When the horses came into sight, a big cheer went up. The two leading horses were Lobo and Gran Hidalgo, and they were neck and neck. The horses were to come into the racetrack and race once around the track. As they were hitting the home stretch, Lobo lost a shoe. He could still run, but that slowed him for a second. Gran Hidalgo won by a length, an extremely tight finish on a fifty-mile race.
The chili cooking was heavily contested. Most of those who entered had a secret recipe and would not let anyone see their preparations. All were spicy, but some of the chili was so spicy that many of the judges could not handle eating it. Most of the chili contained only meat, which was traditional Texas fare. Most chuckwagon chili had beans in it to stretch the ingredients. Dry beans wer
