Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-07 | Page 10 | Entering Horses for Wild West Show

ENTERING HORSES fOR WILD WEST V SUO k- k 5 ce ir E Ep p v- v e y C I t It A i V NELSON PERRY OF or CHEYENNE Judge at the Wild West Show The markin marking and entering of horses for the wild w st show has be begun un Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Perr Perry from Cheyenne one of the judges is at the tho fair grounds busily eDga engaged ed in the work ork There are to bo two other judges jud es besides Mr Ir Perry and these men men will decide all contests Mr Perry is one of the best known cattle men throughout hout the west and has hasgood good judgment in ii such affairs He has been mixed up tIp in the cattle business all alJ his life and has acted as judge at wild west shows for the last ten years Mr Perry says that every rider and roper who enters the contest will be given iven a number which he will hold throughout the entire contest Every bad sad horse who is entered will also be numbered and he too will hold his number during the four foul days' days contestI contest I The names of the horses and the dif dif- ferent riders and ropers will willbo willbe bo be marked marke upon the program and in this manner maunc it will be possible for the spectators spectator to keep track of the different c events event and the winners We have found that this is th tho only safe method to pursue said Mr Perry I inasmuch as the different riders will wil have to ride any number of the bad horses that the jud judges es call upon them to ride That's the only way that a fair decision can be bo arrived at because it would be bo comparatively easy for a rider to get used to tho antics of some somo old timer with whom he had been a al associated as- as for some time and while to cl all appearances the horse might be giving iv ng him the ride rido of his bis life still if the rider knew every motion he made lie he woul wouldn't nt be in any danger of being thrown at any tim time Hence we wo make them switch horses and the only way that the public can keep track of what horse they are on is by having the horse numbered W We WJ i have brought on forty head of the tory tery worst horses horse that wo we have been able to pick up around the country Besides these those forty the local boys will probably have most as many here are ready to be en en- terea Any man who thinks he lie is a rider will get a chance to show his lIis skill kill on oa onas as many of these as we think proper This show shim is going to be bo fully as gooc good goodas as the one given each year at Cheyenne Cheyenne Chey Chey- enne an and 1 tho the frontier day celebration of the latter Jatter town has now TIOW now become its most widely renowned feature It has lIas been in existence there thero for thirteen years People come from all an over the east cast to view low it It is carried on under the auspices of a committee of citizens appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed b by tho the Cheyenne Industrial Industria i club An immense frontier park capable capable ca ca- ca- ca I I pable pablo of holdin holding any number of people has lias lately been laid out at a great cost to the city just north porth of the same And last year a monster steel double decked grand and stand was completed ala at al ata a ost ost of