The border vidette., 1933-02-18
CIRCLE ~ GUEST RANCH SHOW
A BIG SUCCESS

Approximately 1000 people
attended the fifth annual mid
winter pole game and rodeo at
the Circle (Z) guest ranch near
Nogales Sunday. The beautiful
bright. warm day brought out a
large crowd from all over the
state. and many cars bearing
plates from other states along
With hundreds of Arizona cars
began arriving early ia ths morn
ing and BY eleven o'clock the
large parking spaces around the
polo field were filled.
The days entertaining began
with polo game between the
Circle (Z) Wranglers and the
crack University of Arizona
team, in which the Wranglers
were defeated by q score 8 to 4
The game was hard fought and
very fast and interesting and
from start to finish it was q re
markable display of horseman
ship by both teams. The line
up for the University was; Bill
Clark, /; Dick Forester. 2; Jack
Budlong, 3; and Nelson Brown,
4; and for the Wranglers. Will
Hathaway, l; Less Wooddell, 2;
Joe Kane, 3; Paul Sawyer. 4;
with Bill Harrison subtituting
Sawyer ia the third chukker and
for Kane in the fourth.
After the polo game. the cars
we're reparked and everything
gotten ready for the rodeo which
started at 2 o'clock. The new
equipment on the Circle II" field
was used for the first time and
arrangements of chutes and cor
rails would be a credit to many
of the large professional shows.
The entire field was decorated in
multicolored flags and. the bright
costumes of the audience and
contentants, made for a most
colorfol sight.
The rodeos at Circle (Z) have
become famous for being fast
and interesting but the show on
Sunday surpassed all others
for speed in production. There
were sixty five entries in the
various events which required
two hours and thirty minutes or
a little less than two and one
half minutes for each event.
Opening Of Rodes
The rodeo began with a grand
entry in which Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Zinsmeister, the owners of the
Circle (Z), drove thru the center
of the field to the judges stand
in an old fashioned carriage
drawn by two we'll groomed
horses. Immediately following
all the cowboys raced the entire
length of the field to the chutes
Six bucking horses were re
leased from the chutes in quick
succession and the fastest rodeo
ever held in this section of the
state was under way. The first
contest event was calf roping
with seventeen entries which in
cludinR many professional rop
ers and world champions. There
were only three misses in this
event. Chuck Wilson. champion
roper won first money by roping
and tying his calf in 81 I seconds
while Bill Kane and Buckshot
Sorrels, both Circle (Z) cowboys,
took second and third place,
their time being 231 and 241 sec
onds.
There were twenty five entries
in the team tying contest. Roy
Adams and Jim Kane of NoRales
won firt place by roping and ty.
ing their steer in 183 seconds.
Everett Bowman and Roy Adams
took second prize in 19 seconds
and Bud Parker and Allen Hold
en- were third With 81 IA sec
onds,
An exhibition contest of bull
dogging was given by Shorty
Kelso and Everett Bowman in
which Bowman won by throwing
his steer in 18 seconds.
The last event Of the day was
the bscking horse contest with
fourteen entr!as. The horses
were furnished from the string
of Bud Parker aud every horse
was fighter. There we're thrills
and spills and B. Rassell was
Judged winner with Chuck Viii
son and Carl West second and
and third.