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Show jWild Horse Round-Up Now i On at Antelope Springs On the sun-baked plains in the vicinity vi-cinity of Antelope Springs, 30 miles west of Cove Fort, is being staged this week by the boys of the Beaver American Legion and others, a great j wild horse round-up, which, is successful, suc-cessful, will give the wildest agre-gation agre-gation of bucking mustangs for the lie-aver County Fair and F.odeo, Sept. S, i) and 10, that were ever turned loose iii an arena. Year by year, the bands of wild iiorses that once roamed the mountains moun-tains and plains of Utah in great herds, have grown fewer and fewer; civilization has gradually pushed them back into more remote sections, and in a few more years wild horses in this state will have gone the ways of the buffalo and other wild life. Several large bands of these wild, untamable mustang have been located lo-cated in the vicinity of Antelope Springs and Cricket mountain sections, sec-tions, and the boys of the American Legion conceived the idea of rounding round-ing up these bands, securing a bunch of them for the rodeo events during the coming fair. Camp has been established for the week by the wild-horse hunters at Ainf lope Springs. Tuesday morning two wagons, drawn by four-horse teams, and loaded with three tons of feed and supplies, left Beaver for camp. The drivers were Dewey Hurst and Gilbert Smith. Bob Xow-ers Xow-ers followed the teams with twelve head of saddle horses. The following day between twenty and thirty of the best riders in the county started for the camp, to begin operations, which now is well underway. Among the many participants in thi wild-horse round-up are Lamar Anderson, Ken Barton, John P. Barton, Bar-ton, Arnold Parkinson, Bihop Farr-er, Farr-er, Ernest Muir, Presley Whornham, Alvin Cardley, Tom Muir and many others whose names we were unable to learn. The rounding up and trappng of these wild horses of the range promises prom-ises as many thrills and excitement as the rodeo itelf, and every rider who could possibly get away for the week is out at Antelope Springs taking part in the sport. With a herd of these wild, untamed untam-ed bronchos at the Beaver County Fair and Rodeo, it is safe to say that there will be some ezhibition of riding rid-ing skill at the coming rodeo, never before seen at any fair in Utah. Press. |