, 1923-08-03

-elessed from the hospital after be-
Ing sewn up IN numerous places.
Two minutes later. Jack Morgan, in
the bulldogging, had his left eye clos
ID n his face cut by being dragged
by a steer.
Donald George of Cheyenne was
knocked unconscious when the team
he was riding in the Roman standing
race, bolted atld vaulted the fence on
the lower turn. He suffered bruises
about the abdomen
Earl Sides OF Lance Creek suffered
a slight fracture of the shoulder when
his horse fell in the wild horse race.
IT,. closing event Of the day.
Ray Bell on rat IN the bucking
contest. looked to be seriously hurt
when his mount fell over the fence
into the infield. He was able to walk
AWAY n suffered only bruises and
contusions.
To add to the casualties on the track
a tainted in the ~grandstand
and caused considerable confusion.
More than 1000 people piled into
the stand yesterday to witness the
events. 1t was an enthusiastic crowd
and gave the good rides big hands. .
The bulldogging was the thriller of
the day. In addition to Hirsig's and
Morgan's injuries. Kenneth Miller OF
| Casper had the skin torn off his arm
by one Of the husky steers. Cad
O'Bren of Douglas made the best
time. throwing his animal in e.3 fol-
lowed by Mike Hastings who hung up
time Of 1o.2. The only other two men
to qualify were Floyd Saunders and
r--~~ C.h--,-t- Tha stnara u-arA hfU
the track was hard and fast and bull
logging was a rough pastime.
Fred Beeson of Kansas City. Kan,
led the steer ropers with time of at
flat. The winner at Frontier Days
last week did 1t in 20 but .27 Is asst
enough TO win many rodeos. His
nearest competitor was Ray Bell of
Cheyenne who made SO seconds.
King Merritt of Cheyenne, in the
calf roping, hung up time of 24.3 the
best of the day. He was closely fol
lowed by Eddie Mccarthy with rs
fiat.
The buckins contests were the big
gest features of the day. With five
entries in the girls contest and 80 in
the mems contest, 1t was necessary to
run the bucking in sections. sand
.wiching Il in between the other events.
The horses were in most cases real
Fuckers and gave the crowd thrill
after thrill.
The crowd was a picturesque
Old time westerners., who had seen
western sports many times. were h
most enthusiastic in the crowd. n
srners. with their mouths SO wide open
YOU could seen their adenoids. form
I'D a largo paft OF the crowd.
The American Legion band and
Hank Keenan, were the chief amuse-
,ment purveyors as the crowd filed
slowly into the stands.
! Tho Arapahoe Indians in fun war
RANT and regalia, opened the show
with their stampede show. The In
dams were given a great hand by
the crowd.
Louise Hartwig, the blonde-haired
cowgirl from Miles City. Mont. made
a pretty exhibition on n wild steer.
sticking to the animal to the final
Jump.
My,o Uric. who won the free-for-all
race Wednesday. again stepped home
In fornt this afternoon by five
lengths over the rest of the field.
Hamilton. the Jockey. rode a pretty
Trace n held It in his lap. He beat
sTlger Jim, who finished second. large
lily by a good ride. Molly Mcclure
finished third. The time was So.
Thre strings of horses lined up for
the relay race with the riders riding a
lap. changing saddles and
each lap. until their string was run
Tout. Mack Barber's string, from New
: castle. Wyo.. with a good lead at the
end of the first lap, came home in
first place. Buster Crispin finished
second with Lyle Christian third and
kenreth Miller fourth. Tho latter
broke a bride rein at the start OF the
' last lap.
Steer Roping Results
q Dick Hornbuckle of Douglas, nc
] time.
Phil Yoder of Yoder, wyo. As.
! Fred Beeson. Kansas City, Kan, .27.
, Red Lowrie, .331-5.
Stub Ingall. .s51-5.
Eddie Mccarthy. Cheyenne. IS.
Pete Shaw, 81 As.
, Ike Rude. "a.
: Floyd Saunders. "a.
! Ray Bell. Cheyenne, "a.
Billy Kingma, no time.
/; Lem Cormen, so 2-5.
: Carl Williams, Cabper, no time
I; Floyd Hoag. SO SIS.
, B~ulldogging Results
/, Cad O'Brien. Douglas, o s-B.
. Kenneth Miller. no time. hurt.