People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — GREAT RACE ON THE STRIP. [ARTICLE]

GREAT RACE ON THE STRIP.

Four Thousand Horsemen Participate in the Event. Enid, O. T., Sept. IS.—The first anniversary of the opening of the Cherokee strip was celebrated Saturday., The feature of the occasion was an exact representation of the original race for the town site, the prize to the winner being a lot valued at 52,000. Fifteen thousand people participated in the race, hut the real contest was between 4,000 horsemen, including Indians and cowboys. It was the most wonderful race, with systematic entries, on record. The prize lot was reached simultaneously by a Cheyenne Indian and Kansas cowboy named Farker.