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EVENT No. 9 SHERIFF'S POSSE TEAM ROPING
2 Teams
Purse $100.00. $10.00 Entrance Fee Per posse chooses two teams of. two men for the
Team Added. Two pairs of Levi Strauss over- steer-stopping event, association rules apply-
alls to the first place team. ing. Each roper is a deputy sheriff and a
This event is an inovation to the California member of his respective posse and a non-
Rodeos. It is a new feature wherein each professional.

EVENT No. 10 (2nd Section ) SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Purse $5'00.00: $20.00 Entrance Fee It takes a rider of no mean ability to stay on
Added to Purse. In Spanish the word a raging, pitching, outlaw horse of the plains,
" Bronco" means " Bad." The rearing, snort- and a top-hand bronc rider will admit there is
ing bronco is saddled and bridled in the some inherent instinct which keeps him
chute and penned there unti I the contestant there.
is on his back. Then he is released by open- Bronc riding developed in California on the
ing the chute gate and frequently the cow- great Spanish ranches before the American
hands are injured when this is done. settlers came to the Southwest.

EVENT No. 11 WILD COW MILKING
Purse $200.00. $10.00 Entrance Fee Added to Purse

EVENT No. 12 TRICK RIDING
Slim Pickings, Buff Brady
Polly Burson, Edith Happy
Louis Montana, Monty Montana

EVENT No. 13 COSTUME RACE

EVENT No. 14 BULLDOGGING OR WILD STEER WRESTLING

Purse $500.00. $30.00 Entrance Fee full gallop and aims to catch the critter by the
Added to Purse. (Levi 's ). Out where the horns.
West begins they call the gentle art and After -the cowboy has brought the steer to
sport of Cowboys' Wild Steer Wrestling, a full stop, he must twist the animal down so
" Bull Dogging. " Under any name it is the that it rests on its side with all four feet ex-
most dangerous, breathtaking event in tended.
Rodeo's blood-tingling contests. This rule has to be fully met before the
When the steer is released from the chute, arena judge will drop his flag to signal the
the cowboy wrestler plunges off his horse at time in which the steer has been thrown .

EVENT No. 15 BRAHMA BULL RIDING
Purse $500.00: $20.00 Entrance Fee They are comparatively modern cross-
Added to Purse. (Levi's). " Ride 'em Cow- breed, with blood of the sacred cattle of In-
boy," has a real meaning when the wi Id Bra- dia, from which they derive the name "Bra-
hma steers pour out of the chutes. You have hma, " and mingled with the blood of our
to take a good look at these mammoth critters own Southwest beef cattle.
in this slambang affair to understand what a The steer rider is allowed to use only one
rider is up against. hand and all he has to keep him on the
Notice those long, sharp horns, those slim Brahma's back is a handhold on a loose rope
legs denoting speed, and those rolling eyes passed around the steer's body.
that indicate vicious temper.