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Show Frontier My Show aft g$i Direct From Cheyenne i Ex-President Roosevelt, Who -Saw This Big Wild West Show at Cheyenne Only a Few Days Ago, said, "It is the Biggest Show I Ever . Saw" The Show Passed Through Ogdcn August 31st, and is N ow Playing at the State Fair of California and will be in Ogden Og-den on WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AND 15, 1910. ment will pay $100 to any man that 1 will rldo slick, scratch and whip a horso designated, and will also pay $100 to any man who will produce a Pacific coast horso that one of their experta cannot ride slick, scratch and whip. Nightshirt race, on honwbnck, one J and one-eighth miles; get off and light a cigar at first quarter; get off and change coat at half; get off and open grip and put on nightshirt at throc-quartors; mount and ride to within twenty yarda of the finish; din-mount din-mount and carry saddle and grip under un-der wire. Purso, $75. Tho following partial program has beu prepared for Ogden: Frontier Days' show from Cheyenne. Chey-enne. (Note In all events contested by Individuals the purses will ho divided C5 per cent, 25 per cent and 10 per cent. In team contests entire purso j goes to winning team.) I Cow pony race, open to all, ono-fourth ono-fourth mile Ponios must bo H hands, two Inches high and carry cow saddles. Purse, $7S.00 Indian Pony race, open to full blooded blood-ed Indians, one-fourth mile. Purse, $2,100. Free-for-all for untrained raco horses, ono-fourth mile. Purso, 5100.00. Dull-dogging of wild Texas steers. The stcor Is given a start of 150 feet. Cowboy chases him on horseback; Jumps from his horse to the back of the steer, reaching between tho horns and. catching the steer by the noeo with his hands and teeth, throws him to the ground Ladles' cow pony race, on-fourth mile. Contestants must rldo astride. Purse, $75.00, Trick roping by famoun oxperts. Cowboy relay race, ono and one-half one-half mlloB, each rider to be allowed three horses and two assistants and must charigo mounts twice in tho raco, the rider winning tho most half I miles In two days to get first money. Purse, 1175.00. Indian pony race, one-fourth mllo, for squaws and maidens. Purse, J15.00. Hat race, open to all men and women; wo-men; rider to cover 150 yards, picking pick-ing up threo hats on the way and throwing them on tho other side of the horso; rider picking up all tho hats and making tho best time to be declared tho winner. Purse, $50.00. Riding of wild horses, fresh from the rangeB and never before handled, by the most expert riders In tha I world. Indian war dance, by a band of fifty full-blooded Sioux Indiana from the Pine RJdgo reservation. Exhibition of trick roping by world-famous world-famous ropers. Bucking horso contest for the cham pionship of the world. Each contestant contest-ant shall ride any horso aa often as the JudgeB may deem necessary, tho Judges to secure at least five riders at the end of the socond day for tho finals on the las,t day. Any rider pulling pull-ing leather will bo disqualified. Purse, $400. Roping contest, open to tho world; entrance fee of $10 to bo added to tho purse; steers to have sixty feet start, then roped and hog-tied. If a steer Is not ropod within threo minutes min-utes the contestants will withdraw upon signal from the Judges. The six men making tho best tlmo In the preliminaries pre-liminaries will he selected for tho finals on the laat days. Purae, $400. Wild horse race, ono mile; each contestant to havo one assistant to havo hackamore, saddle and blindfold ready a tho wire and ready to receive re-ceive horsea when delivered by tho management. First horso under tho wire, running the right way, to bo declared the winner. Purse, $100. Special Wild West features. Including Includ-ing eomo of th most daring feats known In cowboy life. Tho manage- |