THE ROUND-UP 



Drumheller holds fourth record in this event, he holds 

 first in the pony express and is considered as all- 

 round pretty and clear-headed a relay and pony express 

 rider as has ever been seen on the Pendleton track. 



Then Sleepy Armstrong — well, don't worry about 

 that boy's lids shutting down so he can't see when 

 there's a relay, or pony express on, not to mention the 

 cow-pony race in which he rode down the whole bunch 

 in the best time on record here of 51 3-5 seconds in 

 1919. 



A signal! A rush, and four sets of stirrups and 

 latigos simultaneously fly through the air. You crane 

 your neck to watch the saddles adjusted. You're too 

 late — four riders shoot out and away, having saddled 

 within five seconds, and in a whirlwind of dust they 

 swing around the track. 



The dilating nostrils and nervous, moving ears of 

 the waiting horses, fresh from the range, have caught 

 the spirit of the crowd and at the second change some- 

 thing happens when number three horse prefers kick- 

 ing to saddling, and then bucking, leaves his rider 

 hopelessly in the rear. 



Here they come for the first change, Drumheller in 

 the lead. De Young, the first relay rider on the Round- 

 Up track, is his helper now and a better, cleverer 

 wrangler could not be found. Watch Allen — he's off 

 his horse, has off-saddled and on and is away again 

 with a bound in less time than has taken to tell this. 

 But "Sleepy" is right there, scratching his heels, and 

 Lynch is only half a length behind the others who 

 now string out a bit. 



They're around again — Armstrong a little in the 

 lead, but look quick — see that marvelous dismount, 

 while his horse is on the run still by Lynch, whose 



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