The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-22
RACING EVENTS
HOLD INTEREST
Crowd Enjoys First
Days Program Of
Lively Events

The crowd at the fair ground,
Tuesday seemed particularly inter
ested In the racing program, ant
voiced approval at its conclusion
The judges and starter handled thu
events In good shape and some rea
thrills were the result. The acciden,
at the conclusion Of the motorcycle
race made the crowd anxious and
many were sure that another serious
accident had occurred. When it was
announced that the riders were moi
seriously injured everyone was re.
lieved and settled down to enjoy the
succeeding events. Charlie Irwin Of
Cheyenne and Tom Osborn from the
reservation both have good string
Of entries.
The horse races brought out the
fact that there are some real racers
among the entries, and before the
week is out followers Of the track
are expecting some real races.
The cowboy relay proved an ex-
citing event for the first round or so,
but the winner soon outdistanced his
rival and finished ahead with ease.
Stoddard, who won, rode pretty
race, but Morton, who rode the
Thomas entry, gave up when he be-
gan to be outdistanced. The judges
announced that no money would be
distributed for this event.
The Indian two-mile relay was
perhaps the most exciting race of
the afternoon. All three entries
were out to win and they pushed
their ponies to the limit. The riders
rode bareback and it was a good ex-
hibit of Indian riding.
The program concluded with the
wild horse race, which furnished a
lot of thrills, but very little COMPETE
ton. There were something like a
dozen entries. The mounts were un-
broken horses and the riders waited
with saddles on the ground for the
starting signal. Each rider was al
lowed helper. At the signal the
horses had to be saddled, which
proved tickiish job with some Of
the horses, and afterwards mounted,
which was not always accomplished.
The race developed into a contest
Of skill in Craftsmanship and broncho
riding. One horse jumped the fence
and threw his rider, another bolted
the wrong way around the track, and
all of them gave good exhibitions of
rough riding. Three entries out of
the dozen or so finally managed to
get their horses around the track.
Mesrs. Riley Of Salt Lake and
Bedell of Pocatello appeared
on the track in specially
built Packard racing car and guaran-
teed to negotiate the track at the
rate of mile minute. They took
the chance at their own risk, but
the best they could do was a half
mile in 3S seconds.
The race program was varied by
entertainment. Blake trick Shet-
lands kept the crowd amused at one
interval, while Hou-Don, handcuff
king, mystified the crowd by his
escape from shackles. Deputy
Sheriff DAILY and Fred Seeger did the
Stacking, but they were unable to
hang anything on Hou-Don that he
couldn't contriye to get out of. His
hardest stunt was to escape from a |
while suspended by
his heels from scaffold.
Race Results
TwO-mile sidecar motorcycle race
Harry Cooper and Ray Peck, first;
Falkenrath brothers, second.
Half-mile dash-Lady Mack first;
Crispey second; Starlight third.
Time 81.
Cowboy relay, two miles-Stod-
lard first; Thomas second. Time
" minutes.
Indian relay-Jack Hoyt first;
r-bone Jackson second; Eugene
Digge third.
Five-eights running race-Myrtle
A first; Gale second; Davey third.
fine LOS.
Wild horse race = Archicoope
irst; Luke Weiser second; M.
Thomas third.
The race judges are C. V. Fisher,
:. G. Christ and Bill Rogers. Jim
Martin is starter and Frank Garvin
Jerk.
Each day Of the fair will be fea-
ured by different racing program.
JEW BUILDINGS HOUSE II