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trated in inspiring a wild leap from
the saddle as effective In its purpose
as Il was gratifying to the crowd. sud
denly taut in anticipation of another
accident Kivet-nobody knows how
e accomplished it-rose out of the
saddle SO high and widely that he
landed well beyond the danger zone,
had there been a danger zone. His
apprehension, It developed an instant
later. however, was groundless-h<s
larit had caught the steer by only one
horn and the loop snapped free under
the pull of horse against steer and the
" 90 boreIy stumbled in his stride.
The crowd cheered. partly from re-
lief. partly from admiration of the
cowboys quick.wit. The leap cost
Kivet his opportunity TO make time
in the days division of the four-day
contest.
Lee Robinson of Tulsa. Oklahoma,
the man preceding Kivet in the list OF
ropers. vas injured in a mishap identi.
cal with that which Kivet avoided.
Robinson's horse was tripped by his
rope and fell upon the rider at almost
the spot where. on Tuesday. a similar
accident had been fatal to Edward
Burgess. The great crowd of onook-
ers held its breath while surgeons
were making a cursory examination
of Robinson, gloom swept the grand.
stands and bleachers when judgement
was given hat the unconscious man
was gravely injured. The hasty
diagnosis was faulty. however: Robin
son was not seriously hurt n within
half an hour a message from Memoir
ial hospital correctly reporting his
condition evoked from the spectators
at the park the loudest shout of the
day. Robinson sustained a fracture
OF the nose and was severely shaken.
He may be back in the finals OF the
championship contest Friday.
Robinson's hard luck almost preci.
plated a battle royal in the arena be-
tween cowboys and soldiers OF the
United States army. Ambulance work
In the arena is in charge of an army
hospital detail. ~, commander of
the detail %reproved n friend of the in.
Jured man for a demonstration of So
licitude hat he asserted ~interfered
with the hospital workers first aid
efforts. Hot words ensued and in q
moment two hostile factions were fac
ing each other, the cowboys on one
side. tho soldiers on the other. Cooler
judgement prevailed barely in time Ia
prevent a physical clash.
Some superlatively skillful ridins
was done IN h championship bron.
ohio busting contest. which accounts
for tho fact that the outlaw bron.
choes, the amazing strenuosity OF
their struggles regardless. failed to
unhorse a single rider. The steer rop.
ing was exciting and the calf roping
also. but neither produced any per
formance that approached record
time. Tho best time in tho bulldog
ging. is seconds. was nine seconds
slos er than the record.
Military maneuvers. races, exhibi,
ton rough riding. fancy n trick rid
ing and roping. Indian dances. a
sham battle, etc, contributed to the
continuously stirring program. No
thrill of the day was bigger than that
Inspired by Mable Strickland's per.
Torrance in the Der rer Post ladies'
relay heat, which she won after two
of her three mounts struck their rae.
ing stride before she could reach the
saddle. Mrs. Strickland's victory left
the outcome of the race, which is de
cided by points in four heats. still in