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Show Another World's Champion Enters for Stampede Contest Tex McLeod, champion fancy roper of the world. One of the best bits of news received at the Western Stampede offices was that received yesterday announcing the entry of Tex McLeod in three of the events of the stampede, which b.eglns at the State Fair grounds on Friday, McLeod Mc-Leod Is the champion fancy roper of The world. He won the championship at Calgary Cal-gary last year and previously was one of tho most consistent prize winners in tho fancy roping game. Early this year he entered Into a contract with the Sells-Flo Sells-Flo to circus and since that time has been the feature of the wild west show which follows the main performance. Ho will leave the circus at Butte today anil return re-turn to .loin them at Cal-jarv In (.'ana-da. (.'ana-da. He will also enter the ste r-rorlng i 'and bucking horses contest In .ludltm to the fanty roping. The aMnipflr officials offi-cials consider McLcod'8 entry to be otic of the most hnportunt that Mas vet ocen rKjKtthosrcjvi far tho best fancy roper In the country. While he will have plenty of competition in tho stampede contests, he la by long odds the favorite and looked upon us a sure winner. The last of the wild horses for the contests arrived yesterday and make a total of ItoO animals. Including the steers. They are now stationed at the fair grounds and hundreds of people have looked .them over and watched the riders working out their training. The contests will be all held under the rules and sanction sanc-tion of the International frontier contest commission, which makes them official. The entries close tonight and then the officials will make up the dally programme, pro-gramme, assigning each eonteatunt to ills place on the programme. The Indians In-dians from Fort Hull will arrive this afternoon, together with two cars of ponies which they will use in tho Indian acaenKnnljp entered. With the Indians already here, there will bo a total of 150. representing six different tribes. It Is believed that when tho entries close tonight there will bo more than 300 contestants, which will completely rill the events. The railroad rates from outside points zo Into effect tomorrow and It Is believed that one of tho largest crowds over attracted by an amusement event will be here. Tomorrow Is carnival day at Saltair and an unusually Interesting programme is promised. Bathing Js again very comfortable, com-fortable, as the lompcraturc of the water wa-ter has rapidly Increased and by this afternoon is expected to reach 7S degrees. The dancing programmes, which aro a feature of tho carnival day celebrations, will Include a matinee with u special programme pro-gramme In lhe afternoon and two bands at night Montgomery's and Mollerup's. The dancing programme will be contlnu-ri |