Show PIONEER celebration 0 vii 1 EVER OG ETHER IN COUNTY american legion puts over rodeo with whirly i n races and wild west stunts galore gaibie t the pioneer celebration land and rodeo staged by the san juan county post of the american legion thursday alii and friday orlist of last week was the biggest affair of its kind ever staged in san juan county the affair bringing together the michst numerous aggregation gic gre gation of fast horses ever seen on the local track the races also brought out the fact that san juon JUDI county is growing glowing some horses that thai will wiil have to be reckoned lecko ned with in tha future by the fact of cur horsemen her semen laying having bred to the tha thoroughbred horse Flannel shirt sent here by the kov government three years ago as way was evidenced by the performance of colts ill fil the year old and pony races that made the half liala mile eburne course with oui out a falter nt at speeds beyond the power lot bf cold blooded horses an anywhere the celebration opened with a 43 49 parade the feature of which was the ithe largo large number of indians that took part fallowes fallowed fall owed by a program at 3 auditorium in the forenoon I 1 the pio program gr ap i 0 of sports in the after nc acon 0 at the lair grounds relied lesul fed as follows kid pony race clyde darton I 1 bruce fiest F rost 2nd and one mile 1 diep for o r all don oil gil niches Bro browney lyney api ast 1st dan mooda moodys dickey 2nd and E J coplen brought i m it a mule dittle which gave an aai exhibition of pitching vIlich would have put to shame some of the renowned bucking gioi horses ESS and which vh swe swede de UW lewis 1 W descended frol froin 11 all cut much to tile the delight of the spectators the goat ropino roping gave a chance for horsemen to ta show their heir sk skill or lack of it as there were nvere many more misses than catches toni tom ryan captured first prize in 21 seconds with ray young second in 30 seconds heber fe fiest st made a quick catch but his horse failed to stand tind all he got was a badly wrenched ivren ched knee for his attempt the bucking contest was a long iong drawn out affair there being eight on entrants arants trants some of the bucking was too accod for the boys there being several spills swede lewis took firt first allone money y in in this with leonard cwilliams second d there were only two errica in the cli chariot riot race lace but it was very exciting oc citing the teams being pretty evenly in matched atch dob bob took first money in in a whirlwind finish aga inai kenneth baileys prey tearo team heber frost made a great ride lide on a bucking auto until the framework frame of tile the machine broke and stopped tha th z exhibition A matched rree between the kid ponies of jay wilson and jed jed dailey bailey was won by jay in the quarter of a mile free for all there were six sit er entries tries oliver brothers libby C tilting taking first money with goo perkin s tony second re A three hundred yard mil pony race bet ivern frd fj d kellers Kol lors ind and heber frosts ponies was won by tile the frost pony i tile the afternoons afternoon sports were r closed with a roman aiace race which was w wen n by don gilmore the dance in the evening was wai patronized ly the la crowd tint hp haj 1 ever assembled arlor ra aff r in pie lie town it being until daylight tay light honn to show another lay day ahn main of tho days spoils wa 1 a I baseball ganio between the Blaa blanding ding oil and Mont ielo junior leaile trams teams s wore out their pencils before the final arning I 1 hut ut acro agreed that It Il landing was alfend in cumber of talles tal ca D da spite the high number of runs luns mad there was marked ct cf unda und eloped talent oil both teams A binl shield vi vas as yoken froni froin a spectators car and two apro hit by foul balls causing additional addition il excitement th the sports program plo opened en nt at the fair grounds with n two ye year aroll old ace covering one half miki ilo leon adams lindberg ccok first prize with jesse posers poseys borrel mire mare I 1 I 1 1 l second r cc bwl t the khe cowboy relay race had four e entries alan jones string taking f first place with clarence rogers second swede lewis took another whirl whir at atthe fac bucking mule riding him to a finish fin lh this was a great bucking through the crowd knocking down two or three running under uner the track fence and laying a rail leeross a spectators back before riving giving up trying to unseat the rider and breaking into a run Almit elied half mile mule race was staged by wallace bailey and navajo 1360 boy dailey bailey AN winning inning after his mule lla topped suddenly on oil the turn and him over its lead head much to ape t e delight of the crowd mile novelty race was run by 3 N lews lewis driving a one horse sha and wilford frost with a mis at 1 rl I team and light wagon lewis oung outgeneraling outgeneral u ing his opponent and cop pinol pi nithe the honors AI yard foot race drew four entrants gordon jones winning with lov io ii second thi half mile free for all had seven entries but was a big disappointment the ribber being snapped to a very poor strat that did riot net give the horses any an kind of an all even break it II was won iby by don Gil mores 11 browney wiley T john redds Wagon tongue a second TW 2 half nille mile pony race only had two entries elmer baileys bubbles bubble antl 11 ut 1 ji bailey a pony made a great finish after abler deciding to quit twice hinr ing by a length the potato race had to be contested for in in relays there being too in many 11 ny entries for all to perform at one time tit c it was vas close all round clarence I 1 rogers winning tile the first heat and teeing with wilford frost in the second the free for all relay race wiell only two entries was very exciting both riders along beautiful exhibitions of expert horsemanship oliver brothers string taking first woney noney the string of don cilmore Cil moro the celebration waind und up with a second big dance a at night a couple of boxing matches matcher which had ad ficen announced failing to materialize through some over the matter of cf licenses |