BITE 'IM LIP! 



Is Now 

 THUMBS UP 



The vast oval gasped at the daring of those who indulged in 

 fast play and danger of this one of the three major sports of the 

 Round-Up. Bite 'im lip ! this is the yell from the bleachers when 

 anticipating the last part of the second phase of bulldogging a 

 Texas Longhorn. 



Bite 'im lip ! and Dell, having thrown his steer has now 

 reached over from between its horns, in accordance with the 

 rules and classics of the game, seized the upper lip between his 

 teeth and is now holding his hands up for the count of four 

 seconds. But that was before some agents of the honorable 

 society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which has done 

 splendid work in its own field, overstepped its mark when one 

 year they objected to this phase of this contest. They failed to 

 realize that there was no harm or hurt to a steer in having a 

 man hold a steer's lip, merely as a matter of form, for the space 

 of four seconds in his dull teeth without even bruising the skin. 

 The neck twisting is no more injurious or hurtful than that of 

 wrestling. However, the Round-Up complied and now the rules 

 prescribe that the steer must be thrown flat on his side and held 

 with one hand released, as Orville Banks is shown with his 

 "thumbs up." Unless a steer is thrown within two minutes the 

 bulldogger is disqualified. 



The best time for two steers wins — the best time on record is 

 that of Yakima Cannutt of 1 minute 1-5 second, beating Jim 

 Massey's championship record of 1919 by only 1 3-5 seconds. 

 The best time recorded for a single steer being that of Jess 

 Stahl in 18 1-5 seconds with Paul Hastings record of 23 seconds 

 made in 1917, next. 



The champion in this contest takes home with him besides the 

 $330 purse, one of the finest of Stetson's, the pride of the cow- 

 boy, that a leading Pendleton furnishing house can secure, the 

 second and third presentation of merchandise certificates go to 

 the second and third winners in addition to the $150 and $100 

 prize money respectively. Well they have earned it, for while 

 each has downed his steer within 30 seconds he has risked his 

 life and limb more times than the average man does in thirty 



years. 



