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Spilyay Tymoo Page 14 June 2 9,1 9 7 9 Local cowboys hang in there With the rodeo season approaching midpoint, local cowboys and cowgirls are finding the competition to be stiff and plentiful. Coming out of the White Swan Treaty Days Rodeo held June 8-10, Leland Tom split third and fourth with Vince Garcia in the saddle bronc riding in the first go-round and got bucked off his second horse. In the calf roping Tom Begay had a time of 20.18 in the first go-round and placed sixth, while Marita Johnson place sixth in the first go-round in the barrel racing. In the junior barrel racing Shana Johnson won the first go, then place second in the second go and won second in the average Sammy Allen won third in the second go of the junior barrels Dave Best, Omak, Washing ton, won the all-around cowboy honors and left the pay window with $1,042,95. Total Western States Indian Rodeo A s s o c ia tio n p a y o ff was $13,153.28, WSIRA Standings as of 6/11/79 DAVE BEST ON THE BULL called Hercules making his championship ride here at the Warm Springs All-Indian Rodeo over the weekend o f June 23-24. Spilyay Tymoo Photo Western States sanctioned rodeo Hot weather, tough stock The heat along with the rough stock gave cowboys a week-end to remember at the rodeo held here June 23-24. Despite the hot weather the rodeo drew a record number of entries which totaled up as high, as 286 who came from all points in the western states which included Washington, M ontana, Idaho, N evada, C a lif o r n ia , C a n a d a an d Oregon. Stock providing all the action came from the 10-Bar ranch a local stock contractor, the Sombrero stock contractor from Sisters, Oregon provided the tough bulls, and the wild and woolly horses cam» fresh, off the range from here on the reservation. A rather slim crowd braved the heat and cheeked their favorites as they performed their special events. The bulls were something else as they out scored the cowboys 23-4. Even though there was not a cloud in the sky it rained a lot of cowboys in the bull riding event. •Vince Garcia took top honors in the bareback event winning with a score of 69. Oliver Louis of Vernon, British Columbia won the saddle bronc event with a 74 scoring. Dave Best, one of the very few who stayed aboard one of the rank bulls, won that event scoring a good 77 points. Dave Best comes from Om ak, W ashington. Les Reynolds topped all calf ropers with the time of 10.31 seconds. Wes Williams won the cow milking, his time 22.29 seconds. Roger Williams and Mel Sampson won the team roping. Betty Sampson rounded the barrels w ith th e tim e of 18.58 seconds to win that event. Bronson team won the wild horse race. The Jr. Barrels was won by Sammy Allen a local girl with the time of 19.84 seconds. Also placing 3rd in the Jr. barrels was Shanna Johnson with a time of 20.02. In the Novice Cow riding Mark Valdez won that event. Carla Bagley came in 2nd with a 64, Larry Scott was 3rd with 60 and Ron Clements 4th with 51. There were a total of nine locals that managed to place in the rodeo however there were no winners in the senior division. The only local to get a first place was Sammy Allen in the Jr. Barrels. Among others who placed were; in the saddle bronc Lee Tom and Terry Squiemphen split 5th and 6th as each scored 62 points. Dan Scott placed 5th in the oow milking; Gordon Scott and Herman Anderson placed 5th in the team roping; Cathy Heath placed 6th in the barrel race with the time of 19.06 seconds.! The program went right on schedule without any delay between events. The next Wetern States Rodeo that will be held here in Warm Springs scheduled for August 10,11, & 12, and will be staged in the He He Mill rodeo arena which is located 18 miles northwest of Warm Springs on Highway 26. Northwest cattlemen to meet in July The first meeting of the n e w ly -fo rm e d N o rth w e s t Indian Cattlemen’s Associa tion will be held at La Grande, Oregon on July 20, according to organizer Amos Simtustus. The northwest association is an outgrowth of the National American Indian Cattlemen’s A s s o c ia tio n , fo r w hich Simtustus and Tim Foster of Yakima are regional represen tatives, Other regions have already formed their own organizations, said Simtustus. All Indian cattlemen are welcome to attend the meeting. An agenda for the meeting is being assembled and will be made public when completed. SADDLE-EBON C ’ 3. O liv e r Louis 2 . R ichard Louis 3. Je rz y San 4 . Charley Montgomery 5 . Dave B est 6. Sidney S ta r lig h t 7. A rchie Jack 8/9 T erry Squiemphen 8/9 M att Dick l O / l l Duane B est l O / l l Duane G arcia 12/13 Vince G arcia I2 /1 3 Leland Tom lit, Charley S c o tt 15. B i l l Valdez $911.15 754.65 675.98 562.98 387.84 237.45 222.42 II6 .2 6 II6 .2 6 85.00 85.00 72.98 72.98 61.84 44.24 BAREBACK . 1 . Vince G arcia 2. Roy Begody 3. Dave B est 4 . L eland Tom 5. Ted Hurtado 6 . Byron Bruisedhead 7. Don Abrahamson 8/9 B i l l B ruisedhead 8/9 R ichard Louis 10. J e r r y Sam 874.91 720.92 467.93 383.34 168.00 125.61 72.75 62.80 62.80 36.66 BULL RIDING 1. ' Dave B est 2. L arry Condon 3. Duane B est 4 . Ted Hurtado 5. Tom B est 6. John L a v a llie 7 . Shawn B est 8. Vem Hawley 9 . Andre P ic a rd 10. Roy Begody 11. Kenny Sam 12/13 Gary F l e t t I2 /I 3 Milo T hatcher 1,180.66 704.49 405.07 384.85 301.15 276.92 267.72 211.94 Ì25.71 118.00 117.15 17.75 17.75 STEER: WRESTLDiG 1. P ete Bruisedhead 382.38 267.72 2. Joe B ruisedhead 171.10 3. Maurice Olney 4 . Ron B ird 65.47 26.77 5. G a r r e tt Spoonhunter 6 . Butch L i’l Moustache 26.77 TEAM ROPING . 1. $1,421.55: 2. 1,097.66 887.42 3. Fred Kinnerson 4. Roger Williams 76O.8O 643.50 5. Rayson Tupper 6. B i l l DUffy 638.66' 620.70 7 /8 . C arl Johnson 620.70 7 /8 . R u sse ll W illiams 582.28 9. Jim Hooper 10. Mel Sampson 520.75 474.69 11. P ete B ruisedhead 463.16 12. R ichard Tupper 46O.5O 13. Fred Hooper 14. G a r r e tt Spoohhunter 422.22 351.5O 15. Mel Joseph 16/17 J r * ' Adams 324.75 16/17 B i l l Valdez 324.75 18. Ralph Rogers 314.27 286.00 19. Tod C line 234.50 20/21 Randy Rogers Gary Rogers 234.50 20/21 234.OO 22. Arlen Hoses I76.OO 23. Eugene Harry 157.14 24/25 L ori Braden 157.14 24/25 Lloyd Pinkham 149.29 26/27 P a t P rovost 26/27 James P la in Eagle 149.29 < 147.31 28. Dan B ird 121.78 29. Rick Hooper 117.00 30/31 C a r ro ll Shadley . 117.00 30/31 Gordon F r a z ie r 110.00 32. Herman Anderson 81.84 Byron P a tt 33/34 81.84 33/34 Tom Begay 70.72 35. Mike Hanson 58.50 36/37 W ilbur Thom 58.50 36/37 W ilford Kinnerson BARRELS 1. Lavanda Bronson 2. Fawn Walker 3. Ronda H errera 4. L orraine H all 5 . Merci t a SÌJohn 6. C atherine Heath 7 . Margie Walker 8. Carmel Squiemphen 9 . M arita Johnson 10. Connie Sam 11. Claudine F l e t t 12. B etty Sampson 13. Joan Berry 14. H ester W illiams $524.42 518.43 518.21 423.66 382.91 360.80 336.83 283.83 268.50 232.80 226.00 217.28 86.37 69.38 CALF ROBING l ; Les Reynolds 2. Roger W illiams 3. P ete Bruisedhead 4. Butch L i’l Moustache 5. James P la in Eagle 6. G a r r e t t , Spoonhun t e r 7. Lawrence C raw ler 8. Mel Joseph 9. Tod C line 10. Jim Hooper 11. Fred W illiams 12. T erry R ider 13. Fred Kinnerson 14. Randy Rogers 15. P a t P ro v o st 16. Fred Hooper 17. Tom Begay $767.72 589.04 453.OI 354.90 337.56 250.26 214.76 198.12 I74.OO 145.98 1 ^ .0 0 138.40 87.OO 47.73 42.96 29.00 23.87 cow MILKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Wes W illiam s $1,196.53 Fred K innerson 585.04 Rick Hooper 510.04 Mel Joseph 443.04 Mel Sampson 410.00 Gordon F r a z ie r 340.00 Jim Hooper 322.84 G a rre tt Spoonhunter 316.61 P ete B ruisedhead 269.12 J r ; Adams 258.41 Larry Lewis 229.54 Byron P a t t 213.88 Roger W illiams 2O8.34 Ron Luke 189.97 Dave Smith x 150.74 B laine Louis 127.OO Gary Rogers 110.82 Dan S c o tt 76.38 Arlen Moses 39-58 ALL-■AROUND 1. Wes Williams $2,294.19 2,036.43 2. Dave B est 1,579.20 3. P ete Bruisedhead 4. Fred Williams 1,566.55 1.559.46 5. Fred Kinnerson 6. Roger Williams 1,558.18 Jim Hooper 1,051.10 7. 8. G a rre tt Spoonhunter 1,015.86 992.66 9- Mel Joseph 10. Vince G arcia 947.89 11. Mel Sampson 930.75 12. Roy Begody 838.92 817.45 13. Richard Louis 14. J e r ry Sam 712.64 631.82 15. Rick Hooper 16. J r . Adams 583.16 552.85 17. Ted Hurtado 18. Duane B est 490.07 489.50 19. F red Hooper 486.85 20. James P lain Eagle 460.00 21. Tod C line • 457.00 22. Gordon F ra z ie r 456.32 23. Leland Tom 381.67 24. Butch L i’l Moustache 368.99 25. B i l l Valdez 26. Gary Rogers 345.32 295.72 27. Byron P a tt 28. Randy Rogers 282.23 Arlen Moses 273.58 29. 192.25 30. P a t Provost 105.71 31. Tom Begay A rough sport—David Andrews hung up on his bull rope DAVID ANDREWS, SHOWN 1/1 a series o f what could happen to bull riders if the rope is n o t secured properly. Andrews was hung up on his bullrope and tossed in front o f the bull and was butted while his hand was still in the hand holt. Spilyay Tymoo Photos
