I have a trophy from my departed grandfather; I'd like to learn more about it.  

The trophy is engraved with the following (showing each line):

Presented By 
Trott's Book Store
Junction City Kan.
Bending Race
won by
Capt. ** my grandfather's name **

He was a captain in army at the time, around WWI, I'd suppose.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 02 Oct 2004 19:51 PDT

A bending race is a slalom-style competition with riders on horses
(ponies) running a zig-zag course around "bending poles".  You can see
a description of it here:

http://games.ponyclub.org/bending.html


Of Trott's Book Store, I have thus far found nothing, I'm afraid.  

What sort of additional information were you hoping for?  

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by johnq2-ga on 03 Oct 2004 05:49 PDT

Yes, this is helpful.  

I'm going to guess there was an army base near Junction City, Kansas
at the time.  Why a bookstore sponsor?