Gunnison news-champion., 1924-07-25
Record Attendance O.
Last Day OF Celebratieu


The third and last big day Of eele-
brating went on with . whoop. Every
one, man and woman, boy and ma:d
and youngster. outdid themselves to
have . good time before the horses,
the fakirs, and the rest Of the excit-
ing things left town. The morning
was spent in riding the merry-go-
round and ferris wheel and eating. A.
bout one o'clock the band commenced
TO play and the crowd started for the
grounds.
The largest crowd came out to spend
the incest day Of the three in seeing
the races. Those that were late must
surely still be regretting the fact that
they missed the excellent riding on
steers and COWS. Ten of the best riders
put on = real exhibition, and gave the
audience thrills and scares aplenty
One Of the meanest buckers on the
field was Jersey COW, proving that
they are not SO gentle rs they would
seem to be.
The first race called was the y mile
free-for-all. Silver Dick, belonging to
Tom Nay. led the field. as he always
does. Red Wing. belonging TO Teh,
second, and B. Livingston. owned by
Burns. came in third. Due to the over
jockeying, Burns rider was sent off
the field for the rest Of the day.
The next race, the Il mile Gunnisou
County race, was won by Birdlegs, be-
longing to Mcdowell. Slippery John,
ridden and owned by Date Scott, plac-
ed third, and Scobey's Blue Bird,
third. A new starter was put in FOR
this race and things went of with n
snap.
Three horses entered for the n mile
cow horse race. Mrs. Waunita Edgar
on Pat, belonging to b. F. Anderson,
won first. Pepper, owned by Scobry.
second and Chipita Of Scott's string.
won third.
The chariot race was one big event
Of the afternoon. For interest Il had
the crowd on their toes. The two
teams were neck to neck and going
strong on the home stretch, and it
almost looked as IL another tie would
result aitho some say that Bill Swig-
art, alias Ben Hur, was ahead, when
the outside horse of his four-horse
team either balked or got tangled IN
the harness and fell. Scobey came in
first and Bill finished the race with
three horses. Both drivers had hired
helpers this time, as the horses were
too lively for one person to handle.
This feature is well worth making a
yearly affair at the celebrations.
The stake race, nun against time,
was entered by nearly twenty riders.
Claude Tombling on Brownie, and
Dave Campbell, on Bill, tied, but Tom
bling won first on second try. Oscar
Dunn placed third, time l5la seconds.
Country Girl owned by Tom May,
won the y mile free-for-all. Mabel,
owned by Burns, second and Frontier,
owned by Scobey, third.
Three entrants ran the Roman race.
Burns horses were first, Date Scots
second and Mcdowell third.
Teffs horse, Auditor, placed first in
the special y mile free-for-all. with
Moonshine, belonging to Geo. Ander-
son. second. and B. Livingston, owned
by Burns, third.
The relay race came out MS on the
other two days with Burns in the lead,
ScObey second and Dean third.
Waunita Edgar on Major belonging
to Dean, won in the ladies' consola-
tion. Mary Scott Howard on Dare
Scott's horse, Pollyanna, second, and
lleta Mcdonald third.
Dave Campbell won the wild horse
race, bringing in his broncho in the
lead. Sheep Browns horse arrived
first but neglected to buck before
starting SO was disqualified. Frank
Wheeler was second.
The bucking contest was as usual
the exciting part of the day. Four
teen riders on some Of the peppicst
horses seen in late years tried their
luck for chance in the finals. Five
placed: Gene Wilson, Frank Lasater.