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Show ,flaybei! cowboy, Br Wmzk'ms beafs top ranked sars hpr three, five and eight rron! riders in the 1982 fundings, Mickey Young, No. 3; fdS No. 5; Danny Brady, No. ' members of the Dinosaur "f n Rodeo bareback bronc field, ' viavbell Colorado cowboy, Dar ;1nc won'the top honors with a Jjfl on Feller's Height, as a real good horse. He buck-: buck-: tdtobeahighscoring horse. He : out of there and bucked real fraade a circle. If you get on one pverv week this would be a pret-cupation," pret-cupation," stated Haskins. doing all right. I'm in the i! . You just spur the horseas hard ' '? can and set your feet. Beat ' -to the ground and hold your feet. :es them showy." i r.r's brother Dale competed in the ' h bronc event, Thursday, but en-i en-i f.pred tough luck. He gained a re-too re-too his first horse and was given re-ride on his second horse, would have had to compete in V'friday rodeo in order to attempt 'jchis third horse. He decided to l-.;veon. ' '-He first horse spun in a circle and buck. The second horse S 'dme real bad around the gate. ' brought me up against the post "remarked Dale Haskins. "I'm -idle bronc rider because it is some !ce20od to put my feet. I had an 85 eat Nashville, Tennessee, on Gold yedHe just really bucked and was veto ride." IMther rodeo cowboy, Bruce Frans ill (--ampa, Idaho, remarked, "I ain't agoing very hard. Bareback bronc riigisjust what I've always wanted ; jo I've had good rides at Salt Lake 'tvandVegas," said Frans. "I spur tab the neck. That gets you a good are." Hie rodeo cowboy does a lot of traveling. Wes Odneal of Colorado togs competed in Vernal, Thurs-'Q Thurs-'Q fey; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Friday; r in, Colorado, Saturday and frxlland Park, Colorado, Sunday. "I had a 74 and won $3,000 last t: itfkend at Red Lodge, Montana. This e my second year as a full time pro. ;: Voujustgot to work hard and the more "; jnjput into it the more you get out of Jv L" said Odeal. tot; When asked to comment on his i! : taights on saddle bronc riding, Kir-lj Kir-lj Werner of Brighton, Colorado, Wed, "Get on and hold. I won a rodeo n- nSouth Dakota with a 75 ride. He was i Kg horse called, 'Grey Cloud.' He ,jV st jumped, kicked and bucked." i2r. David Anderson's reason for being jfc krone rider was simple as he said, sit I'm just ? little better at it. I had an nil falewtimes.Ikeepgassingtothem jsth ikeep them charging." eadrj Wellsville, Utah cowboy and one of eh: Setop 15 saddle bronc riders in the world, Dixon Hamilton split third and fourth in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo's saddle bronc event at 74. "I had a real good horse. It was a little lit-tle rough at first and I could have rode a little better when I started Everything went good after I got started. I'm number nine in the saddle sad-dle bronc world standings. I won Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I won a go-around at Houston," said Hamilton. Hamilton added, "I scored an 80 at Baton Rouge. He was a good hard bucking horse. I gained a 78 on No Savy at Houston. The horse was the No. 2 saddle bronc horse of the world last year. I rode good and bucked good. Thank God for my good luck." Former Union High School football coach, Jack Hannum, snared first place steer wrestling honors at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo with a time of 4.8. "I got a good start and caught up with the steer quick and set him down. It was good steer," said Hannum. Han-num. "More contestants are rodeoing hard and going to more rodeos. They are competing for a chance to go to the National Finals Rodeo and for sponsor money. We've got contestants in timed tim-ed events that go to 170 or 180 rodeos a year. That's why they are winning more money." Hannum added, "It cost a lot more to rodeo and overhead is a lot greater even though the cowboys are winning more. There is so much money at the NFR and a lot of guys are really rodeoing rodeo-ing hard to qualify for the rodeo." Darl Allred of Hooper and Dean Steed, Ogden, were the clowns at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo and when asked about injuries, Steed remarked, "I just cured up from five broken ribs at a high school rodeo at Tooele. The bull knocked the cowboy out, I slipped and the bull picked me up. I've been hooked a few times. If you fight and work bulls the law of averages is going go-ing to get you and you'll get hooked. The best of them get hooked." Bull number three, Dark Velvet, won the battle with Rick Merzlock of Pocatello, Idaho in Friday's bull riding event at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. "He jumped and kicked out of there real high and turned back to the left. I tried to stay out over his shoulder, but he was bucking high and dropping . out from underneath. The bull threw me to the outside and the ride ended. That was all she wrote," said Merzlock. The bull has bucked off 95 percent of its riders. Bar T rodeo is the best outfit going down the road. All the cowboys will admit that. Good bucking buck-ing stock." "I've just been a saddle bronc rider. I was brought up on a ranch and rode horses all my life," said Dennis Weston of Randolph. Another cowboy, Ernest Cornia of Randolph commented, "I just try to win. I've been going to quite a fen' rodeos this year. 79 is the best score I've ever gotten and I gained it on a horse called, 'K.C The horse just came out, jumped, kicked for four jumps and started spinning in the air and I held on for an eight second ride." Mark McKinley of Kimberly, Idaho, stated, "Bareback bronc riding is the one I've always liked the best and it's pretty exciting. I got an 83 score on a horse called Red River at Boise, Idaho. He just come out of there and bucked the whole way straight down the arena. Two Vernal team ropers, Rick and Bud Massey, took part in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. Rick Massey's reason for being a team roper is as follows: "Everyone has to have a hobby," hob-by," and Bud Massey commented, "I just like to go. The competition is the main reason I like team roping. Your mental attitude has a lot to do with it. If you think you can do it you can." A steer wrestler, Jeff Moore of Las Vegas said, "It's fun, but it takes practice prac-tice and hard work. I had a 4.8 at Vegas and won Salina last week." Another Vernal team roper, Tom Montgomery stated, "It's a lot of fun, but it takes years of practice, practice. P w--- " ; . Lv' 4x ;ttt .- ;rr vsr -v.'R-'! W J.,"-r-; r -T j, I tT", - r'U . ! . . ). . -" v"-' ii: ! ', ....... ,: - V I THE CHASE is on as Green River, Utah, cowboy A.C. Ekker darts down the arena and tosses his loop over the head of SI It' . . fc , Ber:' Ha6. 1ft.'-- . , Jeri' ,' ' !t,.? j . !'' " ' rt! '' . ; i i -jk ; .' - "' , ' .' t , ' . i' i.i m ' j NGSTER gets an early start on his cnJk career and watching the young oy is Dar Haskins, right, of Maybell, 'oraao. Haskins captured first place in- the bareback bronc event at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo with a score of 77 on Feller's Height. $ Registration deadline for the Vernal City Tennis Tournament, singles play, is Friday, July 15. Con- 1 tact Pam Beyers at the Vernal City Office or call I 789-2255. practice and a lot of practice. Think positive all the way and look for the best." Phoenix, Arizona's Brent Carter competed in calf roping, team roping and steer wrestling. "I like steer wrestling and calf roping the most. Calf roping is you and the calf. It's a one man event. Steer wrestling is a challenge and takes a lot of technique," techni-que," said Carter. Larry Collins of Helena, Montana, was leading the steer wrestling event after two days of action, but he was knocked out of the money as four cowboys turned in better times. "I could have been a lot faster. I just couldn't shape him up to throw faster. I had the horn up to my chest and it should have been over the leg," remarked Collins. "My bull acted like he wanted to spin and then he jumped out of it. He was dirty for about three jumps." commented Bobby Thomas of Goshen, Utah. If a cowboy gets bucked off or his score isn't good enough he can always shout, according to Dennis Weston, "There's another rodeo tomorrow." the calf at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal, Thursday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday. |