The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-30
ROUNDUP DRAWS A
RECORD CROWD ON
End DAy..WEONESDAy

The Cowboys General Roundup at
Tucumcari is record-breaker, both as
TO attendance and expert contestants.
Each event has so many contestants it
is Impossible to put on the whole show
each afternoon so free hold-over per-
formance is given eacn morning. In
the roping and riding departments so
many contestants have entered il was
necessary to allow only part of the
participants to work each day. This
will make it necessary TO hold over
Friday and perhaps Saturday in order
TO give each man chance. The final
winners will not be known until after
the last performance and it will be i'm
possible to give their names this week.
The first event each day is the trick
or fancy roping. The purse is $3.50
for the best. There are three contest
ants, Tommy Douglas, (the CLOWN;
Leonard Stroud, and Sam J. Garrett.
They are all good and the crowd is
we'll pleased with their exhibitions. Mr..
Stroud is perhaps the best all-around
man on the grounds and the other two
contestants are clever with the rope.
Stroud, while standing on his head,
roped running horse. This part of
the program must be seen to be ap-
preciated.
The second event Is steer riding, II
participating Tuesday and Wednesday.
J. II. Strickland won LIST; Bigger Red
End; and Jim Massey 3rd Tuesday.
Delbert Bledsoe 1st; Bill Stanton End,
and Ed. Bowman Bird Wednesday. All
riders performed in grand style. only
one fellow being dumped in two days.
Third event was the ladies' bronc
riding contest for purse of S400. Two
experts, Mildred Douglas and Clyde
Lindsey, well known over the west,
are here riding each day, but they are
up against one of the best riders ever
seen on the field, Miss Ruby Dickey, II
daughter of our fellow townsman. Miss
Dickey drew Rickety Ann but she re-
fused to pitch enough for Ruby, so
She asked for another horse. She was
accommodated and this time the big
crowd witnessed one of the best riding
exhibitions ever pulled off in Tucum-
carl, and Miss Dickey made the horse
do his best. She won 1st; Mildred
Douglas End, and Clyde Lindsey 3rd
Tuesday. Wednesday the girls put on
another fine exhibition, all of them
drawing hard pitchers. Clyde Lindsey
won lst, Ruby Dickey 2nd, and Mil
dred Douglas 3rd.
Event No. a, Steer Roping, for n
purse of 5000 is one of the biggest
on the roundup. Twenty-eight names
appeared on the program Tuesday and
Wednesday n number of others enter
ed, one of them being Wyatt Nations
of Ina. John Murry won lst Tues
day, roping his steer in 9h seconds;
Dave Ellis took 2nd place and A. j.
Holder 3rd, making a clean catch in
10 seconds or less. Wednesday A. b.
Bagley roped his steer in 7ia seconds,
breaking the record on the local field.
Wyatt Nation got his in 9h and j. II.
Epps in IL, winning lst, End and Bird
places that day. Many other contest
ants made good time while several
missed.
Event No. 8, Trick Riding, for a
purse of $3.50. Three contestants are
entered in this event-Tommy Doug
las, Leonard Stroud and Sam j. Gar
rett. They are all good riders and
perform many exciting feat while the
horses are at full speed. Nothing is
too daring for them to attempt. Per-
haps the most spectacular is that of
Stroud who takes his life in his own
hand while performing his feat of
going around the horses neck while
the animal is on the dead" run. No
report has yet been made on the win
ner of this contest.
Event No. 6, the Mems Bronc Rid
ing for a purse of $500. All the best
riders in the country are here and en-
tered in this contest, several new men
entering Wednesday. Some of the best
pitching horses are here too, Tommy
Douglas, one of the best riders in the
country, can testify to this assertion
and he will swear it takes good one
to stay on top of Hesitation. Pop Corn
succeeded in discarding his rider, and
you can tell the world he did his part
to perfection. Leonard Stroud wor
lst Wednesday, Ed. Bowman End and
Bill Stanton 3rd. Many contestants
failed to ride on account Of time, but
they will work out today and Friday
Event No. 7, Tuesday, was the a
mile free -for-all race, for purse OF
$3.50. There were five entries, and
some good horses were here. The race
was won by Lee Burkes' horse, follow
ed closely by his fathers horse. The
boy riding in this race looked to be
about ten years old but he had goot
horse and the boy knows how to ride