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2 P.M.Many Widely Known Ropers and Riders In ProcessionDANCE TONIGHT• mare (!*' -t he iiit er-)LiFamous Outlaw Stock Thrills C rowd At Cowboy ParkDel Kin’s Illh Annual Cham-pion«Jiip Klt;»dco opened Thursday afternoon with one of the most pilt;turesque parades in thehl*ti»rv of thf citv.rnr iffSeventy contestants, some internationally known, rode in the pa-lade which inchuk'd rodeo officials, city officials, fire department equipment, a military band ami thefamous “monkey drill team” of Fort Clark.Hundreds of spectators lined the strlt; *ts as the jiarade parsed with all the trappings of the days when rtKleo meant “round-up and the word w«ks pronounced “ro-dee-o”v.ith the accent on the first syllable.Dancers May Wear Hoots1hiMne.fi houses of U*e city clofied at 2 p. m. in order that employes could attend the opening day's celebration Tlte program for th* evening is scheduled to be highlighted with the platform dance i* cross from Greenwood Park. Here the cow punchers mav feel porfectly frlt; ' to dance in boots anrt without coat , if they choose. “Anything to make the visitors feel welcome/’ Prank Walton, president of the rodeo agnation, declared.Officials of the association ale of the opinion that Saturday will be tlie biggest day of the rodeo with more out-of-town people hnx* Many, due to have arrived Wednesday, were unable to reach the city lx cau.se of the high waters.Contestants Contestants pvtstering for the calf roping, bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, .steer wrestling and steer riding included:Hud Custer, Blt;rt) Crosby, Rusty McGmty, Kverett Shaw. Fred Barnett, Hoyt I HefuT, Walter Babb Clyde Acteii, Ernest Acton, Fred Alvord. Vic Rogers, Howard Westfall, Earl Sellers, Jack Sellers,Charlie Turk, IMek Truitt, JirnNesbitt, I/uie Cravey, John Steven, J V Dnsdale, Juan Salinas. Johnnie William . Johnnie Downs.Homer Holman. Harold Jackson, fa- Webb Moran Shorty Hill, Pete Grubb. Cecil McKumey, Dude Colbert, Tom Taylor, Jackie Cooper, Charlie .Jones, Andrew Bode, Frank Marion. Dewey Dyon, E. Pardee, John Jordan, Milt Moe, Butter Brown, A C. Wyke, Walter Cravens, Red Parker, Eddie Curtis.Uh Murray. Frank Kirchgraber. ^1 Frank Oriftm, Allen Holder, Dub Young, Bluckk* Hassell. Rube Roberta, Andy Curtis, J. D. Amburgey.nc.()nvlal)let,fedbem -ral*!)t/ahece.jf*p ,, Maynard Oaylor, Dick Anderson, ^ j Shorty Ricker, Mike Hastings, Jacklw-n-if-r*MJ. Sniitluxi. Earl Moore, Soimie|) IHancock and Jack Wilrmth.Favor. Ralph Bennett, Euue liar* nett, Joe Welch. Roy Mathews, C. I Camel, Dan Utley, Mack Acres, T.•es jt*:tiu* jSheep, Goat Men
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Del Rio Evening News
Del Rio, Texas, US
Thu, May 30, 1935
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