The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-04
Continued From Pare onc)

dians from miles around have come to
take part in the festivities.
BY 4 o'clock several hundred per-
sons had come to the grounds. At /: 80
the time for the start Of the parade
OF performers-the grandstand was
nearly full and the general admission
seats held their. share Of the crowd.
HuhdSyls Of others walked about the
grounds or sfUund points for obscrva-
ton inside tho track, though this
space wae reserved chiefly for the
buckaroos add their mounts
rMssteod tl1tt in, First ANaes.
After. the parAxe. which was a re.
plica Of the one u thu morning. had
marched ~ A6nd dawn the home
stretch. the first event was called.
This was the event in which Nc
Hood was injured. AT the time Of the
accident. which occurred near the cor
raj at the north end OF the track, Ncp
Lynch was I'M the lead. with SLEEPY
Armstrong and a son of w. J. Davis
close behind.
The accident put Lynch out of the
race, and he at once dismounted to
aid In caring for the injured man.
Ulysses Stovall swept into the lead
and finished first. with Davis second
NHu SbCCRye
DR.. McCullOch and DR.. Harrison
were summoned out Of the audience
in the stand and gave the man the
best attention possible with limited
facilities. An automobile then rushed
Mcleod to st. Patricks hospital. The
extent Of the injury to the cowboy
was NOT gcnerallysknown among the
audience for some time after, and the
accident for this reason did not
dampen the enthusiasm Of the attcn-
dants.
~ Scoop Martin Second.
One Of the most important events
OF the entire Stampede followed the
firsts event-the cowboys relay race.
Tor this event there were three COM
tcstants and J. A. Parsons OF Poison
won handy, after trouble in making
Martin at the start of the last half
mile. Martin finished second. wit)bJim
Lewis poor third. The time for the
two miles was 4:06.
The squaws' race once around the
track. was one of the prettiest and
closest of all the events of the day.
The young women started together and
finished in bunch. Teresa Peoir
slightly in the lead Of Philista Della
ware and Innias Concord. who finished
second and third RESPECTIVELY. Their
' m,,e was g Scoops for the half
Great Fancy Riding.
No circus or wild west show ever
staged has seen any better trick or
fancy riding than that done at the
fairgrounds IN the next event. The
,fn
Scoop Martin and w. o. Artz and they
thrilled the crowd with their daring
exhibition. All manner of positions
were taken by the riders as the horses
ran at break-neck speed up and down
the home stretch.
l. hrs. Parsons Winner.
Ruth Parton, the champion woman
relay rider of the world, appeared in
the;Aext event and was defeated in a
hot race .hM MRS. J. A.. Rarsons Of
Poison. The event was the cowgirls'
pony Face. and Mrs. Parsons led from
the Start. She got the jump on the
little lady from Walla Walla and was
never headed. finishing about two
lengths to the good. Lila Smith. also
Of Walla Walla, finished third and
last
the quick change race. The contest.
ants rode from starting point to an
other point about 80 yards away and
back. Then they took off their chaps.
rode to the second point and took off
their saddles. Then they went back
and put on the chaps, returned and
put lon the saddles. and finished at
the place from which they started.
Roman Race Exciting.
Only two men rode for the honOrs
in the Roman standing race, but it was
regular contest nevertheless. Scoop
Martin. on a handsome pair of hay
horses, took first away from w. J..
Sherwood of Pendlcton, who rode two
buckskin horses that had attracted
considerable attention in the parade
during, the morning.
Following an Indian pony race for
men and an exhibition of trick and
fancy roping by three cowboys and an
Indian. the latter seeming 70 have
something the best of it, came relic
OF the good old days For the cow
boys pony express race. J. 4. Par
sons, who had won the first days re-
lay, repeated his stunt by winning this
event and crowding Nep Lynch and
Scoop Martin into second and third
places, respectively.
Il Donna Card Withdraws. -
When Donna Card of Missoula was
prevented from riding in the Wonian's
relay race. the next event. there was
withdrawn the chief contender for the
honbrs which Ruth Parton successfully
has defended for the last two seasons
Mrs. Card was to have ridden a strins
of horses entered by J. a. Parsons 0:
Poison. but at the last moment these
horses were withdrawn.
AS a result. there were only two en-
tries--thc title holder and Miss Lila
Smith. The latter was left far in tho
rear after two laps had been run. but
Miss Parton gamely gave her oppo-
ncnt a chance by holding up her start
of the final lap until Miss Smith had
caught up. Then for the entire cours,
the two rode neck and neck Miss Par
ton winning by. about half the Length
Of her horse when she might have
won BY nearly half the length Of thu
COURSE