Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-06-26
THE 1RISTAIE
ROUNDUP FOR
BELLEfOURCHE
Big Dongs at Belle Fourche on
July 3, Z and ) il Beng the
Annual Event for the Great
Belle Fourche Region.

Hook 'em Cow Boy! The opening
gun of the Tri-State Roundup viii be
fired on July 3rd and Roscoe G. Bangs,
secretary of the roundup, is making
preparations to accommodate the
largest crowd Of western sports en-.
~thusiastists ever assembled in the
Western South Dakota.
The Tri-states RoundsUp-Belle
Fourche, S. 81, played In two days
last year to approximately 2 5000
people and nasnIu1oei.ss az tke show Is
slated for July Ord, 4th and 9Th, 1913,
this years attendance will undoubted.
ly eclipse last years demonstration.
An army of carpenters and work.
men are now engaged at the Tri-
State Roundup grounds making the
most massive stadium IN the state.
Fences, corrals, grandstand, bleachers
and othe structures are well under
way and when this stadium Is com
peted it will seat approximately j 5000
people.
The worlds champion in practically
every line of frontier endeavor will be
on hand to participate in the numer-
Gus exciting events. Among the bron-
co rider. fancy riders, ropers, bull.
doggers, ETC., are found the following,
Leanard Stroud, 1918 worlds cham
pion bronco buster and roper; Sam
Brownell, indicated worlds cham.
pion lady bronco buster; David MINI
mo, Chepenne roper: Paul Bernard
and Garnet shckey; Thos. Blue Bird,
daring Indian rider: Mayme Stroud,
expert fancy rider and bronco buster
and numerous other champion riders
from Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska
and North II South
100000 has been allotted as prize
money in the various events of The
Tr.-State meet and this is your one
best bet in tho world to see a stellar
frontier show before the wild is taken
out Of the wild west. Conspicuous
among the numerous events Of skill
and daring are the bronco contests.
b~ulldogging, wild horse races, ropins
contests, Roman standing races, COW
pony races, bareback riding, wild steer
riding. relay races o. COW boys and
COW girls, rep races, night gown races
and last but not least the big special
relay race for the girls OF the Powder
River country
There will be in the numerous cor.
rails 150 Of the creates bucking horses
ever brought In from the range: SO
wild steers and 80 special buIIdogging
steers which have been shipped in by
the con1initte from Texas.
Tipperary and Tip-Top the Charles
Wilson world famed broncs Wiz be
seen in exhibition contests and the
feature which is worth travelling hun.
drede of miles to see is the worlds
champion rider-Leonard Stroud-un.
on the worlds greatest btckins
bronze, ~Tipperary. There will be hail
games in which teams from Dead
wood, Rapid City, spearfish, Buffalo
and Belle Fourche will participate
There will be a big bowery dance or
the street each night and hundred O,
concessions going twenty-four hours
day for the purpose of amusing the
public.
The amous Rapid City band unde,
the direction of r. G. Hurlbut will
furnish the music for the roundup
and the $4,000 show, as it is called
will undoubtedly attract people from
all corners of the globe. Make you
reservations for grandstand seats am
you rooms in advance. Don't expec
to come here the last day of the sho,
and have your pick Of the seats.