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Show 'Y' Student To Ride In London Wild West Show From a Mormon university univer-sity to a wild west show in London, England, was the unusual jump made by Earl Bascom, freshman student in the Brigham Young university, uni-versity, who left the school Tuesday noon to join up with the show. Bascom is in the fine arts college at the Provo university. The "Y" student will join a wild west show which is being promoted by Guy Weadick, the man who runs the Calgary stampede at the Canadian city each July the biggest rodeo in the world. Steer decorating, the division di-vision of rodeo work which is fast replacing bulldog-ging, bulldog-ging, is Bascom's forte. He has received a card of merit from the Rodeo Association of America for his excellence excel-lence in this line of work. Born in Vernal, Utah, Bascom grew up on a big Western Canada cattle ranch, where he learned the art of riding, roping and decorating. His home at present is Raymond, Alberta, Canada. |