White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-07-08

oulSlhS VI IN AtNh "a NAS $4,000
| rodeo performance being an unusu-
ally thrilling and creditable one, its
best feature was the bringing out of
a superior line of White Pine riding
| talent that would compare with the
work of professionals anywhere. In
| few wild west shows is seen smoother
or prettier riding than that of Milt
Odgers of Butte valley on the Fourth
in Ely, he being the n who re-
| ceived first money in the White Pine
free for all bucking contest. Second
money went to Ed Richie, the prizes
being $50 and $25 respectively. Clar-
ence Johns, an Indian, was given
honorable mention, being a close
third. Odgers rode a bay named
Rirona, Richie rode Buckshot and
Johns a broncho named Pie Face.
The one real outlaw horse of the
lot, which might have changed things
all around, was a little too mad at
the time to give an exhibition and
he put his rider in the hospital for
the rest of the day and the following
night. This horse was Powder Face,
q 5ldy, III tnC itoCi "&o 1o Ohoih
one of the men putting on the show.
Powder Face was rushed and damned
into the little chute where the sad
ding was done and the manner OF
its doing went against his grain. He
struck, kicked and fought like a
tiger, and by the time he was cinched
he was in a terrible condition OF
fop,nar Onnn C1orE u-oc nm hiu hopk
and the gate opened Powder Face
was more in a fighting than in a
'stampeding mood, so he proceeded to
strike, kick and buck right there.
He did this for an instant and then
without warning did the worst trick
that an outlaw horse can do, throw
ing himself by a murderous flop
down on his left side. The rider
struck on the back of his head and
was knocked out. In far less time
than it takes to tell it the horse
rolled over on his back and right
side and his legs and hoofs right in
the face of Clark and would have
finished him there, unconscious
as he was, but for the instant succor
of a number of experienced horsemen
who fouled the fighting animal while
Clark was pulled away, n leg still
being underneath. Soon Clark vas
hurried to the General hospital,
where he recovered consciousness. 1t
proved that his ankle was sprained
and bruised and the next day ne was
on the street with a limp but say.
ing he would ride the outlaw yet.
At the close of the rodeo Phil AL
Jets passed the hat for the benefit OF
Clark on the promise that someone
would ride Powder Face. This time
the outlaw was surcingled, as a sad
die is what makes this kind of a
horse dangerous, and as the horse
knew as we'll as his handlers that he
could do no harm. hence when Lee
Walker mounted him he did not offer
to flop but merely stampeded and
bucked. He is a neat bucker and a
persistent one but apparently does
not buck as hard as many less wicked
animals.
Powder Face is no show animal
trained to buck. He never was in a
public exhibition before. He was
lfoaled in 1915 at the Campbell ranch,
afterward sold and shipped to Jop-
lin, Mo. His sire has been driven
on the stage between the ranch and
Steptoe station recently and is not
exactly a pet. George Campbell, who
witnessed the performance here, says
Powder Face is part Shire, Hamble-
tonian and Percheron and about 90
shape of head he shows both the
Hambletonian and Shire, with little
indication of the mustang other than
! in his disposition. Powder Face vas
let out to Indian Frank to be broken
to ride and in the process ne was
spoiled. That was three or four
years ago and he has been a wicked
outlaw ever since. Mr.. Campbell
sold him to Jim Giannopoulos, who
still owns him.
The steer riding had even more
thrilling episodes than the bucking.
These animals have that jackrabbit
way of running to beat the band in
one direction for a few yards, then
making quick turns to a right angle,
so that men and women in the open
lspaces outside the grandstapd had to
scatter like geese many times, and be
quick about it. One white face in a
sudden right swing caught Jack
Russell on the temple with his horn
and laid the husky miner out for a
few seconds. AS Jack rose he was
$50 stunned that he staggered a few
feet and again fell, after which he
was able to keep on his pins. Not