LET 'ER BUCK 



Jack Fretz third. In 1920 Ray Bell roped the cham- 

 pionship in the splendid average time for two steers, 

 one in 33 3-5 seconds the other 29 seconds, totaling 

 62 3-5 seconds. Roy Kivett was second and J. H. 

 Strickland third, both Roy's and "Hughey's" best time 

 being within four-fifths of a second and three-fifths 

 of a second respectively of Ray Bell's best time, and 

 in each case shorter than Bell's lowest time. 



Sam Garrett, Red Parker, Johnny Judd, Tom 

 Grimes, Phil Snyder, Jason Stanley and Chas. Rein- 

 hardt have all ridden into the finals for second or third 

 championships — Joe Gardner taking third money in 

 1919, though a top-notch roper. 



Another well-known roper, occasionally seen in the 

 arena contests, is Dan E. Clark, live stock agent for 

 the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Com- 

 pany of the Union Pacific System. 



Three steers apiece were turned in from the pad- 

 docks by the Round-Up for the 1916 championship 

 contestants and it was a remarkable trio which rode 

 into the finals and hopped to 'em — George Wier, Ed. 

 McCarty and Chester Byers. They rode to the cham- 

 pionship in the order given and made the average of 

 2 minutes 5 1-5 seconds, 2 minutes 22 2-5 seconds and 

 2 minutes 52 seconds, all three together running down, 

 roping, busting and hog-tieing nine steers in 7 minutes 

 19 3-5 seconds. How long would it take you to drive 

 one of the long-horned brutes into a barn? 



Wait just a minute. Let's watch this buckaroo — 

 he's tried out one bucker successfully, but this horse 

 is a bad one — Thrown! but he "rode pretty" while he 

 rode. The old timers seem to know him. 



"What's his name?" 



"Helmick — Dave E. Helmick, of Madison County, 



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