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Show Itop P .ft.i .-r; c: re-. fc. r , y v .1 Vl :v-v:' .v.;s; r. - .-if - t ' ll. i v ... . : li . ' .... - - - .4 r : ONE OF THE TOP cowboys in the world, Bruce F- Ford of Kersey, Colorado, competes in a battle V with Black John. Ford, the number three rank- l- ed cowboy in the bareback bronc riding stan dings, tied for first place in the Dinosaur Roundup Roun-dup Rodeo with Lonnie Hall of Spearfish, South Dakota at 80 points. , - : - h - " ? ,!" . - . t - - - , -. i n " - ' i t. " - - 'A ' - ! . t: . ,;- ' ' '"" T ' , ' ": :" ; ; ' . ::v ' . . ' N . . - ' " IS ....... '5 . ...... : HANGEM' HIGH is conquered by Kent Cooper of Malta. Idaho, for first place in the saddle : bronc event in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo with a score of 93. The score by Cooper is the second or third highest saddle bronc point total ever. : ' x ' - t i i . " . ' 'I-' ' ' 'i , " .1-.: : THE ALL-AROUND COWBOY of 1975, Leo Camarillo of : Lockeford, California, races after his animal in the calf roping contest. f J ' ' - !" , VvV- vTAv.-.- ; i;, Tk ., I: " '-r !:-.....:-" : ..ly t: i r i, . ;; .: .-rV: " ;i v... - ; . . - . - : ' THE NUMBER ONE ranked bareback bronc rider M.ckov Young of Ferron, Utah roars out of the chute. ' y Number one ranked roele! cowboys compete m Verm The number one ranked saddle bronc rider, !he iop bareback bronc rider, a former all-around champion, a two-iime two-iime world champion saddle bronc rider and many other highly ranked Professional Rodeo Cowboy Associa-lion Associa-lion cowboys compeied in !he 30th annual an-nual Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, Thursday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday in Vernal at the Uintah County Fairgrounds. Mickey Young, a national finals champion in 1978 and the number one bareback bronc rider in the PRCA standings stan-dings as of June 23, competed in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. The Ferron, Utah native, Mickey Young, rode Bear River in the Vernal rodeo, but did not place in the iop six. "The Kirby stock is too tough for me. I was in first place at Reno, Nev. with a score of 80. My bareback bronc riding style is a little more conservative and smooth. I developed this style to fit, myself. I'm not a real wild rider I have good control and good drag. I guess a little more experience, ex-perience, backing from my wife and good help from God and things like that have helped me to advance to the top of the bareback bronc riding standings," remarked Mickey Young. The number one ranked saddle bronc rider in the PRCA standings, Bud Munroe of Billings, Mont., rode Hyrum Special and nabbed a score or 87, which was the lop score during the first two days of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo until Kent Cooper of Malta, Idaho, scored a 93 on the final day to garner first place. Munroe pocketed first place with a score of 85 points and won $1,094 in rodeo at North Platte, Neb. The Billings, Bill-ings, Mont, saddle bronc rider, Munroe, won first place at the Lehi rodeo and won $5,600 in a rodeo in Houston. "Sometimes I've been just lucky and got a good horse. Things have been working right for me. The good Lord has been taking care of me because I'm not. I was winning firs! place in the Liv-ington, Liv-ington, Mont, rodeo with a score of 79. I have won aboul $24,000 so far," remarked remark-ed Bud Munroe. "I have an odd one lonight (Thursday) in Hyrum Special. I didn't ride him well last lime. He ' almost threw me off." Munroe rode Hyrum Special well enough that he placed second in the saddle bronc event in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. Munroe added, "1 have been taking part in rodeos since the middle of January and I have been at one rodeo a day since June 26 in such places as Canada, Utah and Montana." The 1975 Professional Rodeo Cow boys Association all-around champion, Leo Camarillo of Lockeford. Calif , com-' com-' peted in the call' roping in the Dirtot-aur Roundup Rodeo. Saturday, but did not place. "I had to work real hard to become the all-around cow bov of 1975 I was a four-time world and national Ss champion in calf ropmg You have to have a lot of dedication. There is a lot more to it than people reali The easy part is in the arena and the Lrd par" I getting to the rodeal com-Deted com-Deted in ten rodeos in three days (Thursday, through Saturday) in Sna Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Utah, and I'm no done vet " stated Leo Camarillo. Calf rop-fng rop-fng times vary. Arenas are all different A score of 12 would have won the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, but maybe next time a score of 11 or 7 will be needed need-ed You never can tell. The conditions are never the same. You might be roping rop-ing in a rainstorm one time, in the heat or indoors the next time." Monty Henson of Mesquite, Texas, was the world champion in the saddle bronc event in 1975 and 1976. Henson wasn'l bucked off by I'm Alone in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, but he didn t place in the rodeo in Vernal. "I was the world champion back in the old days. I'm second in the saddle bronc standings stan-dings so far, but I haven't been doing well during the July 4th weekend. I have competed in four rodeos, but I only on-ly nabbed $500. There are some good horses here (in Vernal), but I didn't get one. Thai's the way it goes. When you're hot you're hot, when you're not you're not," stated Henson. Henson added, "I scored a 90 in Ft. Worth, Texas, one time and I have been in theWs a number of times. I would like to be in the 80 s for the next seven rodeos in a row," The highest score possible in bronc riding is 100. Some other highly ranked cowboys, who also took part in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, were: Sandy Kirby, Greenville, Texas, number 11 all-around all-around and number 10 bareback; Mel Coleman, Canada, number two bareback bronc riding; Bruce Ford Kersey, Colo., three bareback; Gary Hemstead, Anderson, Calif., number seven bareback; Vern Smith. Burkburnett, Texas, number eight bull riding; Doyle Gellerman, Oakdale, Calif.; Walt Woodard, Stockton. Calif., number three team roping; George Richards. Humboldt, Ariz.; Matt Silveira. Nipom, Calif., number seven team roping; David Motes. Fresno. Calif., number nine team roping; Dennis Den-nis Motes, Mesa, Ariz . number 13 team roping and Bucky Bradford, Las Vegas. Nev., number 5 team roping. Two brothers, Bruce Ford. Greeley. Colo., and Glen Frod. Evans, Colo . competed in the same event, bareback bronc riding. "I w ill Deal him Bruce i if I draw the right horse." remarked Glen Ford. . ' The number three ranked team ropers. Doyle Gellerman and Walt Woodard took p.irt n the Dinosaur Roundup Kodeo, but CM tfi "I've made a lot of rodeo J and practiced. My partner j.! roped some steers in fr . seconds, "said Doyle Gtllerrry Some highly ranked c'v Utah, Jack Hannum, rjj? Hamilton, Wellsville, L'tahav- I Allen, Vernal, compete'".' Dinosaur Roundup fyfa Hamilton gained an fa Cracker and garnered third saddle bronc riding event, "ji a good horse and I made a g just came out good and il re and kicked good. The DinwJ dup Rodeo is ihe best roda,'" been to on the July 4th mented Dixon Hamilton. Hir the Wilderness Circuit m: riding champion in 1979. A local cowboy, Doctor j nabbed third place in the W Circuit in calf roping in yr Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is? better rodeos and especially s put up more money. It hy some good ciwgoys in," said; "I've got my backup dfx",v rodeo, Doctor Terry Buxton." Jack Hannum served as ; football coach at Union Hx from 19C5 to 193. Union woci State Football Championir; Hannum also coached at C High School. However, Han-., up his football coaching caret fulltime rodeo cowboy. Har;. peted in the National Flv. times. "It (National Finals) has;, experience. It was somei alw ays wanted to do, but I away from my family a lot." i Hannum. |