Camp Fairmarsh Weekly newspaper clipping, dated July 22, 1943

Practice rodeo ends in tragedy

The Camp Fairmarsh Weekly has received bad news from the stables. The equestrian girls have been preparing for a rodeo, in which they will compete against the boys from across the lake, the wranglers of Camp Broadview. Unfortunately, one of the top riders from Camp Fairmarsh will no longer be competing for our team, as she suffered a broken arm yesterday.

Balmy, who has been riding since even before she could stand, couldn’t explain why her horse threw her from his back during the rodeo practice. “One moment, Sweetheart was fine, and the next, I was on the ground and covering all of my vital organs so that I didn’t get trampled. He has never been one to buck,...

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