THE ROUND-UP 



horses, bucking bulls, and buffaloes; in roping wild 

 steers, in biyUdogging Texas longhorns, and in the 

 various races — the cow-pony, relay, pony express, and 

 stagecoach. 



The whole drama with its atmosphere and charac- 

 ter gives the Round-Up its charm, and makes it pre- 

 eminently the peer of all cowboy carnivals. This is 

 the great magnetic force which draws a vast audience 

 to Pendleton for three whole days of each year. 



Just before the opening of the program it is the 

 custom for the President of the Round-Up Associa- 

 tion to appear on the track riding the first prize saddle 

 for the cowboy's bucking contest for the championship 

 of the world. Perhaps no more striking figure was 

 ever seen in the arena on this occasion than the late 

 Sheriff Til Taylor. Many will recall Til when he 

 rode in one year escorting Miss Jane Bernoudy, prob- 

 ably the most popular fancy roper the Round-Up has 

 ever seen. She was ensconced in the seat of the first 

 saddle for the girl's bucking contest dressed in her 

 well-cut, pretty, maroon-colored velvet suit and natty 

 sombrero. 



Beneath the man's broad-brimmed Stetson you saw 

 a face— strong in character as well as physique — 

 square, but not heavy-jawed, eyes narrow, deep-set but 

 smiling, a mouth with the kind of firmness that lent 

 a charm to his quiet laugh, a man as big and noble of 

 heart as he was stalwart of body — a man's man. His 

 whole timbre and appearance was surcharged with that 

 peculiar type of virility and quality that lends itself 

 to the inspiration of the sculptor and makes him itch 

 to put it in bronze. 



The saddle the President rides, covering the back 

 of his prancing mount, is a work of art, enriched with 



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