Cowboy Insecure
Bareback on Horse
Wanna Ride? This Is
How It Works
To get an idea of what it’s like
to ride brones bareback, you
might imagine that you have
straddled a large suitcase, grasp
ed the handle with your hand
between your legs and have been
tossed out of a flying airplane on
a 20-ft.-rope.
That will give you an idea of
the insecure position of a cow
boy on a bareback horse, but to
really get the feeling, you should
imagine that the pilot swoops
low and bounces the bag off an
irregular series of roof tops.
This may be a slight exaggera
tion but at least the bareback
rider has no more control over
the horse than you would over
the suitcase and no more than a
suitcase handle to hang onto.
The only equipment used in
this rodeo event is a simple sur
cingle with a leather handle on
the top. The cowboy has no sad
dle to help him hold his position
and no stirrups to help him bal
ance or help absorb the shock of
the bucks.
The horse doesn't even have
a plain halter or rein to help
the rider control him.
To qualify, the cowboy must
ride for eight seconds from the
time the bronc leaves the chute.
He must have liis spurs over the
break of the shoulders and
touching the horse when its feet
touch the ground on the first
jump out of the chute.
He can’t toucli any part of the
horse witli his free hand during
the ride and can’t change hands
on the rigging.
As in saddle bronc riding, the
winner in bareback is decided
by the markings of two cowboy
judges who watch every move
ment of the ride from oppositt
sides of the bronc. They use tin
full spread of 1 to 20 points ti
score the rider and from 65 to 8J
points to score the horse.
Although it's difficult to im
agine how anyone could look
like they’re simply trying to
stick out the time limit in this
event, the experienced judges
can easily spot the cautious rid
er, and sticking the limit isn't
enough.
Highest markings go to thi
contestants who ride the best
spurring as much as they can
Bareback spurring differs Iron
that in saddle bronc riding an<
is done mostly around the shoul
ders rather than along the side
of the horse.
In this event, too, the contes
tant hopes to draw the meanes
horse in the stock contractor’
string because he needs the hig.
marking horse to win becaus
only a good bucker will give hir
an opportunity to show his bet
bronc-riding ability.
If the horse falls with the ri
der, or if the rider is knocked ol
at the chute, he may ask th
judges for a reride—if he’s sti
able to ride. If the flank stra
comes off the horse, he’s entitle
to reride but if the surcingl
comes off without breaking, th
rider is disqualified. The con
testant can also be disqualifie
for riding with rowels on hi
spurs that are too sharp in th
opinion of the judges.
Bareback horses are just a
wily and cantankerous as saddl
broncs. As a general rule, th
saddle broncs may be u littl
bigger and more powerful bi
the bareback rider, with a lc
less to* help keep him on th
horse, can expect everythin
from the bronc’s bag of tricks.
The horses sunfish (twist
violently in midair), rear, buck
straight ahead and kick high
with their hind feet. Worst of
all they mix up their tricks,
changing the pace of their
pitches and kicks to throw the
rider off balance.
In bareback riding you'll se
the cowboy’s legs f 1 a p p i n
through the ride like saplin
branches in a windstorm. Lf th
horse is bucking especially har
and the cowboy is getting i
good licks with his spurs, you’r
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probably watching the winner.
But if you set* daylight be
tween the seat of the cowboy s
denims and that suitcase handle
on the surcingle, it's a good bet
the bronc’s next jump will send
the rider flying to a fall and out
of the money.
Jess Geyer Band
to Provide Music
for Thursday Dance
i Jess Geyer and his eight-piece
| orchestra, well-known through
out this section of the middle
west, has been booked to provide
music for the dancing under the
stars at the fairgrounds Thurs
day evening, August 16.
Fair Secretary James Gibson
said a different band will be
signed for the Wednesday eve
ning, August 15, dancing. The
booking had not been linalized at
the time this premium list went
to press.
"In the event of inclement
weather,” Mr. Gibson explained,
“the dancing will be transferred
to the American Legion hall in
Chambers.
“Most anyone,” he quipped,
“would welcome the inconveni
ence for a good mid - August
rain,” the secretary added.
DRAWS COLLEGIATES
Like most major sports, rodeo
is increasingly drawing some of
its best talent from college ath
letics. Two of the sports’ top
hands, Harley May and Benny
Combs, are former collegiate
! champions.
NAMt ADOPTED
There were rodeos for 30
years before they were called
rodeos, the term not being ad
opted generally until about the
time of World War l
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