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Show STAMPEDE CONTESTS BEGIN TODAY; WORLD'S CHAMPIONS WILL COMPETE One of tho chariot toamB entered for today. The wind and rain of last night did not prove sufficient lo dampen tho enthusiasm enthusi-asm of the officials of "The Stampede." All the entries are checked and listed and the riders assigned to the horses for today's contests. The list as made up promises ono of tho best programmes possible, pos-sible, and persons who fallow frontier sports look forward lo one of the most Shoeing' of an ox, "100 Years of Monnonism, ' to be shown at Colonial for one week, with matinees daily, starting this afternoon at 2:30. boys, cowgirls, scouts, plainsmen, Indians In-dians and other frontier characters, will leave- the fair grounds this morning in time to reach the business district between be-tween lO.-.'iO and 11 o'clock. All the contestants con-testants will participate and, following their usual custom, will endeavor to outshine out-shine each other In appearance. Many of the contestants have outfits that have cost vkell up Into tho hundreds, and one Governor Spry and J. G. McDonald and party will be guests of the management at the afternoon performance and will occupy specially "decorated boxes in the grandstand. The governor will be Invited In-vited to give the signal that will for-( mally open the contests and set tho Stampede in action. It was announced yesterday that the prices advertised cover |