Ken Cooper Takes Bronco Riding Contest From Large Field
Mandan. N. D.. July 6.—Ken Cooper of Fort Pierre, S. D., early yesterday morning was adjudged winner of the broncho riding contests at the Mandan roundup, which came to a close Saturday.
Due to the almost perfect riding of a dozen cowboys on the wildest aggregation of outlaw horses ever seen in the northwest, the judges had a difficult time in grading the winners. Ken Davis of Amidon, N. D., drew second money and Happy Holander, Marmarth, N. D., took third with Chick Hannan, Miles City, Mont., fourth.
Hannan also won first in the bull-dogging contest, his time being 42 and 25 seconds respectively on two steers. Jim Massey of Fort Worth, Texas, took second money and Gladys Wilson, Wortham, Texas, third.
Felix Blackcloud, Fort Yates, N. D., won the four horse, two-mile relay race, with Fred Forman, McLaughlin, S. D., second, and George Anniston, Almont, N. D., third.
Jim Massey was awarded first in the calf roping contest in which Gladys Wilson was second and Norvald Cooper, Fort Pierre, third.
The greatest collection of rodeo stars ever assembled in the Northwest was, the verdict of “Badlands” Bill McCarthy, manager of the show, in commenting on the exhibition which concluded Saturday.
Regna Skogen, dyed-in-the-wool cow-girl, who might have stepped out of a Ziegfeld chorus, was the outstanding star of the show. Miss Skogen appeared in two major events, bareback riding and steer-bucking. Her exhibition of courage and endurance won several rounds of applause from the crowd. Miss Wilson placed in the bull-dogging and calf roping events.
The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, ND, July 7, 1925