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Show WORLD BULL riding champion, Cody Snyder, tries to stay on his animal and gain a high score. PROFESSIONAL RODEO cowboy Kevin Chapin of Winnemucca, Nev., attempts to ride a bucking saddle bronc at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal. The annual rodeo is set for July 12, 13 and 14. Cowboys to ride wild bulls eai 34th annual rodeo The 34th annual Professional Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is scheduled schedul-ed to take place in Vernal at the Uintah Uin-tah County Fairgrounds July 12, 13 and 14 and the events in the rodeo will be bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and barrel bar-rel racing. The rodeo will begin each night at 7 p.m. Saddle bronc and bareback bronc riders have many items to worry about, but the bull rider has an additional addi-tional problem to worry about and that is the animal he is trying to ride has horns. "Bull riding is a reaction event. It's something like when a tailback is running run-ning with a football-there's no time to think," stated Don Cay, record-breaking record-breaking world champion. "When you climb over the chute to get on the bull, you need to have complete com-plete concentration on the animal that you've drawn. You have to be ready to react to whatever the bull does." While Cay sits on the bull with his gloved hand in the rope's handhold, he has a friend help him tighten the rope. Then Cay scoots forward as far as possible, so he can maintain maximum max-imum leverage and control during the ride. He nods his head, the chute gate swings tptn and the ride begins. A bull bucks differently than a horse, so the rider mast be prepared for a downward thrust, which could throw htm over the animal's head. The surprisingly agile bulls, weighing up to a ton, often spin as they buck. Bull rider, often small and wiry, ride with only a flat braided rope pulled tight around the bull and across the gloved riding hand, sticky with re&in. The rider use his free arm and his body ttt counter bull's spins and lunges, while holding on arid pov.il.ly spurring with his feet. CWd.rwtion end determination are Important for the hull rider, who tries to maintain control and slay upright throughout ihc eight necohd ride For a cjiu;,;,ed ride, the rider tnml bU onto on-to the rnpr and not tmx h thr grtnmd nor can he touch the bull pr any pari ht h-. body w ilh hi free hand, fcslf a pom! ere awarded far pufring and turning Out the tors, The elh'ettc frHofffiafK tf both to-!!)- and bull de trtmine the score, and that cnnirManl place In the fo.)ri t'ul i critical few mnmrnU for the en!1- .hIow the ride. "In bull riding." Cay mrrkrd, ")hi r-. t done wlfrtl ym get oft !? bull. Vni !.;! Have II make ouf rr3p " Many balls tha?e anyone iff ;gh, bi his ok ftasofl It J' l,.n vfefrd N the ihn tei'V, t'-'ef is Vital. tte d -!raf is lh? WA from UVn f. kr m W free c!"T9 fw gel birg bp" in Ibrif WA frff. Gajr ba tnay bwlt thsir'pomK-. W tal t"l mrt, OW Vr ef Anuria. Canada gaitt-H gaitt-H M fir! mt Tre" 'al lt-H tbnr Antiati"t ball tidirg At p r. 5rjkf tc?r tb l iu jr!rti "H thai-ryt tiiv o ryT A"cn t-e ?!cr frpri E .! 1 fK in l?r?. Tre ft--cj.-j fi:?J1 sk? f.r?l Cna to rrj'tl K1 fvl "g (bfps-f Kct Iji Gas -f"n t- st 11 "It's always been my dream to be a rodeo cowboy," Snyder says. "I grew up on a cattle ranch, and have watched cowboys since I was six or seven. "Now I've just turned 20 and I don't know how long I can ride.. .but I plan on being around for a few more years." At age 16, Snyder won a Canadian amateur bull riding championship in 1979, a year after winning the silver medal for boxing at the Alberta Winter Games. As a professional athlete, he chose to concentrate on bull riding. He ended the 1982 season ranked twentieth twen-tieth in the world. In 1983, Snyder traveled throughout North America with veteran Canadian bull rider Dan Lowry. Cody worked his way into the top 10 by mid-March, and won enough in June to hit fifth place. At that time he said, "I'd like to stay right there in the top five going into the National Finals Rodeo and ha ve a shot at the world championship." That's just what he did, trading the late-season late-season lead with hobby DelVecchio, Lonnie Wyatt and John Davis. "I think I've got my own style," says the world champ. "On bad bulls, I get out over them and really knee up. On good ones. I just sit up and try." Snyder's try brought him a record 95 point score at the Canadian Finals In November; and in December of '83, on his final ride of the year, he brought Canada Its proudest moment In bull riding history. "This is what every cowboy dreams of," he told reporter. "Rodeo's been my uhole life, and this has been one Of my biggest goals. Winning was just plain old determination, t guarantee we worked hard-I went lo 140 rodeo and drove to !m t all of them, We didn't get cold at all-it seemed hke I won some money at almost every rodeo, And I was pretty fr lunate in that I didn't have any real injuries "I always thought I would win the world someday, but I neer thought it would happen t soon " x4 h'jchl thu for Snyder are: Feb. 6, won 12.1 at Houston. M; 2J. nn I2.W7 at (lover dale. 11 C ; Ju IS M won at Vega and beno. July 4, won 13 .km) at FroTmir Rw.d Ti in tVco. Tnas. Nov, U. r--l S pfilnts at Canadian Finals ml J inc. ntwoflchatt!$'rhipo?ibM M Hh.51 fide. t!jff!ay, J!y 12 wiU ! family h'-ihl and advance thnnf t?'fir..i--p l!l"iS ikkrls tan b aehtrA j-,e tit fcrt trrder. Ma'-n and Vctr-al fav- of at the Cbamtt vt Cm?e,rtr Cf-tup. Cf-tup. t!,k twartar lets is ? cia Ar -a Cbamf'Tt fit Cerr-mcrtP. t Fa;l ?a n A f V tta'e f j-4y H at i p m mi Main Mrrt r 4 a lie ttf!danr w h?iJ?fd b Jy I J and M TT l.j Corts tT -,"p M l;M'i w-ti" tn 'Kfi f- 'Kan V'1 i'-.-'T in rnc f?e'.9. a'g ; Wf'HA tlatrfl fUf '. ''h H fVjsr-p fVjsr-p tint ihsnfiift tna jn p-ri?e ir.-.'-rir t "' l-'??e 'M fv.VK:, M ).it S thrvwijt F,eFvb;r- P." 5ft 1 f t J-.t U ti ll i a 0 f M tV5 FRCA c-irs'.inTii ah1 s --;--" !. H bni C. "1 p-sfts:j (tc- rr'r? !T"-7S nrre asr31 l"n H b'- ! fr. J gt -!i'H ' 8l the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Oklahoma City. Coors also added $25,000 to the NFR prize list, while honoring the "Coors 1983 NFR Cowboy of the Year" with an additional $3,000 from Coors. The Coors Chute Out Rodeo points system consists of 16 points for a 1st place finish; 14 for second; 12for3rd; 10 for 4th; eight for 5th; six for Cth; four for 7th and two for 8th. Points are awarded for as many places as are in the prize money payoff, but not to exceed ex-ceed 8th place. The 1st place winner in each event at each Chute Out Rodeo receives a $J(H) cash bonus. Overall P.IH3 Coors Chute Out series winners in each event, including each team roping partner, will receive from Coors $3,000 for a 1st place finish, $2,000 for 2nd and $1,000 for 3rd. "Last year ( 1983) was our best year yet," said Dale Nicholls, Coors Sports Rodeo Manager. "The whole program really came together and gave us real impetus in the 1984 rodeo season." The top 1983 Coors Chute Out Rodeo cowboys are: saddle bronc, Monty llenson, 203 points: bareback broncs, Bob Loguc, 174.3; bull riding, Lonnie Wyatt, 117.5; calf roping. Roy Cooper, 100; steer wrestling, Joel Edmondson, 138; team roping, Leo Camarillo. 132 and barrel racing, Marlene Kd- dleman, 152. The Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo consists con-sists of the w ild events of saddle bronc, bareback bronc and bull riding and also contains the timed events of calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and the graceful sport of women's barrel bar-rel racing. Marlene Eddleman of Ordway, Colo, is the Women's Professional Rodeo Association barrel racing champion for 1983. She was also the Winston and Coors Series winner. She garnered the Women's Irofessional Rodeo AssociationNational Associa-tionNational Finals Rodeo barrel racing rac-ing title in 1983. The horse Marlene rides is an eight year old bay gelding named Dutch Watch, who has previous training in snaffle bit and cutting as well as having hav-ing an AAA rating on the race trac k. On her way to winning her first world title in WPRA competition and setting a money won record of $.". i .P. in, Marlene won large sums at some of the more prestigious PRCA rod- os including in-cluding wins at Tucson, Ariz., f l .:;27; Bakersfield, Calif., $976; Las Vegas, Nev., $3,611; Greeley, Colo , Sj70, Little Lit-tle Rock. Ark., $997; Ellensbuv",. Wa , $1,0G6; Albuquerque, N.M.. Sl.r.x; Sheridan. Wyo., $1,124. fw ltrritU 3 t isi 1 1-'' AA i V PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Directed By Betty Griffin Bottle Hollow Convention Center . ft Hy Neil Simon Dates: July 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 August 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 September 1, 7, 8 Dinner 7:00 p.m. Curtain 8:00 p.m. J: For reservation", call Colleen at 722-4G31 from 9 4:30 weekdays -V--'iMf4-i.'' mils u |