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Twenty-Four Page. P pe Si Fast Ore gonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1916 THE ROUND-UP, The Most Thrilling Outdoor Show in the World Thirty-five Round-Up Outlaws Constitute Hardest Bucking Horse on the Globe. Wild Steer Bulldogging is Sport for Men and Men Only. There t tut outdoor entertainment la th world there hat been nenf and perh&r there will I none thai n com rum with that provided by the PenSltmi Rour.J-l"p Thlj opin-! low Is I" no means & local one. It baa r-e:n eiresd by thousands, many of whum, by virtue of much travel in quext of new sensations, are thinUKhlv romKMil to 'a.s Judg ment, j .Vi whire ! than at a frontier, eh iw i an there be acen io many; thrllllnir events. o much real dar f n jr. re. klemmeaj. and 'le.ith-defylng ! hpirit, h inu( h of savage Kplend'r: and ruined granileur and mi much o ' the romance that In the charm of thei uld wMt. The rendition Kound-I'p. ' belni, without question 'he create"'; tlii of ita kind Judged (pirn am standpoint whatever. It follow, then. lha.t nhe can truthfully claim to sent the wurld'a greatest outdimr e;i-! tertainment. I For the benefit of thur-e distant readers who have never ' seen a, Kound-up, a brief descriptive resume of the leading events on the annual program la here slven. I ". txi Ducking Omte-4. i In the whoie world there is no; fontest more Intensely emiting, till if wild nature t ,in entr.ited :nto imej leaping, quivering- bundle of galvanic) eneriry. ljke a flash, a thunder-bolt,! he ut up in the high dive, twisting. j gyrating, side-wind. ng. hitting thei earth in a pounding smash only to! leave it airain instantly. He is the incarnation of wild deviltry, deceit. cunnmic and determ nation never to1 cue up Heautifiil. lithe, supple and I tfr.u etui, the outlaw and the cow bo ! represent all that remains of the oncej young, wild, vigorous, lovable olo, West. " ! outlaw Hotxt, ti-orti Afar. ' Thirty-five outlaws, the hardest ' riding, best bucking string in the world are owned by the I!ound-l"p. many like Ixmg Tom w.th world-wide reputations. Here the bucking con-' test fur the ihamplon.ship of the j world and the world's championship; gold and silver belt is thrown open to' all cowboys, and !'0 in chaps, spurs and sombreros ride it out. Straight; up, sl'-k and scratching from uhoul-l der to cantle the cowboy stakes his. reputation, his limbs and even his the 20 seconds of the cyclonic up the 2 ('seconds of the cyclonic up heaval of the quivering earthquake ot' horse flesh beneath him Twenty! seconds and the cowboy has either' t their spirit. They ride with that same reckless abandon, that same daring, that same determination as their cowlmv brothers Through the high, wild leaps, weaves and bounds of the buking horse they swing their hats and fan him as they yell their clan's ralltng cry of "Let 'er buck." dig their spurs Into his flanks for the Pleasure it gives them and the effect :t produces. txjwxirls- Itolny Ilace. The cowgirls' relay is the arid of the cm ml opera of the. west. Four chaiiKes -in a two-mile dally contest, at t.'p speed they break into the wait ing string and four times they make this change, four times the spectators rise to their feet in tense expectancy and four times they make that dan gerous mount and are safely round the track. In the whole world there Is nothing like it., nothing to equal It and n"thing that will fill you with greater admiration for the pluck, en ergy, ability and endurance of the girls whose mothers sang their liuby iat in the cow camps, the cabins, the chuck wagons and 'round the trail campfires than the cowgirls' relay race at the Hound-Up. The cowboys' relay race, the cow girls' pony race, the cowboys' pony t i i v -It if moreth rilling and spectacular cll- maxea, than the riding of outlaws by eowitoys. Each symbolic of the wild. I free, west, strong In untried strength, ' nrotid in unbroken nDirit their hattle' for supremacy makes the most slug gish heart leap and riot. 1 No turkey-irottlng. sheep-walking. goat-Jumping, straight-away pitching, rocking or bucking for the outlaw, ills is the wild crescendo, the storm. the thunder, the stampede, the force won a world's championship, kissed the oft-kissed dust of the arena or choked the horn, which is the "8. O. S." of the riding code. Cowgirl liurkiiw OonUnt. Here the cowgirls ride for the su premacy of their sex, drawing; their mounts from the bucking list and rid ing slick, straight-up, scratching and fanning to a yelling, deafening cham pionship finish. No horse dampens their ardor and no horse conquers race, the pony express, the standing race and all the races are one wild dash, one yelling, whooping, devil daring thrill and always and every where the unexpected climax. Roping the Long Horns. Shot from the corral gate the Texas long-horn dashes across the arena, horse and roper 60 feet back. With almost human intelligence the trained cowpony. without word or touch from his rider, follows every twist and turn of the racing steer, anticipating his movement until the lo..p lijaps out front the cowboy s hand and itlidiiii: swiftly and surely taVoigh the ac settles uver the horns cii the spider led. Then the cow-pony swerves to one side, passes the steer as the hondo slips and with a mighty lunKe turns the steer over, or "busts'' hini. No sooner has the rope tightened i In the "bust" than the cowboy is out of the saddle running towards the thrown steer, leaving the cow-pony to hold the ropetaut and see to it that the steer does not ket up while the roper hog-ties him. While the lime limit is two min utes, this feat is performed in from ;' to 3D seconds. j Wild SttVr Bull-HokiSi. j With his helper to flush the steer; and keep it running at lop speed, the! cowboy doing the bulldogging rides, alonitsidwe. leans over in the saddle.! takes the steer's horns with both 1 hands, kicks his feet from the stir-j riijis and drops to the ground. This, must be done while both steer anil ! bulldogger are going at the highest ' possilrfe speed. The steer must be brought to a full stop and thrown. A keen, exciting, thrilling, spectacular contest of strength between cowboy j and wild steer. i The maverick race' starts when the steer is liushed from the corral. In a wild stampede, with wide swirling. swinging ropes, the cavalcade or i mounted cowboys breaks over the rope, -yelling and fighting for an op-, j porttiiiity to swing the oop. for the first man to get his rope over the I long horns of the spider-leg and hold I him is the winner. With the roar of, a cyclone they dash past the grand-! j stand In a cloud of whirling ropes and I the 30.U00 spectators rise to their feet; I as the ropes fall and the steer Is mix- ! I ed lndistingulshably in the plunging. I yelling, Jam of mounted horsemen, j The Indluil Hound-l p. i Primary among the famed attrac- j i -lions of the Round-Up are the Imliaas decked in their war-paint and head dress, the bucks' nude, painted bod-: ies glistening in the sunlight with ev-j ery color of the rainbow; the squaws j with their colored dresses and blan- kets, weaving, swaying, chanting with : that stoical expression of their peo- pie, they pass before the grandstand, j looking straight ahead In silent com munication with the great stillness. Umatlllas, Walla Walla, Cayuse. Yak lmas, Nex Perces, Piutes, .Columbia River and Warm Springs tribes all gather In from the adjoining reserva tions and erect their tepee city on the other side of the arena from the grandstand for the three days Round-Up. That the squaws can ride is dem onstrated in the squaw race, and the young bucks In the relay race give exhibitions of marvelous skill and ability and daring, each and all rid-j ing bareback, changing their mounts; with a kaleidoscopic swiftness, dash; and mingling of colors. I Starit the tragedians and prima donnas of cowboy and cowgirl land compete In beautiful and expert con tests of trick and fancy roping and riding exclusively at the Round-Up They are the best, the most proficient finished products of rangeland. Their feats are marvelous and fill the spec tator with admiration and wonder. And when all has been said there remains the wild horse race, the 's-'t word In thrill-producers, the comedy of comedies, the climax of climaxes. Closing th exhibition each day 2" wild, unsaddled, unbroken. unhalterel range outlaws are "busted" in a bunch In front of the grand-stand. Here in this bedlam of wild horses the huckaroo must, at the word "go," saddle his horse and ride once around the qtwrter-mlle track. Twenty horses bucking at oneand th sam time, 20 riders skyrocketing throtig the air; bucking horses vrywfcrs and not a single one going. the way he should go or doing what his rider wants him to do-Cowboys aUerd all over the field, pandemonium of mirth and enthusiasm raging a the grandstand and bleachers and the day's performance Is brought to a close that leaves the spectator sitting In his seat motionless, tingling with the sensation of new emotion, fully realizing that he has Indeed, witness ed th splo dram or the west. i i iA .' jr-. J saT Hi Hotel Pendleton H. W. Collins, Pres. JYrd T. nlooh. Sec and Mgr. Pendleton, Oregon ', '7? 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