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, , .,....,.,.,.., ....J..,,..,. p , LET 'E3 EUCIt s ;' ''' JSast Oregonia'a Eound-Up'SouTeiir Editioa Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 22, 1031. Page Fifteen WW JL "LEI -. M- MM ONTO) TV? ' Continued from Paifo llj Singly In mldheavep. It nvan, Indent n sight 'fit for the godH. Long briildH of crowbiui'k, )ia)r tjed in front, looped apd waftol ialnHt the cinnamon brtowa check of the rider; bin colored , Bhlrtfnnd kerchief flattonlns and nil lowinjr against his raum-le-artlculutlng tprai) In tho movement of th wind; hl lOhjr lmlmd, black allotted orange chaps flapped and fluttered, an the horne rosj. and full, while the wlld f Ightlntf beaHt, following the inner side of the fence, bucked, twisted, hiKh- dlved and, did his best to break it in I J. I 1 I . . Ori he' went. It seemed no tnan could stand the punishment but never for a moment did thone long-haired chapi' puune in their rowelllng from withers to rump .during the entire fight. pf tha ride, nor did the big som brero cease for a woment to fan the air. Sundown was Indeed riding to win - or lose everything on his last throw of the dice. : VThe shot rang out. "Take lyim up.'" "The crowd was cheering Itself Into a frenzy, pne name was borne out ttf'om the ten thousand throats. "Bun down! Sundown!" came from the grandstand. "H was 'the epic ride for his race which 'this son of Chief Joseph made in his fiftieth year. , It was indeed the grand championship in the grand final "The ride of Caldwell is graphically told as follows: , "J.ook,; they are to draw for horses for the grand finals, It's Ijm Cald well, Yakima Canutt and Jacknon Sun down. ' Thenq three , have, ridden through with the other twelve or thirteen selected for the semi-finals and now have fought thoU? way thr-i ough these Into the grand finals. Bee! The cowboy drawing now is Yakima Canutt, that tall lyid lanky buckaroo with a ranglnesB characteristic of the clan; there oes Sundown,' the agile, erect" figure you know so well; the third is Caldwell, the shortest and youngest of the three. What a superb ly proportioned body; splendid should ers, lithe and beautifully muscled and the very embodiment of health.' Tha women say he's good-looking and even I the men admit It. . , "Lee had Just come . down from Moosejaw where his winning of the all dismounts", walks toward the line of saddles. His left hand steals to nurse his right which Is paining. Lee a sec ond time refuses hypodermic, remark ing 'I'm td mad "to take it; I Want (o be a little mad a man always rides better.'' ' ; '. :, ' ' 1 ! A Voted Ride 5 " 'c-o C-.ft-l-d-w-c-H r-l-d-o- L-o-n-g T-o-m,' clearly enunciates Fred- McMonles through the great megaphone announcer from his crow's! nest on the pole top. "A great roar of satisfaction goes up from the bleachors and grand etond. They are the fiye magic words ! which the crowd wants more than anything else to hear. They have al ways wanted him to draw Long Tom In the grand final to see If ho dares scratch him. , "Caldwell Is ordered to tackle Long Tom, Caldwell as Is his custom, slues up his antagonist. Caldwell Is up Canada championship had been her- J". PJ. Ha lmDH,,fintlv mo. elded before him; but he hud come to the greatest of all shows where' more men ride and are eliminated in' the elimination contest than even ' enter the other great shows. . "Sundown draws Cul-de-sac and makes a splendid ride. Canutt draws Speed Ball and rides equally well. . "In the wlldhorse race yesterday you recall Caldwell's right forearm was broken. When thev set It in the Dlaxt- or cast last night the doctor left a lit tle aperture in the bandage to facili tate a shot tb a hypodermic needle to dull the pain for he was to ride in the semi-finals. The doctor Is on hand all right to shoot It Into him now, not only of the Round-Up", but prob- ' whlie are wangling Two Step. ably of the history of his race. Jack son Bpndown, the Nes Perce, was a fitting representative as the first and only red man to wrest this title from me patentee. tlons, says something and the wrangl crs turn Long Tom's head bit more to the southwest .toward the grand stand, it Is "direction" Caldwell 1 thlnktn, which will head -him Just be tween the Judges. He believes he can 'scratch hell" out of Long Tom. Ho wants no doubt in the Judges mind as to what he is doing. There W a Dlt of a struggle then Lee snaps out a curt order.' lie' does not want his horaa lo be frightened. There is a dlfr ference between frightening a horse ViTjJI V V f t) i0 : JL VLil". We Carry a Full Kne of Harness, Collars, Saddles and Chaps 7 We Specialize in Tops 5 Upholsteii'ins and lam iepairingi . -. - I . ! : :.; OPERA HOUSE CORNER PENDLETON OREGON . Let us put a Plate Glass in your ear. It will be classy and serviceable. mniujiniiiimmnw m m ...mini nm mui wm' uiiiiii.uii mm .m . m. .., , I n.nw .fm'j H ""HJ'.. WW. s-jmisiiwjsw ' it - -rii i i nir f liVii 1 1, in .-i f "r- -r r rr-nMrmn i n MrtSf "rfH tr-"--rcf"'- E , n ii,ti.w. ,n 1 miimi ir; i. miiwm mi-imi f ' PHONE 773 blind Is off. lie Is loose. forequarters are in the air, and during count and never knew why they left it. "The CTeat brute pnrinsa Into the I tne f'r8t JunP Caldwell has not only .The big, hill-climbing demon snorts, and getting h!m mad; rngiiwmng mm t ejr an(j tj,p rider's legs shoot forward "He's up ui)d away; a perfect ride although Twq Step the trickey. devil with bis apparently easy straight away,' really puts in to it everything I thiii he thinks of and vou don't. The 1 1 II l. . . . i 1 . . I . . J .. . . . i a,.A uV. .. Uu 4hn rtuin In tha the silver plate, Sundown?" was asked bandaged arm is terrific, but watch! J movement count. Ever thing is i timeJ ki .h ,. if,.i I lnin,i nt fnintinff it miliH him u'to a nicety when he tightens th coveted prite-saddle. "dad-burned mad" that he makes a "Tou piu wife's name," was the ! hair-raising ride, the only qualified quiet reply. ! ! Cne on' ,n bucker that season. ' Lee has a tendency to make him blunder' (, scratch towards his neck. in his own movements, because, as Lee , er Buck,. comeg frQm R once said, 'A horse like Long Tom does aidegj lhl- jrBt jump But thf a lot of thinking.' .. 1 ltiatc-d know something is wrong. "Everyone knows Ca.d well Is ff; Thero-l, n' unnatural throw to Long menodusly.high strung, trained so fo head toward the wranBle on tne minute tnat a mere novum tu i set hini off the handle; but Allen' Drumhellcr Iknows his man,' knows; Lee's every Jdea, so he makes every adjusted thn roi but ha nulled off I even groans with rage in the e.fort his hat with which he now fans him, to shake the clinging man thing from gripping it with tho two fingers of his ; his back. , !', broken right forearm. ' - J "Caldwell lets another foot of tope "'Look Aut, cowboy; when he comes !' slide through, hi hand on the next down,' yells an old buckaroo. I Jump. "With hindquarters snapped up. Old ' " 'Ride 'im comboy!' yell the huck- nis icit me iree enu ul me biiuuuiiii;; iuiii jiuw yuia nm neaa eartnwara, at rope has traveled too fast through : the same time giving one of his pe Tom's halter and has whipped into a i culiarly violent kicks, his eyes show (i If1"' ' -n..n-'--v--;; M-C'- - cinch and fastens the latlgo. " 'He's going up!' says a man. 'The grRt audience rose as one man, Lee settles himself in his sad dle as nonchalantly as t though , he m'ght be testing h!s stirrup's length the world's championship on the toughest brute Oregon can secure. Lee knows he is mounting one of' the best knot around Its own bight and caught, ; white; down he comes ker-plunk. causing tills violent, unnatural Jerk! Caldwell already pulled and held for leftward. " 1 f ward to the front part of the saddle ; "Caldwell's halter rope Is on the ( ' now thrown violently against the right of the horse's neck, the sudden saddle horn. Crtck! goes the boys Jerk of h's head to the left will force , ureast bone and breaks three Inches him to either give way. be pulled for-! above the point, knocking the wind ward, or let the line slip through his clear out of him. hand. Th s will cause a change of " 'Will he stay with 'im.?' rein, and when the horse recovers will "His breath is gone his head swims make so much slack he will have ; tars shoot evervthinir cant in a horses In the world when Drumheller j nothing to steady himself, with and his aw;rl of blije For a second he seems hands h!m the hulter rope. Fee how ; r'e wl" nopeies on a norse hkb t0 be gone.. If yoU know Caldwell, you carefully he takes a last look over, ""s 10m. , Know if he is going to fall, he d rea everything and then (Jelibe.ratply at the Judges. They nod. 'The rider wants at least two of the. Judges to see everything he .does, o he readjusts himself In the saddle and puts the rein in his left hand; snug rles h's feet'ight up to his heels in the stirrup for a single foot out dis qualifies the rider. " Turn him around, " he snaps to the wranglers. 'The rider knows that though the old outlaw Is etandlng .apparently square, he is really 'tense up' to throw hack.' Turning him changes "C'lldwell ts Jerked violently forward : son ho cannot strike any harder by and to prevent being unbalanced, is al- scratching old Tom, besides he knows lowing the rope to slide through his he will be making a real ride when ho hand. See it go a full" foot and a ! hits the tjirt. See he's letting 'er half. Wrench! Good, the snuLbing i buck now fcr all there ia in it. rope is free. He is readjubting his! "Long Tom broke like a boomerang hold by taking up the slack with the' Into that terrific pounding, bounding weakened grip of two fingers of his ! buck, which, if it does not unseat broken arm. The sudden rgjease from I most riders in the first. three Jumps, the snubbing rope makes old Tom! shakes their daylights so 'that they throw his nose skyward more than us ual an old trick of this bucker and gives Lee more slack than he wants, which when now taken up gives him too short a hold. welcome hitting the ground, it i so much softer "WhangC In the back: with the cantle of the saddle. In Long Tom's buckin? nearly a dozen men have left this position or 'untracks him. Tho "11 this ocurs' while jhc . florae's I tho saddle unconscious on this ac- "The rider's heels touch withers and toes with his spurs. ."His spurs are dull but I reckon a year from now there'll be scars eight Inches long on old Tom's hide. See, at every Jump the old outlaw deliberately Jerks his head and takes more rope, a few Inches at a timl. 'Three four five fifteen tremen dous, vicious, man-killing Jumps you count, spiced with every art of the old bucker's rc perto re. ; Look, he's circl ing toward the corrals, still inside the fence. . "Caldwell's breath Is coming back a little, things have ceased swimming. Tou know he is badly handicapped through the blow cn his chest and a rope too slack to balance himself with. But his determination to make the greatest ride of his life is as .evident as is the determination of the brute beneath h'm that he shall not. "It is the slack now that bothers. He realizes after the horse was freed and after the first buck, that if he took Jt up with the other hand he would be disqualified. But he is a heady rider. "Quick a' thought, on the uprise of a buck, he takes the fuzz of rope (the frayed end in his teeth, which many have seen him do in exhibition rides when he held both hands up. There is no rule against this. He now slides his hand down and Is set for a new fight as he spproaches the fence. He kpows by the animals action whether he will go over it or crash' through. : "Springing skyward. Long Tom clears the fence with a pretty Jump. Caldwell is sitting 'straight up in ,a way no man has ever sat on Long Tom before. He knowshe has him now.J "Caldwell .now confines his rowels to the great humping shoulders lo make Bim flinch circle before the ki-hooting hellian, who now seems to have gone plumb cultus, smashes and tears him to pieces against the posts and wire of the high outer fence of the track. , "He does It barely In time; down the I track by the yell ng, yipping. mounted i cowboys: along by tne wnooping in ! dian bucks; shrill ki-yl-ing women and screaming papooses; on around tho track files the outlaw, semi-circling the entire eastern end, bounds and vbucVs his way, pounding the earth In . a manner that must rattle loose the bones and teeth of the lithe, boyislf Caldwell. ,"See there half way round to the grandstand something has happened which never happened before. The t- therto undaunted king .of buckers Is breaking into a run he surrenders, he's been ridden out. Bangr-went th Judge's pistol. "Caldwell musters his remaining strength and springs off to one side, landing 12 or 15 feet away. 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