CORRAL DUST 



having won three different years. H. W. Smith there, 

 is another old-timer at this game, and has driven here 

 off and on from 1912 to 1920 and always drives a hard 

 race. E. O. Zeek, Johnny Spain, Clarence Plant, Jim 

 McDonald and Bill Hogg can all claim championship 

 drives, while Fred Spain, Guy Hoyes, Frank Roach 

 are all on record for second places, not forgetting the 

 two Indians, Gilbert Minthorn and Otis Half Moon. 



Most of the buckaroos who go in for steer bulldog- 

 ging are agile but powerful men, for it takes weight 

 to throw a big-necked steer by the horns. 



"Meet Ray McCarroll and Yakima Canutt." 



They are both considerably over six feet, but Canutt 

 is one of the most powerful buckaroos in the arena. 

 McCarroll won the championship in 1918, throwing 

 two steers in 1.26 3-5 seconds, and throwing one in 

 29 1-2 seconds. Canutt won in 1920, downing two 

 steers in 60 1-5 seconds, his best throw being 28 1-5 

 seconds. Canutt has the unique distinction of having 

 taken the Police Gazette belt for the all-round cow- 

 boy championship three times in 1917, '19 and '20, 

 it being taken in 1918 by "Hughey" Strickland, 

 in 1915 by Lee Caldwell and in 1914 by Sam 

 Garrett. 



Garrett won the steer bulldogging championship in 

 1914 and holds the third record. Dell Blancett who 

 twice won second place holds the sixth best time ever 

 made here, while Jim Massey holds fifth, winning the 

 championship in 1919, and Siedel who was second in 

 1920 and whom Canutt beat out on the time of two 

 steers by only a second and two-fifths, is the holder of 

 the fourth best time made. Paul Hastings in his win 

 in 1917 also holds second honors as to the grand time 

 record, while Jesse Stahl's record of 18 1-5 seconds 



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