Campbell and Ingraham had at an earlier date "put one over" on the Bay State boys and they were ready for real contests. That other occasion was when Campbell had heard from Ingraham that the Bay State fellows had some race horses. Ingraham said, "Runey, that hoss of yours can beat any of them for I have timed them, but how can we get them to bet?" "I will fix that," said Campbell, "you be over there with your money" on a given date.

Runey drove up with a team that had on chain harness, and hitched to an old wagon. They sat around and "chinned" for a time, and finally the subject turned to race horses. Two of the Bay State crowd got to bantering over the relative speed of their nags, and Runey looked over their ponies. "Nothing doing in speed, boys," he said ; "I have an old horse out there in my team that can beat either of them." Finally when all the money was up that they could induce the ranch boys to bet, Runey stripped his harness from his best horse and won the race. At the celebration, Harve Beebe won the prize as the best rider of wild steers. This was accomplished without a saddle.

In revolver contests at one hundred yards, Geo. Luft easily beat Ben Franklin, and all others.

There were bucking contests and other amusements and red lemonade. The bowery dance was well patronized.

Walking a Tight Wire; Old Gering could improvise amusements when all the regular stunts were over. On one Fourth a few years later, all the usual affairs Were over, and there were some who proposed to keep alive the interest by something new. Lee Dozier proposed for five dollars to walk a wire from one side of the street to the other.