The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-10-03
FAIR WEATHER
SMILES GAY[Y
ON FALL SHOW
First Annual Gynkhana
Opens Thursday; One
Accident Mars Great
Program.

.,sd under skies of blue Thursday
.a.rnoou. Fair, balmy weather
hrought crowds to town long before
The opening events on the three day
oroeram. City holiday attire greeted
n, visitors. Concessions on the
streets. flags and bunting. long
strings OF special lights, streamers and
hammers. added to the festive spirit
in the air.
Fifty-three local business and man
ui,cturing concerns completely filled
two storerooms on Main street with
Effective and artistically arranged dis
cl.vs. Seven of the eight local
oranges in Canyon county almost
delueed the Lowell building with farm
exhibits With but few days for
preparation of these agricultural and
household displays, An effective and
high quality exhibit was on hand for
the opening hour of the fair. Already
there was talk of increasing this
phase of the program for next year
and giving to Canyon county oranges
an opportunity for longer preparation
and magnihed exhibits of farm crops.
Don't ask the oranges to do any
thing unless you want it done and
done right, was the summary one
member made in response to exclama-
tons OF surprise at the magnitude
and quality OF the grange exhibit this
year.
"Whcre am and how to get there
was the question one out-of-town vis-
itor asked two women he knew when
he met them on the street. The wo-
men. directing him to his objective,
laughed whe- he confessed that he
was lost.
Fifteen hcndred people turned out
for the first days rodeo program.
From start to finish. there was "some-
thing doing" every minute. Eighfec,
numbers on the program were run
off and between times, bucking and
roping events were staged.
At least one serious accident
marred the afternoon when Bill
Spencer, riding Tar Baby, broke his
leg above the ankle and suffered what
may be serious internal injuries. He
was hurried to the Caldwell Sanatari-
UNI. The accident occurred when his
"bronc' decided TO turn back into she
chute, making several jumps close
to the fence and caused Spencer,
finally, to leave the saddle and grasp
timbers on the fence. Here he clung
with one foot fast in the stirrup while
the horse continued to buck. The
animal turned sharply, wrenching
Spencer's leg to the point where the
fractured bone thrust through flesh
and skin.
Other near accidents were frequent
during the afternoon. In almost every
race, some rider was thrown when
his horse stumbled on sharp turns
on the new track. Girl and boy
riders alike suffered in these spills.
But despite the fact that entries in
races ran over the PROSTATE forms
OF the thrown riders, no one was
seriously injured. However, the
tunbles frequently brought the crowd
to its feet
Long Tom, the one horse at the
Weiser Roundup which successfully
disposed of every rider who attempted
to stay with him during wild ca
reening, was subdued here Thursday
afternoon when Joe Dunn successfully
rode him. As a matter of fact. Long
Tom showed an inclination to run
and was outshown by a number OF
other horses the first afternoon.
From the spectators standpoint,
probably the high water mark in the
afternoons program was reached with
the girls relay race. Ruth Mabey
easily took the contest but the thrills
came with the mishaps which bete'l
other riders. Miss Mabey went
through the four quarters, each with
mount change, without a bobblc'
nut other horses and riders didn't
i@fe so well. Eva Ogden raced the
entire second quarter while sitting be-
hind the saddle. Despite that fact she
closely pressed Charlotte Davis, Cald-
well. for third place when the latter
almost failed to pat her mount under
the wire. Miss Watts took second in
this event