East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-24

So great was the momentum of the
coach that posts We're flattened and
boards splintered into kindling. The
coach never stopped, but finished the
race.
Governor Withycombe added fea.
ture to the program Saturday that
was unheralded. After leading the
grand mounted parade on his beauti-
full mare, Loretta. he came back up
the track. making his spirited mare
dance like a circus horse.
Another unscheduled feature was
Sundown. the Indian champion buck
aroo of last year.
Chief Tall Pine, the bodyguard OF
Queen Lula, attempted TO bulldog a
steer in fun war regalia, but his hold
on the steers horns slipped off and
the animal galloped away
Tommy Douglas. the Cheyenne
clown. extended his repertoire Satur-
day and appeared in the trick riding.
He was no amateur. either, and ne
and his diminutive mount kept the
crowd merry.
Sid Scale did his drunken ride in
spite of the wet track.
Special Prizes Given.
At the conclusion of the grand pa
rade Bertha Blancett and Robert
Burke the latter an Indian boy who
rode in the bucklng semi-finals. were
summoned to the judges stand and
given awards as the most typical
cowgirl and cowboy in the parade.
sixteen Great Riders.
Greatest interest naturally center
ed in the finals of the bucking con
test Sixteen great riders had been
selected to ride in the semi-finals and
the fact that only one was thrown
is proof that the judges knew what
they were about in picking them.
That one was Ed McGilvray. who can
ride with the best of them. McGil-
vray took a gamblers chance and
rode to win or lose. He knew that
several other riders had an edge on
him in the preIiminaries and he
meant to overcome it If he could. His
mount. Okanogan, almost laid down
when he mounted He threw his legs
forward and stuck both spurs in the
animals neck. One foot caught in the
halter rope and. in this position, Ok
anogan made a jump that unsettled
foot catching in the stirrup. 1t looked
like he was being dragged but he was
still holding to the halter rope. His
boot finally came off and he was
shaken loose.
johnny Judd winner of third in
1914, was first up and he gave the
faithful bucker. Wiggles, good
scratching. Bill Baker of Cheyenne
drew Jack Shutdown and he too made
the fur fly. Sundance got away from
his wranglers but was picked up
before he got far. Ed McCarty, who
made a sensational ride on Culdesac
in the preliminaries, mounted and
rode straight up though he did little
spurring.
Paul CMike) Hastings, bulldogger
champ, gave a fine exhibition on
Bearcat, raking him up behind. Dan
Thompson stuck to Smythy and dug
him. Bob Burke, the indian boy who
made such great ride on Angel Fri
day. stuck his rowels into Lightfoots
sides and made a fine ride. Since
Shutdown has retired, Burke is prob
ably as good rider that his race has
in the game. Leonard Stroude, VINO
had put up a great ride on Casey
Jones Thursday was match for
Whistling Annie and undoubtedly got
close to the finals. Old Speedball
made Pete Wilson grab the horn.
Fred Harding staid on top of Casey
Jones. the little buckskin. Tex Smith
rode Bango in good style though one
jump almost shook him loose. Paul
Scroggins had no trouble staying and
neither had John Muir on Wadaloo-
pa. This horse did not buck up to
form and Muir was given a second.
In the finals Hall rode first on An
gel The big bay that made cham
pions OF Lou Minor and jackson sun
down, has uncovered a new trick of