Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-25 | Page 3 | Rodeo Championship Awards to Close Wagon Days Feature

Rodeo Championship Awards To Close Wagon Days Feature Wild horses and championship awards Saturday night will climax the four-day four Utah Covered Wagon Days rodeo at the state fairgrounds riders ropers bulldoggers and oth other r contestants contestants contestants con con- of the rodeo will stage their final battle for arena supremacy acy acv and division of the prize crize money The total purse includes In n prize money plus a percentage of entrance fees Because this rodeo topped prize money offers of both Cheyenne Wyo Frontier Days and the Ogden Pioneer Days rodeos I Salt Lake City drew the worlds world's top- top hand riders champions and former champions Burl Mulkey of Salmon Idaho looks like first money for the bronc riding event having won two seconds seconds sec see and a first in the three previous ous competitions The four-day four champion will receive 1100 prize money plus entry fees Wild Horse Race A wild horse race and presentation presenta presenta- tion of awards will end tonight's performance A driving rain Friday afternoon failed faHed to dampen either the spirit of competition of contestants or enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- of a pa packed ked grandstand Slippery footing caused disaster to many and riders and some I wicked f falls which also spiced Thursday nights night's bronc busting I were repeated So keen has competition competition com corn petition been that five had to be allowed Smoky Snyder of Kimberley B. B C. C Cf rode rodo to top honors in the bareback bronc riding event Friday with Fox Newhall CaL Cat and Frank Schneider Hanford CaL Cat second second sec see ond and third Ralph Stanton from Missoula Mont gave the most thrilling ride when his mount crashed against the east fence Takes akes First Money Ioney Jon Jonas s De Do Arman Sayre Okla Okia took first mon money y in tho the caI calf roping feat with a time of 20 5 5 2 seconds After in the saddle bronco riding contests Frank Schneider was declared first Mulkey second and Leo Murr Murray Murrey y of Benson Ariz third Gene Gerie Ross Sayre Okla I won the he bulldogging event in 92 5 seconds with Jonas De Arman only man entered in every very rodeo event second second sec see ond end with 12 5 5 1 seconds and Stanton third with 12 5 2 seconds Snyder won tho the steer riding contest contest contest con con- test with Hughie Long of Battleford Battleford Battle Battle- ford Sask second and Terry Lockyer Lockyer Lockyer Lock- Lock yer Firth Idaho third Carl Preston of Dallas Texas delighted the audience again with his beautiful high school white horse A leg injury suffered several days ago and aggravated by other spills during his Roman style two-horse two jumps over an automobile forced Louis Tindall out of all but roping events on Fridays Friday's program Fulkerson rodeo clown and two mirthful characters in a trick automobile continued to keep spectators spectators spectators spec spec- laughing