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Show A'EEKLY Fora man who had neer rodeoed in his life and had neer seen a rodeo except from the bleachers, Udell Kynaston, 1wl Weaver Lane, la ton, has learned a lot about rodeoing since he bought out a rodeo in November 19"? and became a rodeo producer RODEOS 1IKE an other Linds of en tertainment, cannot be produced without a dress rehearsal U hen the rodeo opens at lagoon on Monday, Ju! 4, 1 dell and his rodeo crtw will have staged their dress rehearsal and tun a!! stock through the chutes and catch pens prior to the show During a two decker truck j w r Moo, one p big double pul into the rodeo i inght The second load w.H artne on riday morning Ml shoots the st.xk will be rue 'hrcu'gh prior t" the pt'totinance so the animals will he farndi u wuh the lavout giounds on Thurso 1 !e EACH NIGHT the stock must be fed and tamd fc'r, making the rodeo producers da last from about r' a m until 12 mid night Ed .Johnson, right !i tor the Udell Kynaston Idodeo operation, ilt monsttates his skill at rail roping iml u, ,n .k Hod, o ( ompam , In order to pm ide enough sme k fot the rodeo events, Udell must have about 200 head of rough stock In addition to the rodeo e' ents that ate seen b the audience during a two da rodeo other events are held during the morning of the second da to allow all the entnes to patticipate in their categories THE STOCK must mu only be able to hue k, but must also look the part, Udell s iid J list like urn show , the "biggest p irt of a rodeo is class i he bull riding evert, which provides the climax and is the concluding evert in the show, must he carefully staged Usually on! hulls with big horns are chosen as hm king slock I dell said, "I just look at them fust and see if the are the1 right type Then try them If they dont buck the fust four or five times, sell them hack for they'll never buck meat prices Hereford bulls dont buck I be best bulls an the Herefoi d c ross w it h a little Brahma or Chariots Swamp hulls that lives )n (hP stamps in Texas are also good hue king stock 1 I The stock tnuk used m the transportation of animals for the L K Rodeo Company has several lasers and lompaitnients Hulls are placed in the lower leel and the horses m the top The calve are housed in the compaitment in the front PART OF the show business involved in staging a rodeo requires that the bulls have such colorful names as F rec kies, Sea loam. Timber Wolf, Smokey and Frosty But Graveyard is the bull that looks the most ferocious and makes rodeo clowns Dari Allred of Hooper and Curt Buhler, Clearfield, get ready for a workout A todeci, like any other production is organised into acts, or events as they are calk'd in rodeoing The timed event stock, which includes the1 calves for roping, the larger animals for team roping and are placed in one set of chutes The rough stock or the bulls and the horses are tun into pens and chutes or ganged in the hacking area of the arena ATTLR THE grand entry, the rodeo begins with bareback riding, according to Udell's schedule This is followed by calf roping and the scene hift to the timed stock pens The1 second bareback riding section in the rough stock area follows and shifts to the timed stock with the steer Inilldogging event ho saddle brunt event or pcese is followed usually by the barred racing The n the foe us returns to the rough stoc k area for the first section of bulls Team roping and the second section of bull rid mg concludes the rodeo 1 The bulls, are rounded up and herded into the truck to he dmen to the rodeo grounds Udell Kwiaston. Rodeo M us t;., i ms the must look mean as well as prodding a rough ride Hill f, , i rUmon! rote a PHOTOS BY FRED WRIGHT saddle bronc ride w hile Udell observe from the left of the hot and bene Allred open the gate on the right c c much the bull with hi each event have to be carefully staged, but each animal must appear in the order that it has been drawn In the calf roping event, cowboys draw their calf one hour before the show The drawing determines each cowboys petition in the roping order ard the calf that he w ill rope The job of having all the calves in the right order is handled by Eugene AH red of Stockton, Ltah L ike most rodeo people, Gene has supported himself at another job, but has been rodeoing most of his life His son Dari is the clown and a bronc rider also NOT ONLY does By ROSLLAN KIRK NEWS JOURNAL, JUNE 30, 1977 REFLEX-DAV- IS AS THE bull leaves the gate, the clow pc their big levis and bright socks are ready One of the jobs of the clown :s to Veep the bull away from the cowboy after in the rule Dari worked wuh the bull Snowbank, A bull is keeping him a! arms lergh 'ike a wheelbarrow He moves in a circular p item and you can't let him get set up THE OTHER rough stock or the boshing horse string is sired by one stallion and four mares. All of the bucking horses are out of that cross Udell often places one of the bucking mares in one stall, w nh the c c'lt in the chute next to the moiher After the mare bucks, the colt is released from the ether stall to meet it nioihfi in the eena "We let (he colt on' AS EACH calf is placed in the chute at the Lagoon in preparation for the calf roping, a gate is drawn and bolted behind it The calves used for roping are between 200 and 350 pounds On the side of the calf roping chute, the calf roper waits for the red flag to he dropped signaling that the calf will he released from the chute THE CALF chute is rigged with ropes so that the calf is given a 12 foot start before an intricate system releases the catrier so the cowboys on a roping horse can race after the calf lrt the team roping event, one cowboy tries foi the head and the other attempts to catch the heels of the animal If both the header and the heeler succeed, the flag goes down and the teams roping time is recorded This time competes against the roping time of another calf roping team In addition to coordinating the calf roping and team roping stock. Gene also places the dogging steers, which weigh over 300 pounds and have a good horn base, in the chutes The dogging Mens come from Coreena, Mexico and are purchased for about $225 to $210 UDELL SAID that as the steers grow they usually become too large to be used for dogging stock and have to eithei be sold back for less than half their cost or in some cases may be used for the team roping event the following year The regulations for sie of the stock is governed by the Rocky Mountain Rodeo , Association (RMRA) That association also correlates all rodeos and places cow hoys in the events at the rodeo of their choice On Monday morning the cowboy calls the KMRA office and indicates what event he is interested in entering and what rodeo he wants to participate in the following weekend ALL OT the cowboys have another job to support them Usually they ride, knowing that they cant beat the top man The cowboys must also supply most of their own equipment Those who ride the rough stock, the bulls and broncs, are shirt and required to wear a chaps and a hat No one is allowed in the arena without a cowboy hat, Udell said In addition they must bring their own saddle if they are riding a saddle bronc long-sleeve- d BRENT CLAWSON showed the left hand, he is disqualified Davis County Clipper photographer and reporter how the bull riding was done Two ropes are placed around the body of the bull while he is in the chute One is the flank rope, which is tightened around his flanks to make him buck The other, the bull rope, is a braided rope placed around the belly of the bull and pulled tight The rider places his right hand through the loop and wraps the rope around his glove Prior to getting on the bull, Brent placed rosin on his glove to make it easier to hold on As the bull leaves the chute, his left hand must remain m the air, providing the balance necessary If the rider should fc r show Bi'l Montalvo of Lardy vi.o 'lire on Thursday to demonstrate the ait of hi one riding Bill, who lives m Sandy, has been riding bronc for seven year He works as a forklift driver for a local paper company, but rodeo on weekend "Riding bronc is jut like an alcoholic 5 ou ha'e a craving to Keep getting on the horse " THE FLANK tope l also used on a bucking horse When the rope is pulled tight, it raues the horse to buck In addition, each cowboy must privide his own addle or batehack rigging and rig hi horse Bill sold the bronc saddle com about $100 The saddle conforms to the w ithers of the hore Bill mounted the horse and rode it, but am,, bat k to the c hute doubled with pain He had broken hi rib several week ago, but continued to ride Last year he made $1, aoo riding bronc, but some years jut make hi expense c RODLOING IS a family affair with the Kynaston family Udells wife Char and their two sons, Brian 5, and Dustin 4, help with the1 stock In addition to the family and to Gene, the timed stock man, many other crew members are needed for each tocleo peiformance One flank man, two men on gates, one on the gate on the pickup pen, two men in the chutes and two in the back of the pens, sorting stock IN ADDITION to the men who run the rodeo from the background, out front are the clown, the announcer, two judges, the secretary and two timers In the arena, two pick up men who pick up the rider after the ride Fd Johnson, who works for operation, helps with the rodeos and feeds and trams the horses. He said some ot the horses can be ridden as bucking horses and saddled up and ridden as pick-uhorses The rodent string includes about 2 Idells head of bucking horses and 16 bulls Fd said Troy Clawson, 14, works with the animals as does Brent. Both have had experience as rodeo riders, Troy in the little buc karoo rodeos BUT IN spite of all the behind the scene work, Udell says much of the success of a rodeo depends on showmanship He that all the rodeo personnel wear matching vest to distinguish them as part of the operation The pick up men must also wear padded chaps to protect them from the horns of the bulls When Udell and company ride into the rodeo ring in the grand entry, flying the colors, few members of the audience are aware of the rehearsal that has proceeded that grand entry. Rodeo is "all class, Udell says, and mounted on his Appaloosa stallion, he gives his audiences that das s A. the hull are herded from the true k into the catch pen and chute thev are placed in the order of the draw Mot hull are a here ford ro and all have horns c |