Show aporte aport flashbacks Benny Bender and trick horse rider perform at Vernal rodeo Vernal Venial is booming with rodeo action as the Jensen Ward Rodeo is set for this Saturday and the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is slated for July 8 89 9 and 10 An article printed in the Vernal Express on August 9 1945 which deals with some men who do a great deal of running follows RODEO CLOWN LIKES VERNAL SHOW After playing to rodeos for 12 years Benny Bender has appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap for the first time in Utah this year He took part in the Vernal rodeo and says It is a full show with a good length and variety of program In commenting on the arena Benny said it was little too large and could easily be narrowed up to make a faster show Freckles the Brahma bull is one one of the meanest and smartest animals I have ever seen seen seen said Benn Benny t 1 t lurd ir p. p place edh in t u do 1 tIeSa He said he e ehas has made record time of 6 seconds in bulldogging at a rodeo in Pine Bluff Wyo and has made the time in 7 and I 8 seconds a number of times Hailing from Mobridge SD S.D. Benny has been in practically every state in the nation and parts of Canada His mule JoJo JoJo Jo- Jo JoJo Jo now 13 years years' years old has been working in rodeos for ten years In all ail the attempts at riding JoJo JoJo JoJo Jo- Jo Jo there has never been beena a rider who could stay with the crafty animal except himself or his daughter said Benny The dwarf mule weighs pounds and is from a mare and a Spanish Jack Jade Tr Traveling with Benny are his wife ife and daughter Billie 6 who rides the mule out of the arena Another rodeo related story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on August 23 1945 TRICK ROPER SAYS VERNAL RODEO ONE OF THE BEST The Vernal Rodeo is one of the best shows in this part of the country said Dick Pickard trick roper and rider who performed in the rodeo at Vernal I 1 can see a big improvement improvement improvement im im- im- im provement over four years ago when I first visited the show Your rodeo has possibilities of becoming the best in the state The committeemen have done a afine afine afine fine job in putting it on said the professional Traveling with Dick is his wife Pauline also a trick rider They make their home in Pueblo Colo They have played at Alliance Neb Provo Price and Pocatello Idaho so far this season before coming to Vernal Last year they spent the entire season performing for the Cole Brothers Circus DICK HAS liAS spent six years with rodeos He first rode in a rodeo at Colo Later he performed at Treasure Island and 14 recuperating hospitals and naval bases Four years ago at Ft Smith Ark he fractured two vertebrae vertebra riding a bareback horse This injury has k kept p him from gett getting into the t Aith Wu t t ny i rb iri Pau Pauline has also alo s been fn in rodeos for about six years Prior to that tha t time she rode relay horses The stand shoulder-stand done by Pauline is one of the them m most t risky feats in trick riding Twice in performing the stunt she has fallen to the ground and been knocked They take their two trick horses with them in their travels Rio is a three-fourths three Palomino from the Rex Bull herd in Arizona Bell is the husband of Clara Bow The beautiful horse has been trained by Pauline Emigo is the grey horse ridden by Dick and is considered one of the best roping horses ever worked in a rodeo The animal works without hobbles A good horse is pis Is two-thirds two of trick roping said Dick Boxing was a popular sport in inthe inthe inthe the four ties An article which appeared in the Vernal Express on April 5 1945 follows FF A BOXING CARD March 24 the Uintah and Roosevelt FF A boxing bouts 0 gave local ring enthusiasts enthusiasts enthusiasts en en- plenty of excitement during their 17 bouts staged at the High School gym The feature bout starred Lynn Dean and Lawrence Luck Luckin in three fast rounds Dean took the count of nine during the second round but managed to keep up enough interference to rate a draw MAX HORROCKS and Curly Rooks gave an exhibition bout Rooks was barred from the amateur ring in view of his boxing experience that stretched stretched stretched ched over a period of approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 12 years Robert Hatch of and Dean of Vernal slugged it out the hard way Hatch a little older than finally won the decision Reed Hullinger and Howard Howard Allred put on a very good bout Allred Mired a clever boxer created pl plenty nty of interest for the audience but Hullinger some good punches punches punches pun pun- ches too This bout was a draw also Jack Josie Josie- tangled with a aCol Col Colorado r tx seand er and won won the judges decision after a a tough struggle Elvis Simmons 14 pounds heavier than Don Walker was was another winner of the evening Hollis Hullinger of Roosevelt and Sam Hatch were referees Harold M. M Lundell Rus Montgomery and Paul Lyman were the judges A track and field article which was printed in the Vernal Express on May 10 1945 follows CARBON TAKES HONORS AT TRACK MEET The Carbon High Schools School's fast scoring track team took high honors Friday at the regional track meet when they scored points Roosevelt came in second with 72 points Moab had 53 and Uintah 52 scored 17 17 JOHN JOliN STONE of Uintah tied with Horrocks of Roosevelt for first place in the yard dash Voit Richens came in second in inthe inthe inthe the half mile run The relay team composed of Dallas Nickell Dale Haws Vaughn Wilkins and Lowell Walker took second in the mile relay George Calder took second honors in the javeline javelin Miles of Carbon was the tennis singles winner and Jewkes and Bandal took the honors in the doubles The state track meet will beheld be beheld beheld held Saturday in Salt Lake and andall andall andall all first place winners in the regional meet are eligible to participate Going Rural For the last three years the number of farms in Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- Pennsylvania vania has been Increasing at the rate of 1000 annually |