THE ROUND-UP 



hands in the air, all accomplished in twenty-three 

 seconds. 



John Dobbins puts up a game fight but the judges 

 decide a foul in favor of the steer and disqualifies 

 Dobbins for tripping. Jim Massey fights his steer for 

 almost ten minutes and is finally hung up on the arena 

 fence in the steer's last efforts to free himself. 

 Throughout all the events we see that some of the 

 most remarkable features were the game and superb 

 exhibitions by the losers; but one of the greatest 

 hand-to-hand struggles between man and brute is the 

 harassing battle between the soldier cowboy, Cor- 

 poral Roy Hunter of the 21st United States Infantry, 

 and his wild-eyed, long-horned foe we are now wit- 

 nessing. 



He has disdained to chase his animal until it is tired, 

 and has run it down in a scant hundred yards. He ap- 

 proaches the grandstand at a furious pace and now 

 directly in the center of it reaches forward, plunges 

 from his running horse, seizes the big horns in a 

 powerful grip, swings and drags another hundred 

 yards before the steer's impetus is even checked. 

 Twice Hunter brings the steer to a standstill. 



Look! he works more in front of the wild-eyed 

 animal, more between his horns, and essays the second 

 phase of the game — the twisting of the brute's head 

 for a fall. 



Every muscle is tense. Using the horns as levers, 

 he slowly and surely twists the steer's neck; the nose 

 gradually comes up. See! Hunter feels he can hold 

 his advantage by the weight of his body on the lower 

 horn. He reaches an arm over the strong neck and 

 grasps the upturned muzzle. Both hands now slide 

 under it, tighten on it. Watch now — he's making a 



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