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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1956)
Open Class (Continued from page 12.) Towel, guest.. .65 Towel, tea set . .65 Wall Panel .65 Window Curtains, 2 .65 E—SOFA PILLOW: 1st Appliqued .65 Crocheted .65 Cross Stitched .65 Embroidered .65 Organay .65 Patch Work .65 Knitting 1st Afghan 1.25 Bags, cotton, silk, or wool .65 Bedspread 1.25 Beret and Scarf .65 Dress, child’s .65 Dress, lady’s . .65 Gloves or Mittens .65 Lace, 1 yard or more 65 Quilts 1st Applique .. 1.25 Cotton Patch Work 1.25 Cross Stitch ... 1.25 Outline Work 1.25 Worsted Patchwork 1.25 Rugs 1st 2nd Braided 65 .35 Crocheted ____65 .35 Fluff . .65 .35 Hooked .65 .35 Indian Tied . .65 .35 Knit . 65 .85 New Art (made with crooked crochet-like needle) ... .65 .35 Singer Craft . .65 .35 Tufted Waffle Weave .65 .35 Woven, by hand .65 .35 Woven, by hand loom . 65 .35 Hand Craft Basketry Baskets, any size . .65 .35 Tray .... .65 .35 Flowers Corsage, any medium .65 .35 Chenille . .65 .33 Nylon .65 .35 Paper .65 .35 Wood Fiber .... .65 .35 Leather Craft Handbag 1.25 .35 Belt or Billfold 65 .35 Metal Craft Etching, aluminum or copper . .65 .35 Hammered aluminum or copper . .65 .35 Tooled, aluminum or copper . .65 .35 Painting China 65 .35 Dish (not real china), glass or metal, by brush _ .65 .35 Dish (not real china), glass or metal, by tube .. 65 .35 Picture, oil paint, free hand _ .65 .35 Picture, oil paint, pre pared canvas . .65 .35 Picture, watercolor .65 .35 — FLOWERS Junior Division All entries must be grown by exhibitor. Place specimens in milk bottles or fruit jars. Section A Specimens—5 Stems 1st 2nd Zinnia, giant . 65 .35 Zinnia, dwarf _ .65 .35 Marigolds, giant .. .65 Marigolds, giant _ .65 .35 Cosmos . .65 .35 Petunia, ruffled . .65 .35 Section B—Arrangements All Vegetables .. 65 .35 Fruit and Flowers, combination _ .65 .35 Mumorous, featuring vegetables _ .65 .35 Babes in the Woods, composition ___. .65 .35 (4-H starts on page 15.) All Roads Lead • • to • • • CHAMBERS During Fair Week! Close teamwork between roper and horses is the most important requirement for successful calf roping—as Holt county fairgoers will be able to see for themselves during the two night rodeo shows. - < Roper’s First Need Is Good Horse Burst of Speed I s Required No single rodeo event displays as many of the cowboys’ skills as does calf roping. In 15 seconds or less, you’ll see how well a horse can be trained and ridden, how well a man can handle a rope and tie a kicking calf, and how well horse and man can work to gether as a team. Most of the work it takes to be a successful calf roper is never seen by rodeo spectators since it is done long before the chute gate opeus and the calf streaks across the arena. No roper would invest an en try fee without having a good roping horse, and the horses you’ll see in this event are some of the best-trained work ing horses in history. Fast and intelligent, they are trained from the best quarter horse stock. They have the quick burst of starting speed — necessary to come right up on the running calves—that is characteristic of their breed. They are trained to follow the calf through every twist or turn, holding their posi tion just behind it and a little to cne side to give the roper the best chance to throw his loop. At a signal from the roper, they’ll stop on a dime, sitting back on their haunches and brak ing with all four feet as the cow boy steps out of the saddle to run down the rope. Then, without a rider, they stand alertly facing the calf, backing slightly to keep the rope taut but never dragging the calf. Contest calf roping is a timed event and frequently several hundred dollars depend on the saving of a split second. You’ll see how the teamwork between horse and cowboy is polished in this event to machine - like smoothness. At most rodeos all calves are given a head start determined by the sire of the arena and other conditions. The officials who work the event are a scoreline judge, a field judge and two timers. When the calf is out of the chute and has crossed the score line, the scoreline judge drops his flag to signal the starting of time and pulls the rope barrier from in front of the box where the roper waits. If the contestant starts out of the box before the calf crosses the scoreline, he breaks the barrier and a 10-sec ond penalty is added to his time. Once out of the box, the horse closes on the calf as quickly as possible. As soon as he’s in range the roper lets fly with his loop— usually from about 12 feet away. The rules are catch as catch can, which means the roper may catch the calf any way he can—around the head, feet or body—as long as the loop is out of his hand when it catches and holds until the roper gets to the calf. As soon as the rope has settled on the calf, the cowboy throws away the slack and swings his weight into the left stirrup. The horse stops, taking all the slack out of the rope; the rider dis mounts and runs down the rope. The calf must be thrown by hand and if it has aecidentl.v been jerked off its feet, the roper must let it up. He tosses the calf on its back, gathers any three feet and ties them with a short pigging string, using two quick wraps and a half hitch. His movements are light ning fast, ending in a signal that he has finished. Before his time is recorded, however, the field judge rides over to be certain that the tie is secure. If the call gets loose be fore the field judge has approved the tie, the contestant is given no time. The roper is allowed to throw two loops, provided he carries two ropes. If he misses with both he must retire from the arena with no time. Attends Planning Meet at Alliance— ATKINSON — Mrs. Robert Martens returned Friday after having attended a three-day planning meeting of officers of the Federated Woman’s club, Sixth district. Preparations were made for the convention to be held at Ogalalla September 18-20. Mrs. Robert Spooner of Scotia, district treasurer, accompanied Mrs. Martens, who is district sec retary. POPULATION INCREASES The population has increased so rapidly in America that there are now about seven times as many Americans as there were a century ago. Porter’s Transfer Chambers, Nebr. PHONE 2241 • General Hauling • Freight Hauling Many Top Rodeo Contestants Coining $1,000 Purse Posted for 5 Events Many of the nation’s top ro deo contestants will be at the Holt county fair to participate in tiu* two rodeo performances un der the lights. Rodeo dates are Wednesday and Thursday, Aug ust 15 and 16. The rodeo stars will be trying for the one-thousand-dollar purse posted for the five RCA events. Winners will add to their point totals, which will count toward Ihe totals for individual contest ants under the point award sys tem adopted by the Rodeo Cow boys’ Association, Inc. Walter Pluggc, the widely - known Wheeler county pro ducer and Nebraska’s only RCA-approved producer, once again will dirert the show. All of the stock to be shown al ready has been contracted. Five events will be saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, bull riding, calf roping and steer wrestling. “Stillwell Shorty,” nationally famous rodeo clown, will go through his usual bag of tricks— some of which are mighty dan gerous. (For a story on “Shorty”, turn to page 11.) The rodeo arena at the fair grounds has been steadily im CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 1956 FAIR I I - l i DR. G. R. COOK VETERINARIAN Graduate Licensed OFFICE PHONE: 570 RANCH PHONE 3-F11 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. — O’NEILL proved down through the years Knonnous crowds gather for the rodeo performances — a marked increase in attendance was noted after the rodeos were switched front afternoon to evening show ings. Large floodlights illuminate the arena. Mr. Plugge always makes an extra effort to please his neigh bors—Holt count.vans Last year. Americans ate 20.8 billion pounds Of meat—or an average of 101 pounds for each person. 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