Enthusiasms for The Stampede Grows as News in Broadcast

              • Enthusiasm For Tfye
Stampede Grows As
News Is Broadcast
Vernon to Draw Immense
Crowds For Three Day
Affair
Big Purses to Be Given
The Successful Riders-
Entries of Experienced Riders to
be Encouraged—Jockey Club
Getting Grounds i n Shajpe Feu-
Event — Fastest Half Mile
Tra<cl&,in Interior to be Re*
stored to First Class Shape,
Grand Stand and Fences Being
Repaired
W i t h the passage of t i m e , and t ^
w h i p p i n g i n t o shape of t h e p l a n - for
the Stampede in • V e r n o n on Jun-
3 0 t h , J u l y Jst and 2nd. i t is becom­i
n g i n c r e a s i n g l y apparent that Mayor
L . L. Stewart has made no mistak-i
n campaigning for the affair, or
i n the selection of " S t r a w b e r r y R. <]
W a l l to manage i t .
E n t h u s i a sm for the Stampede i -
g r o w i n g steadily, and as the adver­t
i s i n g m a t t e r pours out up and down ;
the Valley and over i n t o the States.
V e r n o n w i l l get more a d v e r t i s i n g of
a desirable character than has been
secured for many years.
The Jockey Club has undertaken
the fixing of the fences, the repa:
t o the grand stand and the p u t t i ng
of the t r a c k i n t o shape for i h e pifo-g
r am of horse races, w h i c h w i l l at­t
r a c t a l a r g e number of persons w ho
l i k e to watch the ponies. Vernon
had what was declared to be t|
fastest h a l f - m i l e t r a c k in the in­t
e r i o r of the Province. This w i l l |
' b e put i n as good shape as ever >>•
f o r e , and the race p r o g r am w i l l hav-an
old time flavor.
Orders have been placed for some
of the timber for tfie b u i l d i n g of
the stockade, and when it is <>u
g r o u n d the pens and chutes w i l l »>••
so constructed as to permit of the
e n t r y of horses and riders to the
arena as fast as the spectators de­s
i r e .
Part of the a d v e r t i s i n g campaign
planned by W a l l is a personal v i - it
t o a l l the cities in the Valley, ex
h i b i t i o n s of r o p i n g , and a suflb ient
i n d i c a t i o n of Uie meri»s of th-pede
at Vernon to a t t r a c t popular
a t t e n t i o n and s t i m u l a t e interest .
Local riders w i l l be welcomed to
p a r t i c i p a t e and compete t o f thy* t
s t r i n g of prizes which w i l l be offer
ed. and it in expected that some of
t h e speedy local talent will give
t h e i r more widely advertise-! • >m-p
e t l t o r * a real run for the money
F r o m the Cariboo w i l l corn** apciie
experienced riders to <est t h e i r metal ,
on the outlaws Wall has in hi*
s t r i n g .
Y'S EVENTS
l U u i x l a y ) is t o be a
in Vernon. Leaving
12 o'clock on a
t r a i n , \ a ^ number
neM andjPfffofessioiial
to be the guests of
\.\\\ V.u i t u Kailwa>>
>lumhia D i v i s i o n ) for
te- S.S. S i c a m o u s , r c -
2.80 p.m. Lunch is
I on the lM»at. On
io Vernon, an oppAr*
being provided for
d e s i r e to inspect the
i i i . n . ; i r whit h the
press t o . propose*
s e a s o n f o r the t r a n s -
. . nt less than cftr lots
V rts to P r a i r i e poinjs.
g a t e in the TwiUght
to be held In the
nen< at O o'clock,
l i g e r s play the Klkn.
(he community
H I the p a r k at 7.SO.
r i n g - i s p r o m o t e d by
I.. S t e w a r t and it* i n ,
of a get- t o g e t h e r af-
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lie**, hut a s p l i - t t d id
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specially prepared
w h i c h will be dis-
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irst hand concert of
i ml llaiidmaMter
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more than usual
• net wide appeal,
i n (he < o i i r t House,
he ( h ~ ^ > n vocation
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