El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-08
RECALLS DAYS
Of WILD WEST
Frontier Show Draws 5000
Spectators; Women Are
Thrillers


ranges were free, when there was no
barbed wire and no sheep, when the
crack of the six-shOoter and the yip-
yi-yi of the cowboys were the only
sounds heard over vast areas. and
when Fl Paso was nothing but cIus-
ter Of low buildings and 'dobe shacks.
the Frontier Days celebration held at
the Rio Grande ball park. staged for
the benefit Of the visiting cattlemen.
thrilled nearly 5000 people to the core
on Wednesday. the opening day.
Not one serious accident occurred
10 mar the days sport. and the spec
tacular riding of the contestants. their
cIeverness in handling Iariats, and the
/ special features put on to give added
amusement to the crowd. went far to-
ward making this athletic event an
annual affair for the city.
Women Riders Get Attention.
: That which drew the closest atteTl-
ton from the crowd was perhaps the
bronchO riding of four women con-
testants. dressed in gaily colored COS
tunes Clad in wide brimmed som
brerOs. leather chaps. wildly colored
silk shirts and handkerchiefs. riding
4 boots and enormous spurs. all the CON-
petitorS. men and women. were Rem
/ ingtOn figures animated. The herd of
bronchOS. the corrals at each end OF
/ the field. with the wide horned steers,
together with the ever present dust.
was a bit Of the old west transplant
ed TO the middle of a modern city
Delay Only Point Criticized
But one bit of criticism was heard,
that of the delay between events and
between the trials of contestants in !
the same event. This was explained by
the fact that the contests, being COM
petitive, give no time for rehearsal
ri se cd rrf11 % !
eliminated. Tex" Austin, promoter OF
the show, promises that the grounds !
will be watered to eliminate dust
Mrs. Allen Hurt. But Continues.
When Prairie Lille Allen, the 1
second contestant in the third event. !
had mounted her broncho. Flip Flop. /
and the horse had been freed, he reared /
and threw himself over backward so !
quickly that his rider had no time to /
free herself from the stirrups and I
jump clear. The horse went over on ,
his back and rolled onto his side, PIN (,
ming Mrs. Allen underneath \ score |
Of cowboys rushed to the spot, helping 1
her to her feet. She pluckily mounted /
a second time and with no apparent 4
trouble. stuck to the saddle through all /
the bucking that the brute could mus |
ter. Beyond a slightly wrenched knee,
she was unhurt. Her temperance /
was wildly cheered-
Perkins Does Burlesque Stunts
Cy Perkins, dressed in the regula-
LlOn KnlSkGTS anu lutOEA AdAAACHeAN "a
the proverbial New England farmer,
was the clown. His stunts went
through the whole category, from
straddling an unattached saddle to rid
ing bucking steers In spite OF ms al
tempts TO portray the ridiculous, he
showed himself to be one Of the best
and cleverest riders on the neld- ms
most spectacular stunt was that OF
riding a vicious broncho with only a
bride rope and a surcingle on the
horse.
GBuIIdOgs~ From Auto.
The ''bulldogging' stunt performed
from an automobile. contributed oy
the steer with the machine, the bull
logger making his takeoff from the
running board instead Of from
saddle
was spectacular.
Although the winners OF events in
the first days competition are eni-
tied to and will receive prizes, 1t was
the announced desire OF the manage
ment that the winners Of the big
prizes will not be known until the
completion Of the events on the last
made the best showing throughout the
celebration will receive the purse put
up for the event
Military Events Promised.
There will be military events
throughout the five days. including
some fancy drilling and machine gun
races. which will prove OF great in
terest-
on account Of lack OF time. all con-
testants in all events were unable TO
Wednesday. Those who were
left out Of some of the races competed
Thursday.
Names OF Winners.
The events run off "Wednesday ana
the names of the winners were Fancy
roping no winners announced; wom-
ems broncho riding. Mildred Douglas !
Canadian champion. on Hair Trigger !
first: steer roping. George Weir. first. j
time, eight seconds; Joe Gardner and 5
Ross Pernir tied for second, 10 seconds; :
trick riding. Leonard Stroud, first;
spud race, won by Joe Gardeners team,
oroncho riding, no winners announced:
military event, mounted wrestling.
teams Of three men each. won by Fifth
[. 5. cavalry; steer bulldogging, won c
~ Tom Eckerd. time: 80 seconds; 1
Frank Meaney second. time, 10 seconds;
shorty Kelso third. time, 80 seconds;
Iuick change race. won by Jess Mosley;
FAY Ward, second; Tex McCleoud, ! I
bird; wild steer race won by c Her 5
era; second, Hugo Strickland.
Names of Judges.
Judges: Bulldogging. steer roping I
md bronx riding. Nat Greer. J. r ROD q
rtson. c \. Stansell; trick riding and g
ancy roping. Henry Grammer. Fred II
3eeson and Ed EckOls; military event, r
apt. Shannon. 18th cavalry: capt
IcIntyre. Georgia cavalry. and Lieut.. 1.
18th cavalry
Soldiers Half Price
special admission rate Of half price
as been established for soldiers for .
e remaining days of the Frontier days .
according to an announcement ..
lade Wednesday night by manager 5
Tex" Austin. bl
THE Frontier days contests are not Ell
lid west shows said Mr.. Austin. The n.
ontestsnts have had absolutely no re-
earsals The slight delay in Wednes-
avs program will be eliminated in
le remaining contests. as the entrants
ow are familiar with the program and IL
ill be ready the moment they are IS
alIed upon. The field is to be well er
,rinkled before each succeeding eX- 0'
ibition, eliminatin all dust" a.
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