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Show H BECKER SCORES I AT ELKO RODEO Ogden Gun Artist G-ets Lion's Share of Nevadans' Applause H (Special Dispatch H ELKO, NOV., .Sept IS. G. L. Reclcor of tgden, Utah, nationally known trap expert held the attention atten-tion of 1500 spectators at the Elko county fair and race meet Saturday afternoon when he Rave an exhibition Hj of fancv rifle shootlnjr Mr. Becker Hj was assisted by Col.. P. A. Dlx, also ol Ogden HI Mr. Broker's fam shooting was Hfli rated a.s tho most attractive event on D the program and the fart that he ap peared kept hundreds of out of town H isltors in Elko to witness his per- f Excepting when his rifle magaalne H) had been emptied ttie gun artist l shattered every target. 1 Opinion was divided as to whether Hl his rendition of "My Old Kentucky H Horn" on the chimes target, or. his H shooting of glass balls in the air, f while traveling swiftly an auto- j m mobile wore the best portions of the HJ act. It was remarked, however, that Hl the playing of the ballad l rifle shots I j was one of the most unusual feats j of marksmanship ever witnessed in i H this part of the country. H Another featuro of Mr. Becker's ti- j Bj tertalnnient was his shooting of tar- J H gets from the fingers of Col. Dlx Mr. H Hi i ker. at the conclusion of his ap- I H - pearance before the fair visitors, was j Hj given the biggest share of applause j Hf that was accorded to any of the per-j Bj formers, this in spite of the fact that Hj a jockey rode his horse In a winner H after flrsl being thrown, and a cow- f boy successfully bulldogged a steer H after the animal bad tossed him HJ During his shooting act Mr. Becker Hj accomplished something that has been B ihe ambition of 90 pi r fair isitor during the past week. During one of his "stunts several! 1 balloons filled with hydrogen were H released. As the bobbing rubber bub-j H bles ascended Mr Beck caught sight : H of them and cut them down with his I, H Mr. Becker spoke heartily regarding I the Elko county fair and rodeo. St. a-: H tog that there was a spirit manifest . H in Elko which is unusual lor a city ( H of its size. H' said that the crowd at the fair was fully as large as tho R crowd present at the Ogden vi (rest Hj show on the final day. He also paid i H a high compliment to Kir hospitality H of, the city and said that it should J fl make rapid strides in growth in a ; H short time if the same enthusiastic! H spirit characterized at the fair ls! H maintained. Mr. Becker and Col. Dixit H departed Saturday evening for Og- rlfl , p |