The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-04
SUGGESTIONS MADE
REGARDING FAIR
Riders and R o pe RS
Put on Fine
Exhibition

Exhibition
s. A. Busenbark, his son Sidne,
and John Parral were down. from
Bone, in the Willow creek country
this week and report having had {
fine celebration at the Christensen
ranch at Glenore on July 25. Jane!
Christensen was master of affairs
and arranged and announced thu
events in the program. Mr.. Christ
ensen wore fine cowboy outfit
knew all the horses and riders by
name, and knew what they could do
and the whole company were proud
CT the way he conducted the enter.
tainment.
They had horse races galore, all
the bucking events that anybody
wanted to see, they rode bulls and
steers the young fellows put en-
stunts and frolics that kept the
audience roaring, and girl riders did
themselves proud in riding bad
horses and swift runners. There was
a dance at night, but there were SO
many people that only few could
find room to dance and others had
to stand around and visit.
MIR. Busenbark says he thinks all
the riders in that country will come
down to the Blackfoot fair If the
mayor gets out the keys to the city
and oils them up so they work well
He mentions G. B. Going as one OF
the men people would like to see ON
a horse doing his stunts. Frank
Lockyear, the Prophetl boys, Paul
Miles, Billy Stoddard, Jack Williams,
John Cutler, Adrian Empey, James
Poulsen, Asa Hess, Casey Jones and
Ezra Williams are all live wires and
do some of the best stunts in horse
manship that can be found.
On one occasion Adrian Empey
roped and tied steer in thirteen
seconds, but just as he threw the last
hitch of the rope and stuck up his
hands to indicate the finish Of the
act, the steer gave kick that threw
the knot out and man and steer
jumped up at the same instant.
Adrian had succeesed in a few swift
strokes done with sure aim and then
came the funny ending and the
audience yelled with merriment at
how the steer fooled him. 1t was
high skill with both of them or a
swift run of luck.
Jack Williams is big husky fell
low weighing about 200 pounds and
some of the management wanted a
man to show the audience the old
Indian custom of throwing and
branding an animal SO quick that
they don't have to tie him. The
brand is on and the, iron gone before
the animal has time or chance to
move or kick. Jack "ssid he could
do it for them, but it was a trifle
rough. Rough stuff is all right"
said the director and they turned a
steer loose to run down the race
track right in front of the grand
stand. Jack let the steer run with
that easy swinging lope till he was at
the center of the grand stand front
and then he shot the lasso over his
horns and stopped his horse in
stantly. The steers head went up
in the air, his body snapped ends
like a flash and lit broadside, strik-
ing the ground like two tons of
mush. Jack whirled his horse
around by the steer, slipped the rope
off and rode away, leaving the steer
unconscious where he fell. Il told
you it was trifle rough" said Jack
as he twirled his rope into position
again and confronted the director.
The steer lay unconscious for few
moments and then got up and trot-
ted away, after having given them
plenty of time to brand him if they
had wanted to. r
Sidney Busenbark said he hoped
the fair association would plan to
have lot of boys pony races like
they used to have when he was a
little shaver. He believed everybody
enjoyed seeing the boys and ponies
run, and he wished they would give
the young fellows chance to do
some steer roping and some riding
Of steers before the audience even If
they were not skilled. The funny
things that the inexperienced fellows
would do would make things up
roarious, and 1t is fun that people
want. Then there are always lot
of young fellows who are in pretty
good training, but don't want to
compete with the old rangers, and
there ought to be events for them.
Mr.. Parral said this was his first
trip to Blackfoot in many years and
he much prefers the easy road to
Idaho Falls. He thinks Bingham
county bucked a hard game when
they spent their money making a
road thru Wolverine and over the
high summit. Mr.. Busenbark says
the road leads over pinnacles in
stead of taking the lowest passes. He
thinks a shorter route could have
been taken that would save climb |
of several hundred feet. He also
said that there is more travel now
over the old Cedar creek road than |
there is over the new one. Sidney
Busenbark thinks the new road |
would be all right If it were kept in
repair and that If the herds were re-
CURED to 60 some other way it would
stay in repair. Another suggestion
was that II the county would keep
man working the road all summer,
picking out the rocks after herds
pass and working the rest of the time
on the places needing it the most,
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