TWO INDIANS 



By Themselves But Plenty of Company in the 

 Coivgirls' Relay For Those Who 



HOP TO IT! 



In the picture of two Indians taken at Pendleton on the levee 

 of the Umatilla one will recognize that superb type of his race 

 Jackson Sundown, the Nez Perce, the 1914 rough riding cham- 

 pion. Beside him is the author. 



They indeed "hop to it" in the cowgirls' relay, the aria of 

 this grand opera of the West. The rules are the same as in the 

 cowboys' relay except that the horses must be saddled when 

 brought to the track and riders must touch the ground with 

 feet when changing. In the Indian relay, the distance is one 

 mile each day, four assistants allowed, riding is bareback and 

 horses changed each quarter. 



A. thousand dollar purse is offered in this race besides cer- 

 tain appended prizes given by Pendleton business men. Five 

 hundred dollars cash goes to the world's relay race cowgirl 

 champion, three hundred cash to the second winner and a beau- 

 tiful ivory manicure set — What? certainly they use them — and 

 two hundred to the third. 



Bertha Blancett holds the record on wins in the relay with 

 three first, two seconds and two thirds. Ella Lazinka was also 

 a star rider but retired in her third year of riding through the 

 serious accident elsewhere referred to. She won the first relay 

 here against her sister. Bertha Blancett paid her the tribute 

 saying that Ella Lazinka was the only rider, horses being equal, 

 she ever feared. 



Mabel de Long Strickland holds second record not only with 

 three world's championships but with second time of 11 minutes 

 55 1-5 seconds. Lorena Trickey holds the championship record 

 of 11 minutes 40 4-5 seconds and the best one day time of 

 3 minutes 52 seconds. Katie Canutt rode in the 1918 cham- 

 pionship and third best time. Dona Card, a splendid and sports- 

 manlike rider rode into three seconds while Vera Maginnis, 

 Fanny Steele and Josephine Sherry all have done top-notch 

 riding in this race. 



In "hop to it" Charlie Irwin of Cheyenne is wrangling for 

 his relay rider who has just dismounted and now hops to it on 

 the second horse. The first is held by the assistant on the right, 

 the third and fourth horses by the assistant on the left. 



In the audience are many well known faces and characters 

 among them the two famous old time stagecoach drivers, Dave 

 Horn and Chas. W. Barger, who may be seen just above the 

 cantle and horn respectively of the saddle of the horse on 



the left. 



