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. When Ihe dogger ; too close he can cause a serious gallop to langle with the horns of
drops the rems and starts lo slip injury. an 800-pound steor will never be
out of the saddle- ihe horse must i Hut no matter how scientifically 1 either safe or easy.
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