OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS 



Under the name of the Northwestern Frontier Ex- 

 hibition Association, "The Round-Up" was born, this 

 name having bobbed up several times in replies to the 

 advertisements of the Association for a suitable appel- 

 lation for the show. 



Six officers and a board of nine directors picked 

 solely for their individual qualifications led the organi- 

 zation, which comprised about two hundred and fifty 

 of Pendleton business and financial men. Roy Raley, 

 the first president and prime mover and organizer, 

 wrote the initial program, which, it is interesting to 

 know, has never been practically changed, starting fast 

 and snappy with the cowboy pony race and following 

 through a well-planned gamut of range sports of var- 

 ious sorts; races, steer bulldogging and roping, grand 

 parade, and last but not least, that king of sports, buck- 

 ing. Eventually the contests led to the world cham- 

 pionships competitions in these sports. 



Shares of ten dollars each were sold and but one 

 share to a man. Supported by the citizens of Pendle- 

 ton, the idea was backed up with a capitalization of 

 $5,000, and $3,200 worth of stock was sold. Then 

 a first directorate of fifteen prominent men of 

 Umatilla County were elected to take charge of the 

 Round-Up. Besides the president there were six 

 officers, including the secretary and those in charge of 

 grounds, live stock, arena events, Indians, transporta- 

 tion, parade and publicity, and last those who acted as 

 guardian angels over the Round-Up's interests to pre- 

 vent profiteering. 



The problems were by no means simple ones, but as 

 one of the original directorate remarked to me, that 

 first Round-Up compared with the later great show, 

 was like a couple of kids playing ball in a sand lot 



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