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Show Rdeolfighlighfs Weekend Events r -- iyf V-.f-iVX" "'"-w ft-" - r.-T - -i M' .y-Bi:'- :m. ?:A . & .V r . 17 A -A Bull riding and steer wrestling will be two of the events whieh will thrill spec- rein around his hand, will be disqualified if he changes chang-es hands on the rein, touches any part of the hrse or equipment with bis i'reo hand, or loses a stirrup. All riding events are scored half on the horse how hard it bucks - and half on the way the rider spurs. Sparing weights the contest in favor of the 'horse - it aggravates the animal but does not wound lit, and it forces the rider to keep his legs so he cannot can-not weather the jumps by clamping onto the horse. If the bronc rider as "in time with the horse" he will complete a cycle with each jump, swinging his (legs in a continous rhythmic rhy-thmic motion, body rocking, rock-ing, rein - arm pumping, free arm held high for balance. bal-ance. He spurs from the pciint of the shoulders to tators at the Canyonlands Rodeo this weekend. Here's How to Watch the Big Canyonlands Rodeo. This Weekend Rack in the old days when rodeos were just be-i'ng be-i'ng born, in places like Pecos, Texas and Deer Trail, Colo., a , man just climbed aboard a bucking horse and tried his luck unhfl, as they said, "the horse was rode or the cowboy cow-boy throwed." Today. . . Saddle Bronc Riding is a highly regulated and exacting contest requiring re-quiring expert precision, split - second timing, and coordination. The contestant contest-ant must ride for 10 seconds, sec-onds, using a plain halter and a single braided rope rein. No cannot wrap the itlhc back of the cantle How well he does this and how often, determines spurring mark, from 1-20 points. The critical moment for the rider is first jump into the arena. He must have both spurs over the break of the horse's shoulders. If he does not, he "goose eggs" - receives no score at all. Watch to see, when the second jump begins, that the rider pu.lls his spurs back to the cantle of the saddle. The farther tha sweep of 'his spurs back and forth during the ride, the higher the score. As the hores is rising on its second jump and the rider starts to sweep forward with spurs, leaning back-more back-more in the saddle to get maximum pull from the rein to help hold hdmseif on. Straightening in the saddle sad-dle as the horse nears th; peak of its jump, the rider reaches for shoulders with spurs and tries to keep up rhythmic, rocking motion of spurs and body. At the top of the jump spurs are well forward. The horse has dropped its head so the rider gives it extra rein to keep from being pulled off overhead while holding free arm high for balance. Set for impact, the rider pushes spurs far forward, for-ward, leaning well back into the saddle, taking up slack rein with arm and shoulder movement. If he maintains this form he arks high (18-20). Saddle Bronc riding is one of the events which will draw cowboys from all over ithe western states to the Annual Canyonlands Rodeo, June 11-12 in Mo aib. The purse for the Moab 'rodeo event this' year is $1,000. Events will include saddle bronc riding, barc-foackriding barc-foackriding bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling and amateur bareback riding. There is a ?20 entry fee for every event except amateur ama-teur bareback riding, that entry fee is $10. Riders interested in entering the rodeo contest should slop by Rodeo Headquarters at the County Courthouse in Moab. Advance ticket sales for reserved sections are being be-ing handled by "Brig" Larsen at Miller's Hardware. Hard-ware. Reserved "over - the -Chute" seats are $3.50 . south end reserved, $2.50; I general admission adults, I $2.00; and general admis- sion children, $1.00. f |