East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
Eighth Annual Performance Starts off
With Pauseless Succession of Thrill
lug Incidents; Bertha BIancett Wins
CoUgirls Standing Race; Eddie Turk
First in Cowboys Pony Race; CloudIess
Skys Add to Pleasure of Big Event.

At 1880 this afternoon a pistol shot
started a half dozen Tapping cowboys
stampeding away in a cloud of dust
and the eighth annual Round up was
on its pauseless way.
1t is a way paved with incidents and
accidents and moments of thrill and
excitement, one after another chasing
each other in an almost bewildering
succession.
The day is such a one as the Round
Up has made famous; skies of blue
softened with an autumn haze; warm
sunshine and air with September's
own twang in it.
The opening day crowd is fully as
large as the record crowd that wit
messed the first performance of the
show a year ago. Twelve thousand
have filled the grandstand, made the
bleachers almost a solid PACK of hu-
manity and put more than a sprinkI-
ing in the eastern segment of the big
semicircle of seats.
That opening shot started the cow
pony race and even before that exctt-
ing event was finished bucking bulls
and Burrows were sending buckarooes
sprawling in the sawdust of the are
ma. Sharkey's ton of dynamic beef
the saddle. His Jersey side-kick dis
posed of Henry Belmer almost as
quickly and Henry got up nursing
bruised leg. farmer clown rode in
to the arena on a trick buFro and their
antics threw the crowd into laughter.
Bob Anderson rode q backing horse
with an English riding saddle and al
together the opening moments were
so filled that more than one pair of
eyes was needed to follow all
The cowpony race was really a race
for second money for Eddie Turk.
Drumheller's cowboy jockey. took
big lead at the first turn and kept it
Chester Parsons won
second by a length over Scoop Martin.
erstwhile cavalryman.
1t was the squaw race which made
the crowd find use for its lungs for
the first time. Clad in shawIs aid
blankets of brilliant coIors these In
dian women riders made a picture
good to behold as they whipped their
little ponies about the track.
An accident prevented Josephine
Robes from taking part in the cow
girls standing relay. As she dashed
lp to the starting point on her buck
skins, one of her horses collided with
he horses of Bertha Blancett and
hrew a front leg out of joint. The
ace went on without delay between
Bertha Blancett and Ella Merryfield.
The former won easily and was given
salvo of applause when. clad all in
white and standing erect on her
mounts she dashed across the finish
Cowboys Relay Thriller.
The cowboys relay race was all that
lad been claimed for it and all that
ween champion horses and champion
iders. 1t seems again to be a fight
'etween Allan Drumheller. champi-
m for two years, and Nap Lynch on
he Parsons string. who has twice
eaten him this year. Drumhcller
ook a lead on the first lap but Lynch
II on his first change AMI
hot out on the second half mile two
-nSths ahead. Drumheller made
ghtning second change and got -lwaN
head of the Montana boy. On the
bird and last change he lost no timo
nd his Kentucky mount increased
is lead so that he finished a h1n-
red yards In the lead.
The race for third place was a pret-
y one with Sleepy Armstrong on tho
icCarty string. Darrell Cannon on
he Sherry string and Braden Ger
ING on MS own SLFlnE HsPSaATlUE
ack and forth. Armstrong was a
ad fourth until the third relay when
q overlook Cannon. He finished
hird by several lengths.
Girls Ride Hard Buckers.
The cowgirls' bucking contest saw
hree wisps Of girls stay through all
he twisting and pitching OF three
utlaw horses. Ollie Osborn IauEher
= she stald on top OF Coyote and
rairie Bell was n rocking horse for
eNas Rose. Wild Cat proved well
AIMED but Mildred Douglas showed
either fear Of his name or his abii
y
Indians start Bulldogxing.
Two Indian boys were the first 70
Ike the track in the bulldoREinR con
'sts and thev nut on thrilling hand
)-horn battle though their time will
robably not qualify them for the
loney. Richard Burke. son ~ Poker
i'm was dra gEed through the arena
,uce before ne could get his fail and
udraVr lack h4FffsH hfu steer the