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Show H . A IUCAIj STAQll'JlOIS. ' ' ' HB SaJftyrfike in to Ue thocUiTo of one H of ffie tusrercnst "wild west fr&ntier and H stampede -shows" ever 'staged. ,The H Western Stampede-company was In- H ror-po&tad leceifLly InlhJ cW for, H the purpoBe of coridtrbCfnK this' event H and plnns under way Indicate that H eer thing will bo done upon a very H extensie scale. "The stampede" will H be fflvon at the state fair grounds, be- B grinning Jul. 4, and will oontinuo a HV week or longer in case it becomes HJ ne'snry to decide the contests which HJ will be a feature of the big show. HI The plans for the stampede Include HV , a Retles of world's championship con- HH I teNts In all the eents common to HB "wild west" shows Riding of buck- Hb ing horses, steer roping, fancy rld- Hl int. fancy 1 oping, all sorts of racqs H for cowbbys, cowgirls, Indians, etc. Hi There will be women contestants In M practically all of the events. t The Ha piikoK nlready announced --include . HJ 20.000 in cash purees, In addition to HJ various asocial prizes, such as "snd- HJI dies, medals and championship Hj ' awHids. The officials aje in com- Hj fl I municatlon with ovet 500 porsons who H i hae won championships of various Hfl Kinds and the plan is to bring thorn , H together hero for world's ohnmplon- HY i ship contest. HH ' A contract has been let with hoise- Hflj man and stookmon "tof Wyoming, Mon- B tnija'-aud Idaho to furnish 1C0 hoises B ' and 250 steeis fiom the ranges of HI I "- those states, and lit Is expected that H , nearly 100 additional horses will be H ' bi ought heie by" the contestants HHl HHl i themsehes. The barns and stables Iat the fair grounds will need to be enlarged to accommodate all the nnl- main, and tills woik will begin at H i i n'e Other chafl&cs and additional H i svuting facilities are being planned. R The stampede Will be hold at the BH time of the National Education asso- Hfl elation, and In addition It is expected HI large crowds wlll-fle nttractod by the Bj show. A publicity bureau has boon Hj established and 25.000 nnnounce- H meats have ol really beon sunt out to BD Commercial clubs? newspaper pub- BH Ushers and otbaffi HH i |