St. Louis, May 4.-
Two steers were killed in the roping contest at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon. Their
necks were broken by being thrown by cowboys with lassoes. An officer of the humane society
on the grounds asked for the arrest of their responsible for the death of the animals.
Colonel Zack Mulhall, director of the affair, and the two cowboys were taken to the fair grounds police station by officers, but as
the humane society officials did not call to make formal complaint they were released.
The carnival of riding and roping attracted a crowd of 20,000 people to the fair grounds.
The grand stand was packed and around the track spectators crowded the rail.
Miss Lucille Mulhall was decidedly the feature of the performance. Riding a pony or a steer, roping the animal
or riding a race, she showed herself the equal of any man on the field. She roped a steer in 1:11, throwing the animal
and typing him without assistance. A number of Kiowa Indians, a part of the exhibition, appeared to enjoy the
afternoon as much as the spectators. They rode their ponies and gave exhibitions of their ability in handling steers.
The roping of cattle was the interesting element of the exhibition. Jim Hopkins of the Mulhall ranch caught and tied
his animal in twenty-four seconds, within six seconds of the record, held by himself. The other twenty or more
cowboys contested but none of them approached the record made by Hopkins. Lucille Mulhall won third prizes.
Several times a running steer made for the crowd about the judges' stand then there was haste for shelter. On one
occasion the steer ran among the cowboy musicians, but although they were scattered to the four winds, the
"band played on" without losing a note.