—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Sept. 11, 1976
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World championship rodeo comes to the Buck
In the rodeo horned steers are used for
bulldogging and team roping. Bulldogging will be
■" * just one of the events featured at the Buck Tractor
Pull stadium when world championship rodeo
comes to the Buck.
BUCK - “Ride ’em
Cowboy” is a unique slogan.
It goes back to the late 1800’s
when riding and roping
contests developed from
practical ranch work. It can
still be heard today in the
rodeo arena as World
Championship Rodeo comes
to the Buck Tractor pull
stadium, Sept. 18 for two
shows - 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The
show is being produced by
Trail ride planned
AUBURN - Marvin Moyer,
Auburn RI, is preparing
himself and mount, Lancer,
for an upcoming competitive
trail ride. The 25-mile ride is
set for October 3, and will
start in the Auburn
Memorial Park, here.
The object of the ride is
to acquaint riders with
competitive trail riding and
introduce them to the
Schuylkill County coun
tryside. The overall purpose
is to stimulate breater in
terest in the breeding and
use of good saddle horses
qualified to make good
mounts for trail use.
The ride is open to the first
40 entries of any breed or
grade of horse four years of
age or older, and riders must
be at least ten years old.
Completion patches will be
awarded to all riders
finishing the nde and prizes
will be awarded to the
winners in each division.
Plaques will also be given for
the best trail horse, best
horsemanship, and best
conditioned horse.
The deadline for
registration is September 17.
For complete details contact
Mrs. Marvin Moyer, Rl, Box
Keystone Rodeo Co., Inc.,
owned by Dave Martin,
Menges Mills, Pa.
The International Rodeo
Ass’n. of Pauls Valley, Olda.,
has approved the rodeo for
world championship points.
Sanctioned world cham
pionship events include:
bareback bronc riding, wild
brahma bull riding, saddle
bronc riding, cowsgirl’s
barrel race, calf roping,
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steer wrestling, and team
steer roping. Specialty
events include: jr. bull
riding (persons 15 and un
der), cowgirl’s goat typing,
and a calf scramble. The calf
scramble is open to children
from the audience, who pay
a $2 entry fee to try to win a
live calf. However, both
parents must sign a legal
release at the show.
livestock for the show has
been selected from all parts
of North America. Some of
the Brahma bulls were
purchased from Walter M.
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bulls were brought up from
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Florida and destined for
slaughter until Keystone
Rodeo’s owner Dave Martin
purchased them and gave
them a new lease on life as
rodeo bulls.
Martin says, “It’s not a
bad -life, considering they
only have to buck for eight
seconds each performance,
and during the off season
ed. till April-they do nothing
but stand around and eat. I
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have some bulls that I
purchased in Oklahoma and
Texas that are over ten
years old and still redeoing.”
The bulls are fed a special
16 percent protein feed,
commonly fed to dairy cows.
One of the rodeo’s feature
attractions is Bonecrusher,
A Hereford and Brahma
crossbred bull from Texas,
who is eight years old and
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