THE PAGEANT OF THE PASSING OF THE OLD WEST 



This greatest of all human shows is a magnificent three-day 

 cowboy carnival, given over to the old sports and passing life 

 of the frontier, characteristic, unique, thrilling, a classic in which 

 the Old West stalks before one in the flesh. Here gather over a 

 thousand cowboys, cowgirls, Indians, stage drivers and cow- 

 country people. They ride in from Tum-a-lum to Hidaway, 

 they come from California and the Dakotas, and from beyond 

 the Mexican border and the Canadian line. These actors are 

 real range folk fresh from the ranges and reservations and 

 include the most superb contingent of rough riders ever brought 

 together. 



From the time the starter's first pistol shot rings out at one 

 each afternoon until the wild horse race is finished there is not 

 an idle moment in the spectacles spread out before one, not a 

 break in the unbroken chain of head and heart thrillers, in the 

 wonderful feats performed. 



In this pageant of the old range sports and pastimes, men of 

 agile body and iron nerve vie in fancy roping and trick riding; 

 compete in cowpony and standing races, in the relay and pony 

 express, in roping wild steers and bulldogging Texas longhorns ; 

 participate in the grand mounted parade; dance in Indian cere- 

 monials ; race with the old stagecoaches ; contest on famous 

 bucking bulls, steers, and buffaloes and on the backs of the 

 world's worst outlaw horses. There is no set stage effect, all 

 events are competitive, the climaxes impromptu. It is all "best," 

 marvelous, new and — all American. 



It is the child of Pendleton's sturdy citizens, who have, as 

 though by magic, created a fascinating instructive object lesson 

 in Nature and modernized humanity. It is owned by the munici- 

 pality of Pendleton, pays neither dividends nor profits and is 

 staged by a volunteer association of young men who serve with- 

 out salaries. Its money goes into prizes for the contestants and 

 the improvement of the city. The arena is enclosed by a quarter 

 mile track which is almost entirely surrounded by grandstand 

 and bleachers with a total seating capacity of 40,000, the largest 

 west of the Mississippi River. It is a monument to the little 

 city who birthed and matured it. 



In all the world there is no more thrilling impressive spec- 

 tacle, it nurtures the wonderful heritage our forefathers created 

 for us, it puts a glow into the minds of youth, it strikes yo& 

 squarely between the eyes, and reveals the great living, panting 

 West before you. 



