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Show 2 11 The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, July Vow to Continue Strike 24, 1980 Family Goes in for Grueling Sport of Ride and Tie Running, tying knots and riding horses is a family affair for the Ralph Wadsworths of Draper. Five members of the family recently competed in the Park City Ride and Tie Contest, a race grueling that teams man and horse against time and the mountains. le Two of the Wadsworth men, in fact, won the ritce, beating out the first-- , second- - and third-plac- e winners of the national contest held in June in Big Bear Lake, California. Con, 20, and Tod, 19, finished running the race in the mountains above Park City in three hours and 57 minutes just two minutes before the team, second-plac- e brothers Ty, and Kip, 14, also competed, as did their father, Ralph, who finished seventh. Don't Understand If youre not impressed, you dont under-elan-d what ride and tie is all about. The race was invented by an employee of jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss, who '.got the idea from Old West tales about cow-hohabit of taking turns running and riding when they only had one horse. Now there are about 12, ys 100 locally-6ponsore- d races held around the country, all adhering to certain rules. The teams are com- The mounted member of the team will eventually stop and tie the horse to a stationary object, jump off and start running. When his partner reaches the horse, he jumps on and rides until he overtakes the first rider. The horse is tied again and the procedure repeated. Checked by Vets Along the route, the horses pulse and respiration are checked by vetemarians, who have a authority to pull horse if it doesnt cool down sufficiently to continue without harm. Marshals are responsible for checking the riders tying. Sound crazy? Thats what we its thought at first crazy, said Con. But the horse does it for you. Rifto, the horse, was an important member of the team, according to the winners. Because he is an Arabian, Rifto is lighter and has greater endurance than other breeds and was able to run continuously, passing all vet checks, without suffering any adverse side effects. It is important, however, to have good runners on the team, said Tod. First you find a runner, then you find a horse. The two men began working out in January, running 10 miles every night in the foothills near horse, said Tod. He got pulled on the second vet check. Gain Encouragement Encouraged by their father. Tod and Con looked ahead to the Park City race, knowing they would have another chance to beat the teams that had beat them in the California ride and tie. On the first loop of the Park City race, Rifto threw a shoe and was delayed 20 minutes in a vet check. At that point, the Wadsworths were running more than one mile at a stretch and maintaining a respectable lead over the competition. Toward the end of the race, however, they were forced to stop and tie every quarter mile to Kennecott Workers Feel the Pinch conned keep ahead. We pulled ahead in the last five miles though. It was all said Con. Auphill, lthough many of the teams were composed of one or two marathon quality runners, the altitude and terrain worked against them, he explained. his sons into competing in the na- tionals. It was Mr. Wadsworth first got the family who interested in ride and tie after winning a bet that, on foot, he could beat the mans horse on a race up the Baldy trail of Mt. Jordan in south Salt Lake County. We were used to it. Wed practiced where we were going to be racing, said Con. He won. And it wasnt long after the same neighbor heard about the ride and tie and told Mr. Wadsworth hed found the perfect sport for him. Their prize as first-plac- e team was $500, but both men said the greatest reward was beating the national champions. The next year, Mr. Wadsworth and Con took second place in the Park City Ride and Tie and since then the whole familys been doing crazy as Mr. Wadsthings, worth refers to the sport. Awful Hard Its awful challeng- ing. Its awful hard and when youre done you feel youve really accomplished something, said Ralph Wadsworth, who Big Wheels Will Roll Again Billed as the most popular event of the summer, Salt Lake County Recreation Departments annual Big Wheel Contest will be held Monday through Thursday, July 31, at various locations throughout the county. The competition will begin Monday at Granite High School Parking lot, 3400 S. 500 East. It will continue Tuesday at Kearns High School parking lot, 5600 S. 4800 West; Wednesday at Midvale Park, 350 E. Center St. ; and Thursday at the East High School parking lot, 1350 E. 800 South. The contest is open to all children 7 years old or younger. Trophies will be awarded each day for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the combined events. Children are requested to bring their own Big Wheels or something similar, according to the recreation department. Registration will be from to a.m. each morning and races will begin at 10 a.m. 9 10 All activities will begin under the direction of the Gypsy staff, a group of summer employees specializing in and games, folk dancing, story-tellin- g drama. Ample parking will be available at all locations. By Steve Saunders Tribune Staff Writer Striking Kennecott copper workers who began receiving union strike insurance benefits this week, old walkout. are feeling the pinch of their three-wee- k to inclination little But they show give up the strike, which they see as a company provoked lockout, until Kennecott changes its bargaining position. Steelworkers Union officials at local headquarters on Redwood Road, where benefit checks began being disbursed this week, said workers feeling the pinch the hardest are the younger workers with the least seniority and, in many cases, the highest house payments and least savings. Most Doing OK Most workers are doing OK, according to Claude Tyer, president of Steelworkers Local 4347. But as long as the strike continues, it hurts everybody, he said. The recession and the reluctance of employers to hire striking workers has made it difficult for many workers to find interim employment, he said. Other workers reported the strike has forced many wives to return to work, made it necessary to hire babysitters, and has already caused marital problems. Money problems always cause friction in a marriage, one worker said. You have school clothes to buy, utility bills to pay . . . what are you going to do? Workers with more seniority and past experience with strikes when new contracts are due are better off in many cases because they have been able to save up a a cash reserve and have accumulated paid vacations, workers reported. Savings Depleted But those nearing rerirement will also begin to feel the strain if the strike continues, one man said. It depletes what many people have been putting away for retirement, said Joseph Balfour, a welder in the Kennecott smelter with 36 years seniority. Maybe they cant retire when they planned to. Theres no doubt about it, said Mr. Tyer. People are hurting. In spite of these hardships, Terry Thomas, president of Steelworkers Local 4413, refinery workers, said the union has no breaking point if Kennecott insists on sticking to its last contract proposal. According to Mr. Thomas, the contract takes away a number of union worker benefits and lowers their overall salaries. If it takes eight weeks or until Christmas, were not giving these things back, he said. I haven't heard one member say we should go back. The feeling among those at the union hall as well as union workers manning three picket lines at the Kennecott smelter, refinery and concentrators, was that the strike was deliberately provoked by uhe copper company so they could take care of needed maintenance without having to shut down the plants and pay unemployment benefits. See Page Don't get stung on bees! $2 Sell em quick with a Classified Ad! N. ABLE EXPERT WIU.Y ...whether you have a swarm, a hiie or Just PAINTING mors than Just hang out your shing le. Sell your service Do abecor tm through For further information call the Salt Lake County Recreation Department. Ca23?2X0- h marshals as the.. CLASSIFIED ADS J posed of two people and a their home, 12542-9thorse. The mounted East, and making members of the teams weekend practice runs of line up, with the runners standing behind them. 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