last week the grand stand was
not near large enough and was lam
med each day.
Slim Allen, Bugger Red and Prairie
Lilly Allen were here, coming nearly
directly from New York where they
won hundreds of dollars in the big
million dollar stampede They are ex-
perts in their line, but were up against
hard competition. Texas Jack, Il. Gil
leSpie, Tom Eckard, Fred Atkinson,
Allen Brassfeld, Bud Clayton, and Bud
Hill in the more daring events; Bill
Davis, Es Gholson Royal Lackey, Wy
att Nations, Rufe Culbertson, Sandy
Fluitt, Gene Gallegos, f. Taggart, Bill
Barnes, j. Bryant and many others Of
this section, carried away many hon
ors in roping, riding etc.
Winners Of the Various Events in
Roundup, Oct. 3, 4, ), 6, 1916
Last week the News gave the win
ners of the first days events. The
second day Tom Eckard won .ir,r il
the steer buli-dogglng CORRESPONDING
his steer near the grandstand in 25ia
seconds, Fred Atkinson was second
and Scotty Of the Bell Ranch, third
In the bronc riding contest the sec.
ond day Tom Eckard on Tango won
: first; Fred Atkinson on John Doe, sec
ond; Slim Allen on Talcum Powder
third.
In the steer riding contest on the
third day Scotty won first and Slim
Allen second.
Ladies' Half Mile Race Ruby Dick
ey won LIST; Percy Samples End; and
jim Bryant 3rd.
Calf branding third day Gene Gal
lcgos won first in l;lO; Hill Burrow
second in 2.l9h;
In the free for all horse race, Lee
Burkes won first on Queen of Hearts ;
Chas. Burkes second on Stargo; G. G..