San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28

A. ,Oked Like Sure Death.
With the beginning of the bulldog
Sing contest, what looked like sure
death to one Of the greatest bulldog
| gers in tn. world. Yakima Canutt from
LaCrossc, Washington. was turned
into just n slight injury when he came
up smiling after both horse and steer
passed over his body while travelling
at terrific speed. fIc had chased his
! Steer the entire length of the field and
as he left his horse. the steer stumbled
and rolled on top of him. The horse
| was unable to check his speed and
followed the steer. But the hardy
Indian came IN with nothing more
than a scratch ON his face and threw
his animal in II 40 seconds.
This event was won by Howard
Tegland of Cheyenne. Wyoming. with
a record time of 30 80 secondse; Dave
White. also of Cheyenne, was second
with - fit md Rube Roberts of
| Tulsa, Okla. was third with 81 sec
ondS Other times for this event
were: Shorty Kelso. Los Angeles. sc
seconds: Mike Hastings. Fort Worth.
l minute Bigger Red ST.. Fort
Worth, II seconds. and John Kcrchcr,
l minutes l % seconds.
Loses First Place.
Through L misunderstanding in the
| rules of the event. Lee Robinson was
disqualified and seemingly deprived
of first place in the calf-rOping con-
test when he failed to tie his calf in
the correct way. His time was the
best made at III seconds. Allen Hold
cr, with a time of ~ seconds, won
first prize in this contest: Louis Jones
was second with II and Fred BceSOn
was third with -. Roy Quick tied
his calf in 80 seconds; Hugo Strick
land. 81 40; Ed McCarty, 20 So: J.
J. Hoffman. 81; \. H: Steubling;
81 40; Henry Savage. 81; Richard
Merchant. "a -; J. ID. Perkins, -
NJ. J. Franklin. %; Chester Byers.
80: Grove TuIlOS. n; George Sadler,
80 40. and Graves Peclcr. 81 3-J.
Entered in the fancy horse riding
exhibition were: Beatrice and Tommy
Kirnan. San Antonio; Mabel Strick-
land. San Antonio; Bobby Calcn. Fox
Hastings and Buck Stewart, all OF
Fort Worth.
Il. Martinez. a San Antonio boy, had
hard time trying TO ride his steer,
which was said by cowboys 10 be the
worst one on the lot. Instead of pitch.
ing in 8. straight run. the steer would
jump into the air and then pitch side.
ways. This proved too much for Mar
tinCz and after the second aerial man.
cuver by the animal, he landed on the
ground.
| Others in the wild steer riding con.
: test were: Bert KcnnCy, Wild Cat
| Bill, Willis Fairchld. Pinkcy Gist,
Jimmie shannon. Patty Ryan. c. W.
! Ames. Buck Lucas. Dave MCAnnally
! and Oklahoma Curley, most Of whom
stayed astridc their animal for the
required number Of seconds.
Red Is a Matador.
cred" Sublcttc and his trick mule.
Spark Plug provided the laughs for
the afternoon and for time "Red
thought that he was going to have
serious business with the undcrtakers
when wild steer took decided dis
like TO him and forced him to climb
the high fence in record time. As soon
as the steer backed away from the
fence however. Red" rctaliatcd by
giving an imitation of gallant Span.
ish matador. However, the angcrcd
bull forced him to seek the protection
of the fence once more and Red re
manned there until the steer had beer
driven to the lot.
-, rob- Woman BrOnChO Buster. -.
Fancy trick roping between thu
worlds champion trick rOpcrs was very
we'll received by the spectators. the en-
tries handling their ropes with grea'
dpXtcrity. Tommy Xii nan of San An
tonic. Bobby Calen Of Fort Worth anC
Chester Bvers Of Oklahoma City were
fine contestants. Fox Hastings. NON
an rider from Fort Worth, demon
stratcd her expert horscmanShip by
riding wilS bronchO. "Chalks Bluff .
who went through some very peculiar
antics in pitching. -.
Entered in the wild brOnCho riding
contest were: Yakima Canutt on Bur
nett Sorrell: Wild Cat Bill on Whiz
hang Bill: Willis Fairchild on Ions
Time: Dave White On Double Heart
Howard Trgland on Deer Foot; iattl
Ryan on Dunn Gone: {. W. AmrS OF
Kansas City Roam: Hugo STRICKLAND
on z. !. Mutt and Soany Williams or
FlaShlight.
The Championship Cowbav Contes
is being held for the benefit OF m
Firemen's and Policcmen's Fund ant
is being staged by Fire Chief a; j
Goetz and Police Chief A. O. NaI
Ripcr. Afternoon performances vii
he given every day. ending with the ex
,, hibition Sunday. The park has beer
donated to the contest by Charlie
Schwab while tn enecessary pens wer'
constructed by the Police and Fir
Departments. Chief GoCtz and Can
tain Van Ripcr are managers Of TIT
show and Fred Becbe is the director
Judges Tuesday afternoon were
Johnnie Mulin Of Engle. New Mex
leo: Eddie McCartf of Cheyenne
Wyoming. and Fred Beeson.