East Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September, 24, 1914
Page Eleven
Twenty-four Pages
THESE TWO WILL RIDE INQ MORE
Bert KtlUy, l$t Round-Up Champion, anb C. C, Couch pf 1913 Fame Died During Year.
Victim to the haaardoua life they to Wall Walla near which city he
led, two former Round-up winner hu.1 lived the life of a. cowboy,
have died during' the past year, Bert Kelly wu flne type of mn, be--Kelly,
champion broncho buster t Ins a clean liver and jetlemanly of
the first Round-up and winner of ec-' conduct He canje to the first
ond prize at the third exhibition, dy- Round-up an unknown In the frontier,
.lng etrly In the year of a dieaae world but his beautiful form or na-
induccd by the joltings received in lng took him Into the finale and won
riding. outlaw horses and C. C. Couch, for him the flrat championship.- His
winner -of third prize last year, dy- championship ride was made on
lng two weeks ago from Injuries re- Llghtfoot which horse the day be-
celved at a small wild west show held fore had eliminated John Spain, wln
;t ToppenUh, Wash. ner the succeeding year. The hand
Kelly's death did not come as a some saddle which he won he gave to
surprise for during the last Round-up hi wife.
he was a sick man with death fight-, following year Kelly did not
lrg hard to claim him. Intestinal and
enter the contests but returned for
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he was taken to Arizona by his wife the third Round-up and entered In a
In the hopes that a change of ell- number of events. Again he rode
:.vile would benefit him. However, Into the finals but lost out to Lou
1 e grew gradually worse and died M'nor who had drawn Angel. Kelly
there. His body was brought back rode Long Tom and carried away
second money by sticking with that
Indomitable bucker.
Tho passing of the first champion
caused profound regret among the
pet pie who knew him best for Bert
Kelly was the kind of a cowboy that
dtfci-rves the best.
Couch's death was a tragic one. He
was driving a steer on a horse at
Toppenlsh and, in an endeavor to
kep the animal from jumping the
fence separating the arena from the
track, spurred his horse between the
steer and the fence. The steer leaped
however, and striking the top rail,
broke It loose. One end flew up and
stri:ck Ouch In the abdomen, lm
puling Mm. He died the following
d.i, . .
C nch lived at Fife, Ore . and last
ye'4- wi! his first at the Round-up.
Ho acs little known until his riding
brought him to the finals.
WHAT ONE TENDERFOOT
LEARNED IN THE WEST
Every Cowboy Is Not a Gunman Nor Do They All Wink Whiskey
Straight.
They came bucketing Into town at
a hand-gallop, hat-brims flapping,
spurs Jingling, Ue-down straps
streaming, their ponies kicking the
dusty road into a yellow haze behind
them. With their, gay neckerchiefs
und sheepskin chaps they formed as
vivid a group as one could find out
side a Remington. They pulled up
with a great clatter of hoofs In front
of the Golden west saloon ana, leav
ing their panting mounts standing de
jectedly, head to the ground and
reins trailing, went stamping Into the
bar. Having had previous experience
with their sort, I made bold to fol
low them through the swinging doors;
lor more unvarnished facta about a
locality, its people, politics, progress
and prospects, are to be had over a
mahogany bar than any place I know
except a barber's chair.
What'll It oe, boys?" said out one
of them, as they sprawled themselves
over the polished mahogany. I ex
pected to see the bartender mattcr-of-
coursely ahove out a black bottle anJ
six small glasses, for. according to all
accepted canons of the cattle country
. as i had known It a dozen years be
fore, there was only one kind of a
drink ever ordered at a bar. So,
when two of the party expressed a
preference (or ginger-ale and the
other four allowed that they would
take lemonaJe, I felt like going to the
door and taking another look at the
straggling frontier town and at the
cactus-dotted desert which surround
ed It, Just to make sure that I really
was in Arizona and not at Chautau
qua, New York.
It required scant finesse to engage
ooe of the lemonade-drinkers In ami
cable and illuminating conversation.
"Round-up hereabouts?'' I inquir
ed, by way of making an opening.
"Nope," said my questlonee.
"leastways not as I knows of. You
see." he continued confidentially,
"we've quit cowpunchlng. We're tied
up with the movies."
"With the what?" I queried.
"The movies the moving picture
people, you know" he explained.
"You see, the people back east have
gone plumb crazy on these here wild
west picture-plays and we're gratify
ing them at so much per. Wagon
train attacked by Injuns good look
In' girl carried off by. one of the
braves cowpunchers to the rescue,
and all that sort of thing. It's good
pay and easy work and the grub's
first-rate. Yes. aires. It's got cow
punching beaten to a frazzle. I
reckon you're from the east youself.
ain't you?"
I admitted somewhat shamefaced
ly that I was. adding that my bag
was labeled "New York."
"The hell you say!" he exclaimed,
regarding me with suddenly increas
ed respect "From what I hearn say.
The Store that Advertises Pendleton
IIIIllH
The Mexall Store
Rexdll Service
Rexall Quality
Tho Pondlofon Drug Go.
that sure must be some, wicked
town. Gambling joints running wide
open, an' everyone packs a gun, I
hear, an' shooting scraps so frequent
no one thinks nothing about 'em. It
ain't a safe place to live, I say. Now,
down here in Arlzony things Is dif
ferent.' We're peaceable, we are.
We don't stand for no promlsc'us
gun-play and, barring one or two of
the mining towns, there ain't a poker
palace left, and I woulJn't be so
blamed surprised If this state went
dry In a year or two. Well, s'long
friend," he added, sweeping off his
hat. "I'm pleased to've made your
acquaintance. The feller with the
camera's waiting and we've got to
get out and run off a few miles of
film so's to amuse the folks back
east." . '
I stood In the doorway of the Go!
den Went and watched them as they
swung easily Into their saddles and
went tearing up the street In a roll
ing cloud of dust. Then I went on
my way, marveling at the mutability
of things. "That's what civilization
does for a country," I said to myself.
"Lemonade instead of liquor; police
men Instead of pistol-fighters; cow
boys cavorting in front of cinemato
graphs instead of corraling cattle."
E. Alexander Powell In Sunset
A STOUY THE ROUND-UP IS
PROUD 'OF.
(Continued from page seven.)
to the arena. They swing around the
narro w curve, where the rider's
game is to guide his horse to tils re
lay without slackening speed too
soon. Then occurs the special event
of this race changing horses and
each swings from his horse, still on
the run; his helper seizes It and at
the same time turns the relay over
to the rider who. without a second's
pause, makes the "pony express"
mount, a flying leap without use of
stirrup into the saddle as the horse
starts off for the run. With tear and
rush off they go again, and when
Braden Gerklng, after three days'
races, pulls out his three miles with
his twelve flying , mounts and nine
changlngs of horses In 6 minutes, 64
3-4 seconds, you admit there never
was a play with faster action or more
vivid touches of reality.
The relay Is closely akin to the pony
express, but Is a test of those prime
requisites of the cowboy to on-and-off-Raddle,
mount and ride. A sig
nal! A rush and four sets of stirrups
and latlgos simultaneously fly through
the air. You crane your neck to
i watch the saddles adjusted. You're
too late four riders shoot out and
away, having saddled wlth-in five
seconds, and in a whirlwind of dust
they swing around the track. The di
lating nostrils and nervous, moving
ears of the waiting horses, fresh from
the range, have caught the spirit of
the crowd and at the second change
something happens when number
three horse prefers kicking to sad
dling, and then bucking, leaves his
rider hopelessly In the rear.
The quality of the riding was the
finest ever seen at Pendleton. That
every man was an expert was attest
ed by the totals of th three-days'
heats. In which was a difference of
only 25 seconds between the winner,
Armstrong, and "Hoot" Gibson, who
finished fourth. Armstrong's riding
and lightning changes on Spain's
string were marvelous, off-saddling
nine times, on-saddling twelve, and!
riding a range horse on the quarter-!
mile track six miles In 1 J minutes, I
17 1-2 seconds. I
For wild rush and reckless speed
and turns, nothing can outrival the;
cow-pony race. A score ot plains
lued men and horses flashed from
the start, swung around the track in
a wild, mad tear and smother of
dust, a rattling, hammer-and-tongs
run. The Indian relay is another
thrilling event, for the red men run
th'.i mile riding bareback, changing
horses at every lap, leaping their
horses often at full speed. But for
Lameness and fine riding the twenty
squaws who ran th squaw race, also
on horses that were bareback save
for surcingle, were worthy represen
tatives of their tribe. In brilliant
garb, like so many bundles of color,
with their black braids streaming in
the wind, they shot like irrldescent
streaks around the great oval. This
daring racing is attended with some
spills and injuries, but as I helped to
carry from the track one of the rid
ers before the galloping hoofs again
encircled the track, her finely fea
tured face, while bearing a bad gash,
also bore through her suffering that
superb self-control and stoicism of her
race.
But no less courageous and daring
are the white women who rUe,
whether it be cow-pony race or relay,
and when you get riders like Bertha
Blancett, Nettle Hawn, Hazel Walk
er, vera McGinnls and Blanche Mc-
Gaughey, the last word has been
said In this style of racing. These
women areskilled In the lore of the
race and the horse no less than the
men of the range. They not only put
their horses to the utmost, but ride
with consummate knowledge dis
played In every form of generalship
in the race. Yet these quiet-mannered
girls and women In another week
perchance would be' about their do-j
mestlc duties in house or ranch or at
high school. Regrettable Incidents
which happen occasionally go only
to show the kind of stuff of which
these riders are made.
When Bertha Blancett's father took
all the docile horses away to pre
vent his little-seven-year-old from
riding them, she learned to "handle
and ride," by capturing a wild colt '
and hv riilinir the mllrh cawa nearly
to death. In 1904, she not only rode
the famous bucker. Dynamite, at
Cheyenne, but at Calgary drew and
rode that wicked animal. Red Wing, 1
which killed Joe Lemare.
After such a whirlwind of excite
ment, a moment's pause gives the
crowd a chance to catch its breath
and the dust to settle. Then, from
in front of the cottonwoods, the
mounted cowboy band swings into
the track, and to well-played martial
music the cowboys and cowgirls'
mounted grand march is ushered in.
Following the directors, many of
them ranchmen, two or three or four
abreast, about three hunMred cow
boys and cowgirls pass In review to
the jingle of chain and spur and the
retch of leather. The girls are in
colored corduroy and khaki or fring
ed and embroidered buckskin, .the
men In the ever-picturesque chaps,
those of Angora hair often brilliant
ly dyed, those of leather glistening in
their studdings of silver; while loose
ly, freely, and generally askew about
their necks, brilliantly colored ker
chiefs lap or flutter in the breezze.
Striking in this ride of romance and
kaleidoscope of color is the Indian
contingent on their gaily caparisoned
horses, whose long-tasselled trappings
flapped about them while the copper
colored, painted faces of old chief,
young buck, pretty squaw, and little
papoose, stencilled in lmperturable
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