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Show - - - . - - Floyd Murphy WinsEvery Wins WinsEvery WinsEvery Every Relay RelaJI at Rodeo . When floyd Murphy entered a arace arace arace race at the Vernal Rodeo last week weekthe weekthe weekthe the crowd would be on Its feet to tocheer tocheer tocheer cheer the white shirted shunted rider rlder as he heI heinvariably heinvariably heInvariably I invariably came In do lead ' with 'iVtth iVtth hIs hiswell hiswell I Iwell well trained horses apeaking Speaking of ofthe ofthe I Ithe the show Floyd said S8Ut 'I I ' I have nev never neven ncver er en attended a rodeo where wherf > I was wastreated wastreated wastreated treated better or have I ever work worked workad worked ed ad with such a fine group of com corn commItteemen cornmitteemen cornmitteemen mItteemen I will wlJl be lookinc lookIng for forward forward forward ward to the 1041 1941 show slrow to be baek back backin backIn i iIn In Vernal afain again with such a swell swellbunch swellbunch swellbunch bunch of peopleFloyd people peopleFloyd I Floyd won every eVt"ry eVtry " relay race on onthe onthe onthe the procram program the RomanEapd Roma Romao arid lJ.Pd lJPd . five fiveof fiveof fiveof of the flat races According to Otls Otis OtlsWeeks OtisWeeks OtisWeeks Weeks chairman of ot the races andofficial and andomclal andofficial omclal official starter his string ; was one oneof oneof oneof of the best mannered on the trackluring track trnck track"lurint < "lurint lurint 1urlng luring " the meet mt'it mtit ' ! The animals animalswere animalswere animalswere were Casey Buff Burt Quid Qukl GInger Ginger'tansy GingerSassy 'tansy tansy ' y Jane Nonparel Lad and 001 Col 001Leonard ColLeonard OolLeonard Leonard I I I Leaving avlng home In April Floyd Floydtoured Floydtoured Floydtoured toured the shows In CalifornIa CalifornIawhere Californiawhere Californiawhere where he won the Marian Marsh MarshI Marshgold Marshgold Marshtold gold trophy He won an average .ver ver . e In Inrelays inrelays Inrelays relays at Red Muff Bluff Sallnas SaUnas Salinas Livermore Liver- Liver Livermore Liver-more Liver more - more New Hale aiid and Saciu Sagu.f Saguf Sagn . He also alsoattended alsoattended alsoattended attended Cheyenne From Vernal Vernalhe Vernalhe Vernalhe he went to Sun Valley Walla , Wali Wa1I Wa1 Wal Wa1ia Walla la ia and Pendlelon Pendleton He expects expect8 to be beon beon beIon I on the road until untu October 10 when whenIhe whenhe whenihe he will wU1 return to his 3 3000 000 acreranch acre acreranch acreranch Ihe winter ranch at Canon City Clty Colo for thewinter the thewinter I In 1M7 1937 and 1938 1 3 he was holder of ofIthe ofthe ofthe Ithe the National Championship Champiol1.5hlp Champiol15hlp . for the therelay therelay therelay relay race He says the Roman Is IsI isa Isa I a good race and Is popular at most most'rodeos mostrodeos mostrodeos 'rodeos rodeos ' rodeos He Ukes likes the Pony Expressrace Expreas Express ! race as one of the fastest fa.stest . on the thetrack thetrack track and woudi woud1 woudl like l1ke to o see It run runat runat runat at Vernal next yearEven yearEven year yearEven Even though thou h Floyd has been beencompeting beencompetlni I yearI competing In cowboy rodeo relays relaysoruy relaysonly reloysonly oruy only six sir years he Is recognized as asIthe asthe asthe the most consistent winner of thetime the thetime thetime Ithe time He H rides relay pony express expressand expressand expressand and Hat flat races When Murph Is IsIn Isin laIn In a race you can c n be pretty cer car cartaro cerI certain certain tain taro that he la Is fotaf going to be b * in front frontabout frontabout frontabout I about nine times out of tenHe tenHe fn ten fnHe He came to the top the first year yearthat yearthat yearthat that he h started riding rldtn which whlch 111 Is 111unusual Isunusual I unusual as it takes most boy boys years year8 . to ret get to where he h did in one year yearIn yearIn ye rIn In 1936 1 > 3 he rode axalnst against two top topI topboys topboys torboys I boys Cy Gray and Frankle Frankie Bunu Burns BunuI Bunuwho Burnswho Bunuwho who had been competinc competing for years yearand . * , I and won over them both at th6 the th6Cheyenne theCheyenne th thCheyenne < Cheyenne Frontier Days This ac- ac accomplIshment accornpllshment ac accomplishment - complishment cornpllshment made him famousovernight famous famousoVl"mlght famousovernliht oVl"mlght oVlmlght overnight " and his hls ability to stay stayup stayup sta3up up there ther has made him a place placewith placewith plac placwith < with all rIdersHe ridersHe riders rIdersI - " " ' I -He He 'He He He was raised on a ranch near nearSpringfield nearSpringfield neaiSprlnttleld Springfield Colo and beian beg1\n beg1 n began \ his his'ridIng hisriding 'ridIng ridIng ' riding as an everyday necesalty necessity He HeBoon Hesoon Hesoon Boon soon found he h could win money moneyaround moneyaround monesaround around the county fairs falr rlcllng riding rlcllngract's ridingraces ridlniraces ract's racts races ' That was Ills his start He is a aBttle alittle little Bttle brown eyed man with a generous gen- gen generous Ken-erous Ken erous - - erous grin rln and a wiry wlry little body bodyHe bodyHe bodyHe He welths weIghs 123 and Is 15 30 years old oldHe oldHe oldHe He Is ls a little older than most rid riden ridera riders en era ; as he J1e didn dldn t start out so youngHe youngHe youny young younyHe He won practically all the tbe ma majar major maor . jar jor } races on the circuit and when whenhe whenhe whenhe he doesn down twIn t win first ftrst he Is usually usuallyI usuallyIn usuallyIn I In the money-barrtng money barrtng money-barring barring money - - barring accidents accidentsof I of course He has won at Cheyenne Cheyennea a number of times as well aa as atPendleton at atPendleton atPendleton Pendleton 6un Bun Sun Valley Filer 8al1n- 8al1n Sa11n- Sa11n 8al1nas Sa11nas Btdln-IL Btdln IL - as considers * and Red Bluff Calif CalIt He consid- consid - consid consId- consIders considers - ers Pendleton hia his lucky spot a.s as . a.she ashe ashe he has rid riden en In nine relay races racesthere racesthere racesthere there and won nine nloe flrst.s--a flrst.sa flrst.s flrsts a firsts-a firsts firsts . - - a record recordof record7f recordof of 7f 100 per oer cent He owns his own horses hot-sea hot sea - and at- at attributes attributes at attributes - - tributes his success 8UCCe&5 8UCCe5 & not to the speed speedof speedof spedof * ! of his animal but to their abllitv ability abllitvto abilityto abllltvto to work for him in a relay A goodboy good goodboy foodboy boy on a strinf string of horses goodI that thatworks thatworks thatworfcs I works well has a oetter Detter nester chance ot of otwinning ofwinning otwinning winning ' thaji t.han than . one on a fast fQSt fist , string stringthat strinfthat I that doesn t work The most tin- tin tinportent Im 1m-.portant 1m.portant 1m .portant portant - I aceI . portant portent thlnr things in a relay race ace are acethe arethe arethe the chantes changes and a horse must work workrIght workright workrirht rIght In order for the boy to make makea makea a . fast change Ployd Floyd can net jet get : ( Of on onand onand ! and off like Uke creased greased lightning- lightning llq-htnlng llq htnlng lightningsowith - - so sowith sowith sowith with this thls combtnat\bn combtnat bn combinatybn combination \ he Is BOme some BOmethIng something somethinf thIng to watch In any any ny raceMiss race raceMiss Miss Pearl Shatter Shaffer returned lastWednesday last lastWednesday laatWednesday Wednesday from Lofan Logan where she sheattended sheattended sheattended attended the USAO U8AC summer school schoolfor schoolfor schoolfor schoolI for six . weeks v.eeks veeks Before B Tore returning returninghome returninghome returnln returnlnhome < I home she spent 8pent a week In Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake visiting vWtIng her brother |