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    dont know carrie, i'm doin some checking... there are some barrel
    racers that i know but they haul into cananda and new york.
    lots in new york..
    i'm interested in maybe trying to get together some poeple to barrel
    race at some shows.. if interested what i can do is see if i can
    get the palomino asoc, or aqha to buy off of having a jack pot 
    gymhanaha (sp?) and maybe run for some $.
    unfortunately i dont know of a demand for rodeos around here.
    i wish there were.
    there are shows for just speed events, or fun days so to speak,
    but nothing serious.
    
    		wendy.
    
    p.s. i almost fainted when i saw the note on rodeos.
    

    	Too bad you gals aren't out here (Colorado). My son-in-law
    used to rodeo in New England until he and my daughter moved out
    here last year. He belonged to the American Rodeo Association.
    He lived in Ayer,and tells me that ARA used to run a lot of rodeos
    and gynkhanas out there. When I see him, I'll try to remember to
    ask him how you can reach ARA.
    
    	Luck,
    		George
    

    
    dont rub it in george please!!!
    i used to live in denver and we used to be able to bring home some
    good money... not so here.
    
    the women barrel racing assoc (formly GRA) had a number but i lost
    it.    Ontario has some good earnings, i have friends up there
    one has his championship in calf roping and team roping.
    quarterrama is the only time i get up there, and lots of opportunity
    in bareels as well....[sigh]
    well enough rambling from me....
    
    		wendy.
    

	Try Peter Boyle in Shirley, MA. I think he's in the
	phone book. He puts on 3 or 4 rodeo's a year. He
	may have info on training, etc.

	-julie

    thnaks julie!!!
    
    carrie did you want to call or do you want me to try calling him?
    
    	wendy.
    

    	Sorry Wendy,,Pete Boyle also moved out here with my son-in-law,
    and is riding bulls every weekend that he can find a rodeo or 
    buck-out,and that means nearly every weekend. He's my son-in-law's
    best friend. I'll have to tell him that you folks mentioned him.
    He'll get a kick out of that. By the way he's got his PRCA card
    now.
    
    	George
    

    	Carrie,I just called my son-in-law,and he tells me that the
    Pete I was talking about has a dad out there who's also called Pete
    Boyle. In any case he knows about ARA events,and can give you their
    number. Pete senior's number is (617)425-9449. That may be who Wendy
    meant in the first place.
    	Also a place called Pond Hill Ranch in Castleton Vermont hold
    rodeos every weekend,I think he said on Saturdays. That may be farther
    than you want to drive on a regular basis,but if you call them,they
    might be able to put you onto something. 
    	Keep in touch and let us know how you make out.
    
    		George
    

    Everybody THANK YOU! for helping me in my rodeo search!!  I am so
    excited!!  I will be giving Mr Boyle a call this weekend and when
    I get the information I will pass it on!
    
    Again, everyone THANK YOU!
    
    Carrie

    WELL....???  Did you ever find out anything ?  Please let me know,
    because I would love to find out more about the rodeo myself !!
    
    
    thank you ,
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    
    
    	well i havent heard too much from the noters in this conference.
    
    but i did find out that every sat night, in rutland vt.
    there is a rodeo.
    8pm rodeo dance follows around 10;30 ish..
    
    	for womens barrels you can run one local race then after that
    you have to join the american rodeo assoc. for $50 (in think)
    
    the womens pro rodeo assoc. is not included for these rodeos,
    they said that the wpra wanted to much money for the earnings.
    
    they have bullriding , bareback, roping, people come from ny , pa,
    nj and also canada.
                                                    
    	i was interested in goin and checking it out. maybe this weekend
    or the next.. 
    	
    	they said there last rodeo is labor day weekend.
    
    if you can get a copy of the bucking chute, it will post the
    rodeos that are going on.
    
    as far as wpra is concerned, it is expensive but the earnings are
    much better.... after you get your permit, you get your perm. card
    (pro card) after so many earnings and i think you have to keep up
    the standings/earnings.
    		there is a charter in this area for mass, nh ,ma,conn.
    its called the new frontier.... but i have failed to get a contact
    from wpra.
    
    		just some things i foiund, i think next year i will
    quit showing and start trying to get some money , chasin' barrels.
    	i bought her 9 years ago for a barrel prospect, i guess i better
    start using her.
    
    

    I'd like to add a new topic on Rodeo.  Are there any cowboys out
    there in facilities in the Southwest or Central Region?  I know
    of one in particular (this is for you Paul Smith), a bull rider
    from Tulsa who works at a facility in LA.  Since stables/horsefarms
    are ranches where I come from, let's here some imput on this subject
    or stories about some of your experiences riding.
    
    
    Gail (from Texas panhandle)

    I put this note in Askenet and someone suggested I place it here.

           
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    This past weekend, some friends and I went to a rodeo at the Shriner's
    Auditorium in Wilmington.  This is the first time I've seen a show
    like this and I thought how neat it was watching the bareback riders
    and the cowboys trying to ride out the bucking bronco's during the
    time limit.  All of a sudden, I noticed that as soon as the time
    was up, a belt was loosened on the back of the horse.  The belt
    was wrapped around their belly's close to the back of the horse.
    Soon as they removed the belt, the horse stopped bucking.
    
    What is this belt?  It seemed a very cruel thing to do to the
    animal just to put on a show.  Does it hurt the animal?  
    
    Thanks,
    Charlene
    

    
    This is called a "bucking strap".   If you noticed the strap then you
    should have noticed that it was wrapped in sheepskin (in order to not
    rub the horse).  Also you should have noticed that the strap was fairly
    loose.  The bucking horses refuse to move if the strap is too snug
    (even as snug as how we girth up a saddle).  
    
    This strap is more or less annoying to the horse.  The experienced bucking
    horses use having the pickup rider removing the strap as a signal that the
    show is over (that and the buzzer).
    
    Bucking horses have a fairly easy life.  The REPUTABLE stock
    contractors take good care of them (the good horses are worth $$$$$$$). 
    The horses work for about 8 seconds at a time.  And during a week long
    rodeo, they are used only a couple of times--in order to not over use
    them.  They must be well cared for in order for them to perform.  The
    ASPCA keeps close tabs on rodeo stock.  At each recognized PRCA rodeo
    there is a ASPCA rep on the grounds as well as an approved veterinarian.
    
    I read some statistics this last year that placed various sports in
    relation to danger to the horse.  Rodeo was rated one of the least
    dangerous in terms of injuries and deaths per capita in the sport. 
    Racing, jumping, and eventing all rated at the top.  (Of course they
    didn't rate danger to the riders -- I think riding bucking horses and
    bulls is CRAZY.)
    
    Some of the bucking horses are as famous in the rodeo circuit as the top
    riders (or more so, because they usually last longer than the riders).
    
    Its not unusual for some of bucking horses at the National Finals Rodeo 
    to be older than some of the riders.  The bucking stock has to "earn" 
    their way to the finals also.
    
    Not too bad for horses that would otherwise might have been destroyed 
    because they were unrideable.

     
    	HEY, WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?  YOU CAN'T JUST START ONE OF THESE
    THINGS AND LEAVE IT HANGING!!!!
    
    		I have finaly gotten access to this stuff and no one has
    done any activity for a while.  HELLO, ARE YOU ALL OUT THERE OR DID
    RODEO TRULY DIE?????
    
    		I am in California and rode JRA for 4 years and PRCA AND
    MRCA FOR 2.  I HAD  to quite the hard stuff because of injury but have
    stayed active in the association.  I attend as many buck-outs and
    rodeos as possible.  I am very interested in hearing how rodeo is doing
    out there.  
    
    		well,  write if the notion strikes ya all.
    
    
    
    		vlm cwo

    
    
    Rodeo is ALIVE and very well in Colorado.  Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo 
    is coming up soon.   Cheyenne Frontier Days is July 18-26. 

    Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of Rodeo her in
    MA.....
    
    
    L-

    But come August, when I'm in TX, it's off to the
    Mesquite Rodeo!!!  (; (;
    
    L-

    Aw, come on Lynne.....it isn't that bad.  I know guyes who rope and
    girls who race who have rodeos just about every weekend.  THey travel
    some, but they're out there.
    
    And no, they not like the ones in Texas.....

    Re-printed without permission - 
    	THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
    		Parade section.
    
    THIS CHAMPION RIDES TALL.
    
    	A Portrait
    By Hank Wittemore.
    
    "Ty Murray has dedicated himself to a distinctly American sport.  To
    stay on top, he fisks his life again and again."
    
    "Behind the bucking chute, Ty Murray is preparing to rid his bull.  He
    is the top-ranking professional rodeo cowboy--the reigning all-around
    world champion, heading toward his fourth consecutive crown--but in a
    few minutes, his heart will start to pound.  No matter that he has been
    riding livestock ever since he could walk, the finely tuned, baby-faced
    young man known as the Kid is about to feel his nerves zapping like hot
    wires."
    	"'I get on nearly 300 bulls a year,' says Murray, 23, `but I'm
    nervous every time.  If any of these guys is going to ride a bull and
    says it doesn't scare him, he's lying.  What counts is putting the fear
    aside and getting the job done.'"
    	The job coming up will be to settle his 150-pound body atop an
    animal weighing nearly a ton and--once the chute opens, and the bull
    explodes beneath him with lightning-fast power--to stay aboard for at
    least 8 seconds, to score.
    	"`When you first start riding bulls, it's so scary that everything
    kind of goes black,' Murray says.  `I tell kids in rodeo school that it
    happens out of fear, but each time they ride things will get a little
    clearer.  When you do something over and over, your body gets to where
    it reacts.  You get to  where things seem to slow down and you can
    think.'"
    	"Each year, about 800 professional redeo are held across the
    country, evoking a unique aspect of the American heritage.  And today's
    top bronc and bull riders are facing a rich and promising future, with
    larger cash prizes and growing audiences.  If these athletes begin to
    receive the kind of attention paid to stars of other sports, much
    credit will go to Ty Murray--an athlete of exceptional ability who has
    been called, by his peers, the Bo jackson of rodeo.
    	Unlike most of his contemporaries, who specialize in one or two
    categories, Murray is a champion of the kind known only in the
    past--that rare cawboy who competes in all three of rodeo's very
    different riding events: bareback broncs, saddle broncs and the awesome
    bulls.
    	"I love rodeo more than anything else there is," he says, "and
    there's nothing else Id rather be doing.  I was getting on baby calves
    when I was 2 or 3 years old.  Rodeo is fun and tremendously exciting--a
    real thrill, every time.  I'd do it for nothing.  And I think, when you
    really love what you're doing, it's a lot easier to excel at it."
    	In 1990, Murray bacame the first rodeo cowboy in history to earn
    more than $200,00 in a year.  By now, completing his fifth year on the
    circuit, he has won more than $700,00 in total prize money, having
    broken rodeo records across the country on his way to the top.  In
    three successive years, he has been the all-around world champion--the
    professional cowboy who earned the most money, while competing all year
    in at least two events.  Now he's aiming for his fourth title, in
    December, at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas."
    
    
    
    There is more to this article but I have realized it is getting very
    long.  I can enter the rest or send it to anyone who is interested.
    
    
    SWAM2::MASSEY_VI
    
    VIRGINIA

    This a rodoe schedule reprinted from the ProRodeo Sports News.
    Additional information may be obtained from me through E-Mail.
    
    April 14-17		Buccaneer Days Pro Rodeo	Corpus Christi, TX
    
    April 15-18		Kananaskis Pro Rodeo		Coleman, Alta
    
    April 15-18		Kamloops Pro Rodeo		Kamloops, BC
    
    April 16-17		Decatur Championship Pro Rodel	Decatur, Al
    
    April 16-17		Bad to the Bone Rodeo		Edna, TX
    
    April 16-17		Copper Dust Stampede		Globe, AZ
    
    April 16-17		Ralph Morgan Semi-Annual Rodeo	Lauderdale, MS
    
    April 16-17		Mesquite Championship Rodel	Mesquite, TX
    
    April 16-17		Mobile Sheriff's Mounted Unit	Mobile, AL
    			Rodeo
    
    April 16-18		Clark Co. Fair and PRCA Rodeo	Logandale, NV
    
    April 17		Cowtown Coliseum Semi Pro Rodeo	Fort Worth, TX
    
    April 17-18		Auburn Wild West Stampede, Inc	Auburn, CA
    
    April 17-18		Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo	Red Bluff, CA
    
    April 21-24		Angelina Benefit Rodeo		Lufkin, TX
    
    April 22-24		Henderson Co. PRCA Stampede	Athens, TX
    
    April 22-24		Eighty Niner Days PRCA Rodeo	Guthrie, OK
    
    April 22-25		Westerner Silver Buckle Rodeo	Red Deer, ALTA
    
    April 23-24		Five Star Davie Pro Rodeo	Davie, FL
    
    April 23-24		Wharton Co Youth Fair & Rodeo	El Campo, TX
    
    April 23-24		Mesquite Championship Rodeo	Mesquite, TX
    
    April 23-25		Brown Co Sherrif's Benovolent	Green Bay, WI
    			Association Pro Rodeo
    
    April 23-25		Lethbridge Bud Pro Tour Rodeo	Lethbridge, AB
    
    April 23-25		Lloydminster Kinsmen Rodeo	Lloydminster, SASK
    
    April 23-25		Mason City Pro Rodeo		Mason City, IA
    
    For more dates in April and May, please send E-mail to me.  All rodeos
    are PRCA sactioned and approved.