, 1922-07-19
WILSON AND CASS
CRIPPLE STAMPEDE
Break Promise To Close PayiI-
ion-. Undo Hard Work of
Committee To Make
Financial Success.
Caroline L~oekhart)

When the cattle for the wild steer
riding. which had been gathered at
great trouble and considerable e1-
pense, were turned out and scattered
in the opposite direction to their
home range a couple of days before
the Stampede, it was not unexpected;
nor was. it any great surprise when
the wires were cut at the fairgrounds
where the bucking horses were held.
What the Committee was o pre-
pared for was treachery on the part
of persons whom it had regarded as
its friends. 1t looked upon E. ID. VIII
son and C. H. Cass as such.
They proved to be disloyal to The
and broke their promise to the Siam
pede Committee
The circumstances are these:
When there was opposition to the
dance pavilion which Messrs. Wilson
and Cass proposed to build, the latter
came to- the president of the SIAM
pede with a petition asking council
to grant the permit, and requested
her signature.
AT this time he distinctly reiterated
a previous promise to give the SIAM
pede one-fifth of the gross receipts
from the dance pavilion. on the fourth
of July and to close on the nights of
the fifth and sixth if requested to do
so.
1t had been carefully explained t o
Mr.. Cass that the Stampede could not
hope to make a financial success il
there was opposition TO its own dance
at Wolfville. This had been proven
the previous year.
He was told that in order to get
good outside riders and running hors-
es, it was necessary to give big purses
and this took the greater part of the
gate receipts at the fairgrounds.
Therefore, the Stampede dance at
Wolfville had to be relied Upon to pay
for improvements and the necessary
expenses of putting on the show.
The president commended, as Mr..
Cass admitted, that the crowds of the
5th and 9Th of July were in Cody en-
tirely through the efforts of the COM
mittee and its advertising, and in or
binary circumstances there would be
no more people walking the streets
than there are On the average day.
With the clear understanding that
Messrs. Wilson and Cass should close
if asked to do so, the president signed
the petition n gave the matter no
further thought.
Jim Corder already had agreed not
to run an opposition dance but to
close the Temple after the picture
show.
On the night of the 4th the receipts
at Wolfville fell below those of the
first night on n previous year Many
strangers saw only the pavilion near
the Irma and knew nothing of n
Stampede dance, others ~patronized it
because 1t was cheap-10c.
The next day Frederic Morris, who
had charge of Wolfville, asked Cass
to keep his promise in regard to clos
ing for the two nights, as it was seen
that there was not crowd enough for
both to run and meant a deficit for
the Stampede.
ass refused at first but finally con-
sented providing Wilson was willing.
Wilson fatty refused although Mr..
Morris again explained to him what
their opposition meant to the SIAM
lcde and that it would run behind Il
they persisted.
They held their dances and last
week turned over to the treasurer of
the Stampede as one-fifth of their
gloss receipts $5S,23!
AS a result, in spite of the weeks
and months Of hard work on the part
of the Stampede committee, the gen.
crosby of those who gave their SER
vices without compensation and the
biggest crowd that Cody ever saw,
there will be a deficit instead of a
dividend this year.
The first veal of the Stampede
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