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10 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore Wed. June 18, 1953 last Rodeo Holds Unhappy Memories For One Cowboy L8t Casey Tibbs Last year's Douglas County Ro duo will be remembered for a long lime by Casey Tlbbs, five - time world saddle bronc riding cham pion. The Ft. Pierre, S.D. rider, en gaged in a hot battle for Hie sad dle bronc lead in national point system ratings, seriously injured a leg at Hoseburg and was through with competition for Ihe year. He was leading in points Roing Into toe rodeo, but because of the injury he failed lo place in Ihe top 10 at the end of the year. The eventual winner of the cov eted title was young Alvin Nelson, Sentinel Bulle, N.D. He came on strong in the second half of the year after being out of competi tion because of a rodeo injury sus tained in February. Tihhs was world champion in 1949 and 1951 through 19M and was runner up for Ihe title in 1950 and 1955. Not to be counted out, however, Tibbs currently ranks seventh in tbe national standings. At 2.044 points through Ihe month of May, he was some 3.700 Doints behind leader (ieorge Mcnkcnmaicr of Burns, Ore. Technique Important In Bulldogging Glossary Of Terms (Continued From Page 6) Header A member of a two man roping team who ropes the steer by the head. The header has two loops; if he missed with both, the team retires with no time. Heeler A member of a two man roping team who ropes sec ond and tries to catch one or both hind feet of a steer after his part ner has already roped the head. The heeler hits twn Innne uml if he misses both, the leain receives no j time. Hobbled A method of tying the hind feet of a roped steer just below tbe hocks with a short' piece of rope. j Honda The eye on one end of I a rope through which is passed the ; other end of the rope lo form a ' loop. Hooey A wrap around any three feet and a half-bitch used in calf roping as opposed to the irsual method of lying calves with two wraps and half-hitch. Hoolihan A iww outlawed method of downing a steer in bull dogging by leaping on the steer in sucb a way as to drive the horns into the ground the flip the steer on its back. Jack Pot An event for which no purse is put up by the rodeo. Winners split all or part of the entry fees. Judge An oflicial at a rodeo, usually a cowboy, who scores the riding events and flags roping events. In roping events he signals the completion of the tie to the timekeepers and passes on the legality and firmness of the tie be fore the roper's time can be re corded. In the steer wrestling event, he determines if and when the steer has been properly thrown and signals the timekeepers. In the riding events he scores both the animal and the ronlvslant. Lao and Tao A lau anil tap start occurs when the steer or calf is released from the chute without head start on Ihe roper or steer wrestler. Lap and tap starts most frequently are seen in indoor arenas where there is not room to give the stock a long score. V Mount Money Never paid In contest, mount money is paid when someone is riding, roping, or tCominued on l'a.o 11 Col. 1; There's something fascinating about watching a man wrestle a steer three limes his size and throw it to the ground with his bare hands. Steer wrestling or bulldogiiin" as it's frequently called looks j like a job that takes not much' skill but a lot of brute strength. I Bulldoggcrs, at least, are all strong I husky young athletes. I On the contrary, it takes as much skill and training to throw a rank steer in less than ten seconds as it does to drive a clean wood shot 275 yards off the lee, straight down the middle of the fairway. Kodeo's top steer wrestlers study the techniques of their trade as avidly as any football squad goes through long hours of skull prac tice. They make films of good wrestlers in action, run them in slow motion to study the fine points of timing and balance it takes to persuade an 800-pound pile of bone and muscle to lie down. Many doggers have a few steers on their home ranch and in the off weeks of the long rodeo season you'll probably find them out in the corral, practicing to improve their teehpique. W atch them in action at the rodeo and you'll appreciate that steer wrestling is not as easv as years of practice make it look. Steer wrestlers compete against each other for the best time and the first thing a cowboy must do in this event is make a good start barrier or lap and tap. In large arenas, the steers are all given a predetermined head start marked by a score line sev eral feet in front of the chute. Next to the score line stands one of the flag men, with a line to spring latch holding a rope across the box where the contestant wails. As the steer crosses the score line, the flagman drops his flag to in dicate the start of time and simul taneously pulls Ihe rope barrier from in front of the waiting bull doggcr. If the dogger starts too soon, he breaks the barrier and a ten-second penalty is added to his time. If he starts too late he loses precious seconds trying to catch up with ine sieer. In lap and tap starts the steer is given no head start and Ihe dog ger can jump it right at the chute gale, "f Ihe cowboy starts too soon he gels ahead of the steer and it I gels away. ' The next problem is the jump. No two steers run alike and you'll J sec quite a variation in their speed. ' On the opposite side of the steer I another cowboy rides as a hazcr to keep the steer running straight. I There's always the danger that the' steer will "set up" stop just as ' the wrestler slips out of his saddle I and the cowboy will take a hard fall in the dust. Once he has a firm in-in on the head of the critter, the cowboy ; must bring the running srteer to a 1 complete stop by planting his boot I heols in the dirt ahead of the ! steer. If his feet get behind him i he'll be dragged along helplessly, i nine is up wnen me sieer tans on its side with all four legs free and the feet and head pointing in the same direction. If the steer "dog falls", with its legs under it or spread caglcd, the cowboy usual ly has to let him up and start over. And at any minute the big, sturdy animal may wrench free and es cape. As soon as the steer is properly thrown, the other flagman, mount ed nearby, drops his flag in a sig nal to stop the timer's watch. "Hoiilihauuine" iumninit an the bead of the steer so It's knock ed off its feel is out. If it hap pens accidently, the dogger must let the steer up and throw him by hand. "Pegging" driving a horn' into the ground to eain leveran 1 is also outlawed. Like roping, steer wrestling de pends on the closest possible team work between cowboy and horse. I he horse must not jump out of the Cun Wound In Brawl j Fatal 6Vi Months Later YAKIMA (AP) A tavern own-1 er died here Sunday as a result ot a wound received in a Mew Year's F.ve shooting at his tavern in nearby Ahtanuin. t:i..i.-,ir lt..,.i t!..n it.- A i ......... - i shot after Earl Lee Winkelhairsen, I '15, Yakima, had been asked to; leave North's tavern. I Wiukelhausen was charged with first degree assault and has been at liberty under $5,000 bond. He was taken into custody Sunday alter North died. George Bak. 34. and Larry Uelair. both of Yakima, were wounded in the alii ay Both have recovered. box too quickly or lag behind when hold both pace and position. If he , its pructloucia uppruuch it, steer the barrier drops. Immediately, he shies to Ihe left he'll drop - the wrestling is still a man-sized job. must gauge the speed of the steer cowboy on his head: if he rides Jumping from the saddle at full close alongside. 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