DOCSLIB.ORG

Sadiefamouslastwords & Mary Burger Dominate Calgary Stampede

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sadiefamouslastwords & Mary Burger Dominate Calgary Stampede JULY 19, 2016 Volume 10: Issue 29 In this issue... • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 15 • Elite & Youth Extravaganza, pg 27 • Glacier Chaser Clasic, , pg 32 • Pikes Peak or Bust, pg 36 • Veterans Benefit Race, pg 37 fast horses, fast news • Prospector Challenge, pg 39 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Parting the Waters— Sadiefamouslastwords & Mary Burger Dominate Calgary Stampede By Tanya Randall After years of training great horses and selling them to make a living, Mary Burger waited until her 6th decade to keep one for 2016 CALGARY MONEY W INNERS herself. Her decision to keep Sadiefamouslastwords (“Moe”) put Unofficial as of July 19, 2016 - courtesy of www.wpra.com her on a collision course with barrel racing history. 1 Sadiefamouslastwords, Mary Burger $122,000 In March, Burger and Moe grabbed the WPRA World Standings 09 bu. g. Sadies Frosty Drift-Porky And Bess, Dash Ta Fame lead with a $54,750 Rodeo Houston Championship and virtually 2 Perculatin & A Frosty Please, Mary Walker $35,000 assured the Pauls Valley, Okla., barrel racer her first trip to the Na- 3 Lisa Lockhart tional Finals Rodeo since 2009. An Oakie With Cash & Fast An Gold $31,500 Now mid-summer, having only entered rodeos that she wants 4 Guys French Jet, Jackie Ganter $23,000 to, Burger and her 8-year-old buckskin gelding have potentially put 04 bu. s. Frenchmans Guy-Miss Landing Rocket, Easy Diamond themselves in position to set earnings records with a $122,000 vic- Landing tory at the historic Calgary Stampede. 5 Cfour Tibbie Stinson, Ivy Conrado $16,300 “I have to thank my family and God for this horse and the op- 09 sor. m. Eddie Stinson-Little Fancy Granny, Del Puerto Bill portunity to do what I’m doing,” said Burger. 6 Little Miss Wicked, Nancy Csabay $15,300 Even though only half of the $100,000 Final round victory 04 sor. m. Terrible Wicked-Like An Effort, Flying Effort counts toward the WPRA World Standings, Burger has the lead 7 Jess Undeniable, Kelley Schnaufer $13,800 locked with $170,979. 09 sor. m. Feature Mr Jess-Undeniable Dash, First Down Dash She and Moe simply dominated the Stampede, winning all four 8 Tkw Bullsyfamous Fox, Kimmie Wall $11,800 rounds of their opening pool of competition, surviving a tie-up 08 b. m. Bully Bullion-Gateway Ta Love, Dash Ta Fame scare to advance into the Finals and parting the waters in a tor- 9 Streakinflingindisco, Michele McLeod $11,300 rential downpour to win the $100,000 by a hundredth of a second 09 rn. m. A Streak Of Fling-Lot A Disco, Disco Jerry over 2012 WPRA World Champions Mary Walker and Perculatin 9 Sissy B Gold, Taylor Jacob $11,300 (“Latte”). 09 pal. m. Letta Hank Do It-Sissy B Bug, Shawne Bug Moe’s adaptability to the Calgary conditions amazed the veteran 11 Lil Pep Of Gold, Vickie Carter $10,500 trainer. 03 ch. g. Snippy Dunit-Miss Melody Badger, Fw Slim San Badger “I looked for him to maybe hold his own, but he’s really not that 12 Fdi Cash To Burn, Julie Leggett $10,000 experienced with mud and longer trips,” she said. Other than to 02 gr. g. Judge Cash-Burnit Brownie, Volunteer Kissimmee, Fla., for the RAM National Circuit Finals, Moe hasn’t 13 Docs Frosty Blue Bar, Cayla Melby $5,000 really been on the trailer or away from home for long periods of 09 crem. g. Tt Dakota Kitabars-Yonder Grace Goes, Yonder Jack Goes time. 14 A Stylish Classic, Deb Guelly $4,500 “He handled the ground way better than I thought he would. It’s 07 sor. g. Peppers Phantom-Miss Chickle, Docs Paradise a gravelly-type sand; it’s not that fine stuff and it packs underneath. 15 Sarah McDonald I think the footing is a little bit better when it’s pouring down rain. Fame Fling N Bling & Foxys Driftin Jewel $3,500 It’s slower because it’s sloppy.” 16 Flos Heiress, Fallon Taylor $2,500 Even with her farrier husband Kerry at her disposal, Burger said 06 sor. m. Dr Nick Bar-Flowers And Money, On The Money Red they didn’t make any shoeing changes specifically for the ground, 17 Ciscos French Mirage, Callahan Crossley $2,000 noting that the ground looked pretty decent for their first practice. 10 pal. m. Frenchmans Falcon-Joes Genuine Copy, Joes Genuine Doc Moe was due for his regular reset, so they went with his normal 18 Jkr Assured Win, Cassidy Kruse $1,500 shoes. 01 sor. g. Dashs Emblem-Miss Assured Best, Princely Best For much of the event Moe (Sadies Frosty Drift x Porky And Bess x Dash Ta Fame) was his usual self, showing off in practice trying to imitate the rough stock. Calgary Stampede Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS .......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... There are a bunch of good horses and jockeys out there that will Walker Passes the $1 Million Mark have a lot to say over the next several months about whether or not When Mary Walker ran second to Mary Burger at Calgary by 0.01 Burger breaks these records, but one thing is for sure; Burger is hav- seconds; she grabbed a $25,000 runner-up check and that combined ing an awesome year! with her other earnings at Calgary pushed her over the career earn- ings mark of $1 Million. She is the 7th cowgirl in WPRA History to Lockhart Wins Calgary’s Guy Weadick Award cross that mark. She joins Sherry Cervi, Charmayne James, Brittany Barrel racer Lisa Lockhart was presented with the prestigious Pozzi Tonozzi, Lisa Lockhart, Lindsay Sears, and Kristie Peterson as Guy Weadick award, as the person best representing Stampede millionaire cowgirls. Congratulations Mary! values and Spirit. She is one of few cowgirls to receive this award. Mary Burger Closing in on Records Blanchard Takes CFD 1st Round With the $72,000 of her $122,000 win at Calgary counting to- Cheyenne Frontier Days *Still In Progress wards her year end total & winning Houston as well, Mary Burger July 23-31, 2016, Cheyenne, WY pushed her earnings to $170,979. This puts her only $13,588 away First round: from the All-Time Regular Season earnings record of $184,567 of 1 Sydni Blanchard, 17.46, $6,212 Lindsay Sears from 2008 (Calgary did not count towards the stand- 2 Tillar Murray, 17.56, $5,324 ings that year) with 2 1/2 months left in the regular season. 3 Mary Burger, 17.69, $4,437 Also, Burger currently holds the record of Oldest World Cham- 4 Mary Walker, 17.70, $3,845 pion from her Championship in 2006 at 58 years old and with an 5 Lisa Lockhart, 17.71, $2,662 $81,058 lead in the World Standings over #2 Ivy Conrado, it is pos- 5 Kelly Tovar, 17.71, $2,662 sible that at age 67 she could beat her own record. 7 Jana Griemsman, 17.73, $1,775 With the NFR paying record amounts again this year, Burger 8 Kelly Yates, 17.74, $1,183 could make a run at the All-Time Single Year Earnings of $323,570 9 Jane Melby, 17.78, $739 that Lindsay Sears also set in 2008. 9 Megan Swint, 17.78, $739 2016 Barrel Racing Babies Colt by A Smooth Guy-Dynamite Skeetn Filly by Woodbridge and Luccana Moon, 6/1 Colt by Mr Brazil-Proud Zip Zorro, Lena, Doc O Dynamite, owned by Mark and owned by Babby Simunek, Bison, OK Proudest Effort, owned by Ray & Wendy Deb Pieper Norgaard Tracy & Dusti Swan • Hubbard, TX cell: 254.592.6406 (Tracy) [email protected] Subscriptions: www. BarrelRacingReport.com The Barrel Racing Report is emailed weekly, every Tuesday night, 52 weeks per year by Tracy and Dusti Swan, Hubbard, TX. The information enclosed in this issue is courtesy of the Barrel Racing Report. If you reprint any of the following information verbatim, or if you read it verbatim on a radio or television broadcast, please mention that the information is courtesy of the Barrel Racing Report. If an article is authored please contact us before using the information. All results have been approved by event producers or association personnel. All breeding information is provided via AQHA and/or APHA and is approved content. The information provided in the Barrel Racing Report is believed to be accurate. The Barrel Racing Report will not be responsible for mistakes. However, we would like to correct any that we may have. Please give us a call or email us at [email protected]. Barrel Racing Report July 19, 2016 Page 2 Barrel Racing Report July 19, 2016 Page 3 Barrel Racing Report July 19, 2016 Page 4 Calgary Stampede Continued From Page 1 “In practice, he’d get to a barrel and buck up, flip his tail and play,” laughed Burger. “That’s just him. He just shows off. He’s SUN FROS T a piece of work. They had a little piece of grass where everyone FREN C H M ANS GUY would try to trot and lope a few circles to warm up after the war- mup area got so sloppy. He was cutting up and playing when the FREN C H M ANS LADY SADIES FROS T Y DRIF T jackrabbits would run out from the bushes.” Burger said she’s not worried that he’ll ever cut up during a run, WILY W OOD saying the gelding is normally pretty laid-back and quiet.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 78Th Annual Comanche Rodeo Kicks Off June 7 and 8
    www.thecomanchechief.com The Comanche Chief Thursday, June 6, 2019 Page 1C 778th8th AAnnualnnual CComancheomanche RRodeoodeo Comanche Rodeo in town this weekend Sponsored The 78th Annual Comanche Rodeo kicks off June 7 and 8. The rodeo is a UPRA and CPRA sanctioned event By and is being sponsored by TexasBank and the Comanche Roping Club Both nights the gates open at 6:00 p.m. with the mutton bustin’ for the youth beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for ages 6 to 12. Under 5 is free. Tickets may be purchased a online at PayPal.Me/ ComancheRopingClub, in the memo box specify your ticket purchase and they will check you at the gate. Tickets will be available at the gate as well. Friday and Saturday their will be a special performance at 8:00 p.m. by the Ladies Ranch Bronc Tour provided by the Texas Bronc Riders Association. After the rodeo on both nights a dance will be featured starting at 10:00 p.m. with live music. On Friday the Clint Allen Janisch Band will be performing and on Saturday the live music will be provided by Creed Fisher. On Saturday at 10:30 a.m. a rodeo parade will be held in downtown Comanche. After the parade stick around in downtown Comanche for ice cream, roping, stick horse races, vendor booths and food trucks. The parade and events following the parade are sponsored by the Comanche Chamber of Commerce. Look for the decorated windows and bunting around town. There is window decorating contest all over town that the businesses are participating in.
    [Show full text]
  • BHM 1998 Feb.Pdf
    TTABLEABLE OFOF CONTENTSCONTENTS MAGAZINE COMMITTEE A Message From the President.......................................................... 1 Features OFFICER IN CHARGE The Show’s New Footprint ........................................................ 2 J. Grover Kelley CHAIRMAN Blue Ribbon Judges ..................................................................... 4 Bill Booher Impact of Pay-Per-View — Now and in the Future ................... 6 VICE CHAIRMAN Taking Stock of Our Proud Past ............................................... 8 Bill Bludworth EDITORIAL BOARD 1998 Attractions & Events.......................................................... 10 Suzanne Epps C.F. Kendall Drum Runners.............................................................................. 12 Teresa Lippert Volunteer the RITE Way............................................................... 14 Peter A. Ruman Marshall R. Smith III Meet Scholar #1.................................................................... 15 Constance White Committee Spotlights COPY EDITOR Larry Levy International .................................................................................. 16 REPORTERS School Art ...................................................................................... 17 Nancy Burch Gina Covell World’s Championship Bar-B-Que ....................................... 18 John Crapitto Sue Cruver Show News and Updates Syndy Arnold Davis PowerVision Steps Proudly Toward the Future.......................... 19 Cheryl Dorsett Freeman Gregory Third-Year
    [Show full text]
  • Rundown Recap... TIE DOWNS and BONNETS, OH MY!
    APRIL 7, 2020 -- Volume 14: Issue 14 IN THIS ISSUE: • Healthcare Worker Spotlights, pg 9 • Barrel Racing Babies, pg 14 • Breaking it Down with Charmayne James, pg 18 • WPRA History; Sewalt Captures Two World Titles, pg 27 • Barrel Horses For Sale, pg 32 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Rundown Recap... TIE DOWNS AND BONNETS, OH MY! Kassie Mowry & Famous Ladies Man Rundown Recap – Tie Downs & Bonnets, Oh My! By Tanya Randall he brings his poll back toward me. Both are bonnets but they do WPRA World Champion DM Sissy Hayday used a loose leather two different things. tie-down. 2019 futurity sensation Epic Guy wears a bonnet. RFD- “CP He Will Be Epic ran in the same bonnet, the one that went Tv’s The American champion Cautro Fame is free headed. around his ears, and without it, he was a hardly barrel horse!” We’re not sure when, where or why it really started, but the use People might disagree about Mowry’s use and placement of the of head gear—tie-downs and bonnets—gets such a stigma in the bonnet, but as long as it works for her, she’ll continue to do it. general barrel racing population. Yet, at the highest levels, those The only horse that Mowry successfully ran in a tiedown was her making a living horseback, for the most, part view them as aids 2016 NFR mount, Firewatermakemehappy. rather than short-cuts or band-aids for poor training. “Without a tiedown, it would be a lot of work and tuning to Barrel Racing Report visited with Jolene Montgomery, Kassie keep him turning as quickly as he does with one,” she said.
    [Show full text]
  • Why Watch a When You Can Live One?
    WHY WATCH A WESTERN WHEN YOU CAN LIVE ONE? COWBOY EXPERIENCE OCTOBER 26–29, 2017 THE RESORT AT PAWS UP JOIN US FOR COWBOY EXPERIENCE | OCTOBER 26–29, 2017 They say no hour of life is wasted that’s spent in the saddle. And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why we created Cowboy Experience. We’ve wrangled a handful of ProRodeo Hall of Famers and a National Cowgirl Hall of Fame legend to show you the ropes. They’ll lead workshops, trail rides and demonstrations and even share campfire stories each night. Of course, this isn’t our first rodeo. We know how to throw a party with chic rustic accommodations, gourmet food and fine whiskey. So kick off your boots and stay a while. In fact, we recommend you come for the whole weekend. MEET THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS Thursday, October 26, 2017 • Opening night cocktail reception • Introductions by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Dave Appleton Larry Mahan Ted Nuce Byron Walker Mary Walker • Cattleman’s Dinner followed by a get-together in Tank All-Around All-Around, Bull Riding Bull Riding Steer Wrestling Barrel Racing The first Australian-born Six-time all-around 1985 world champion 16-time competitor at 2012 world champion Friday–Saturday, October 27–28, 2017 cowboy to win a world champion bull rider the National Finals Rodeo Five-time qualifier in the PRCA world championship Two-time bull-riding 1988 two-time 1981 world champion National Finals Rodeo • Ranch Table breakfasts in Trough at your leisure 1988 winner, world champion Olympic gold medalist 2014 PRCA 2013 National
    [Show full text]
  • Barrel Racing Records
    Barrel Racing Records Women’s Professional Rodeo Association 431 S. Cascade Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone (719) 447-4726 • Fax (719) 447-4631 www.wpra.com come back and be able to compete,” Sears and fantastic finishes. Whether the rounds Sears makes memories with said. “I just have to thank all the people who were defined by a mere 1-100ths of a sec- have helped Martha get better throughout ond or watching Carlee Pierce and Rare Martha and Moe en route to the year, all my veterinarians. Dillion clear the pattern in a new record Martha also is the reason Sears dominat- 13.46, the 2011 Wrangler NFR was a 2011 world title ed the NFR. The tandem won the average, showcase of tremendous athletic talent. rounding the cloverleaf pattern 10 times “You’ve just got to know your horse and By Ted Harbin in a cumulative 139.50 seconds, earning know what it takes to get it accomplished,” or anyone who has ever been in the $45,865 for that feat alone. said Lisa Lockhart of Oelrichs, S.D., who heated battle of competition, the In addition, they placed in eight go- won two rounds and finished fourth in the pressure to win is incredible. To be rounds, including two wins – she shared final world standings with $159,710, with successful, to win, is like bursting the opening-round victory with front- about $79,000 coming at the NFR. F that bubble and feeling the air ex- runner Brittany Pozzi of Victoria, Texas, That has worked for Sears, who has had plode from it.
    [Show full text]
  • These Results Are Unofficial from the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) Jan
    These results are unofficial from the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) Jan. 4-13. The following are results from the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo through Jan. 10. Bareback Riding: First round leaders: 1. Bo Casper, 87 points on Vold Rodeo’s Painted Valley; 2. Luke Walker, 85; 3. Stetson Herrera, 84; 4. Josi Young, 82; 5. Chip Dees Iv, 81; 6. Dusty LaValley, 80; 7. Tim Shirley, 79; 8. (tie) Russ Hallaby and Chris Harris, 78; 10. (tie) Matt Mosher, James Boudreaux, William Pittman, Justin McDaniel and Caine Riddle, 77. Steer Wrestling: First round winners: 1. Justen Nokes, 3.8 seconds, $2,177; 2. (tie) Gabe Ledoux and Matt Reeves, 4.0, $1,751 each; 4. (tie) Kyle Hughes and Cole Edge, 4.2, $1,183; 6. Mickey Gee, 4.3, $757; 7. K.C. Jones, 4.4, $473; 8. (tie) Ryan Jarrett, Teddy Johnson, Hunter Cure, Craig Cavaness and Clay Cowen, 4.7, $38 each. Team Roping: First round winners: 1. Charly Crawford/Cody Hintz, 5.3 seconds, $2,571 each; 2. (tie) Shain Sproul/Dennis Gatz and Shane Durbin/Tommy Zuniga, 5.5, $2,068 each; 4. Luke Brown/York Gill, 5.6, $1,565; 5. (tie) Gibbs Keeton/Trey Norris III and Wade Wheatley/Rick Skelton, 5.8, $1,062; 7. (tie) Cody Odell/Twister Cain, Kevin Stewart/Cody Cowden, Turtle Powell/Britt Bockius and Tommy Edens/Coby Jones, 5.9, $196. Second round leaders: 1. Dustin Mueller/B.J. Dugger, 5.0 seconds; 2. Chance Kelton/Wayne Folmer, 5.3; 3. Jake Barnes/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 5.4; 4.
    [Show full text]
  • Game Changer -- Firewatermakemehappy & Kassie
    MARCH 28, 2017 Volume 11: Issue 13 In this issue... • RodeoHouston SuperShootout, pg 10 • RodeoAustin, pg 11 • Barrel Bash, Pawhuska, OK, pg 24 • Senior World Championships, pg 27 • SWWA Futurity, Derby & Open, pg 36 fast horses, fast news • Riley Key Memorial, pg 38 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Game Changer -- Firewatermakemehappy & Kassie Mowry Win Rodeo Houston By Tanya Randall Houston, Kassie Mowry has a problem. FLIT BAR The veteran futurity trainer from Dublin, Texas, has already won FIRE WATER FLIT more than $150,000 in the futurity arena in just four months, but SI 86 now she’s on the cusp of her second National Finals Rodeo qualifi- SLASH J HARLETTA cation, thanks to a $60,000 Rodeo Houston Championship aboard FIREWATERO N THEROCKS Firewatermakemehappy (“Junior”), owned by Jeff and Martha RO N AS RYO N Smith of Lipan, Texas. ROCK N ROLL RO N A SI 105 Unfortunately, the BFA World Championship Futurity and NFR SI 86 are held at the same time, making competing at both impossible. NAVAS BOL D ER GIRL “It was so unexpected,” said Mowry of her Houston champion- FIREWATERMAKEMEHAPPY SI 104 ship. “I went there with no expectations, really feeling out of my 2010 BUCKSKI N GEL D I ng element. It wasn’t that I didn’t have confidence in my horse; it was DEEP NOTE just that we’d never run in anything like that before and I didn’t TB know how he would DEEP NOTE JR. SI 90 handle it. Every run PLAY LEE SI 80 surprised me.” 2017 WORL D STA nd I ng S JU N IOR COU N TRY GIRL Smith, too, was As of March 26, 2017 - Courtesy of www.wpra.com BU G S A LIVE IN 75 shocked after watch- STANDINGS SUBJECT to CHANGE JESSICA GEE SI 94 ing a horse that she after WPRA AUDIT.
    [Show full text]
  • Winter Forecast
    FEBRUARY 4, 2014 Volume 8: Issue 5 In this issue... • Lazy E Winter Blast, pg 5 • Copper Spring Ranch, pg 9 • CTBRA, pg 13 • New Years Cash Blast, pg 17 fast horses, fast news • The American Qualifiers, pg 21 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 2014 WPRA NFR ST an DI N G S Unofficial as of Feb. 3, 2014 - courtesy of www.wpra.com Winter Forecast 1 Mary Walker $18,133 Big building rodeos are going full guns; 2 Victoria Williams $8,918 3 Michele McLeod $8,100 4 Shelley Morgan $7,767 here’s what could happen. 5 Lisa Lockhart $7,381 By Julie Mankin 9; and 65 from the 6 Samantha Lyne $6,974 Want to know something scary (in a good way)? Mary Walker had 2013 standings). 7 Megan Williams $6,458 the best winter building run of anyone in the WPRA last year – and Mary Walker earned 8 Christy Loflin $6,408 she had only earned $5,301 at this exact same time last year. This $7,906 this year. 9 Kimberly Couch $6,383 time around, she’s already raked in $17,211 and is literally spanking • Fort Worth (Jan. 10 Kendra Dickson $6,282 the rodeo industry by almost five figures. Sherry, bar the door. 24 – Feb. 8) adds 11 Jane Melby $5,726 Seriously, with a look back it’s easy to see that having a good $30,000 and is 12 Pamela Capper $5,462 winter is crucial to a world-title dream. It’s not essential, as Michele limited to 210 girls 13 Trula Churchill $5,180 McLeod and Christy Loflin proved last year.
    [Show full text]
  • Mary Walker Phillips: “Creative Knitting” and the Cranbrook Experience
    Mary Walker Phillips: “Creative Knitting” and the Cranbrook Experience Jennifer L. Lindsay Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts Masters Program in the History of Decorative Arts The Smithsonian Associates and Corcoran College of Art + Design 2010 ©2010 Jennifer Laurel Lindsay All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.............................................................................................iii PREFACE........................................................................................................................... x ACKNOWLDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... xiv INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER 1. CRANBROOK: “[A] RESEARCH INSTITUTION OF CREATIVE ART”............................................................................................................ 11 Part 1. Founding the Cranbrook Academy of Art............................................................. 11 Section 1. Origins of the Academy....................................................................... 11 Section 2. A Curriculum for Modern Artists in Modern Times ........................... 16 Section 3. Cranbrook’s Landscape and Architecture: “A Total Work of Art”.... 20 Part 2. History of Weaving and Textiles at Cranbrook..................................................... 23
    [Show full text]
  • Copyright by Jeannette Marie Vaught 2015
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by UT Digital Repository Copyright by Jeannette Marie Vaught 2015 The Dissertation Committee for Jeannette Marie Vaught Certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: SCIENCE, ANIMALS, AND PROFIT-MAKING IN THE AMERICAN RODEO ARENA Committee: Janet Davis, Supervisor Randolph Lewis Erika Bsumek Thomas Hunt Elizabeth Engelhardt Susan D. Jones SCIENCE, ANIMALS, AND PROFIT-MAKING IN THE AMERICAN RODEO ARENA by Jeannette Marie Vaught, B.A., M.A. Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Texas at Austin May 2015 Dedication In memory of my grandmother, Jeanne Goury Bauer, who taught me many hard lessons – unyielding attention to detail, complete mastery of the task at hand, and the inviolable values of secretarial skills – and without whose strength of character I would not be here, having written this, and having loved the work. I did not thank you enough. And to Jeannie Waldron, DVM, who taught me when to stop and ask questions, and when to just do something already. Acknowledgements This project has benefitted from helpful contributors of all stripes, near and far, in large and small ways. First, I must thank the institutions which made the research possible: the Graduate School at the University of Texas provided a critical year-long fellowship that gave me the time and freedom to travel in order to conduct this research.
    [Show full text]
  • 2019 BFA World Sale Final
    Hip No. Consigned by RNR Performance Horses Hip No. 1 Paddys Streakin Moon 1 2016 Bay Roan Gelding Easy Six Streakin Six { Miss Assured A Streak Of Fling { Fast Fling Moon Fling { Paddys Streakin Moon Moon Beam Lady { Peppy San Badger 5840950 Paddys Irish Whiskey { Doc’s Starlight Paddys Lena Whiskey 2004 { Doc O Dynamite Easy April Lena { Easy April Bar NOTES: Paddys Streakin Moon is a great minded gelding that is cruising a nice pattern. He has been hauled this year and is futurity eligible in 2020. He’s easy on the eyes and as kind as they come. He has a great future ahead of him. Paid in full to Future Fortunes. By A STREAK OF FLING SI 98 (1999). Winner, $27,645, Finalist in Blue Ribbon Derby-G3, Qualified to Blue Ribbon Futurity-G1. Sire of the earners of $3,787,512. 1st dam Paddys Lena Whiskey, by Paddys Irish Whiskey. Dam of 8 foals, 3 performers-- STREAKINLEANWHISKEY (f. by A Streak Of Fling). Equi-Stat $13,260: top 14, Famous Preston Night Rodeo Barrel Racing; finalist, BFA World Open Futu- rity; Lance Graves Pro Classic Tri Crown Award Reserve Champion. STREAKIN IRISH PADDY (g. by A Streak Of Fling). Equi-Stat $11,862: top 10, 2019 The American Rodeo Semi-Final Open Long Go; money-earner, BBR World Open 2D; top 10, Fizz Bomb Classic Futurity Open Future Fortunes. Paddys Whiskey Guy (c. by A String Of Fling). Equi-Stat $1,165: SWST Desert Classic Barrel Futurity Go1 Open 2D Reserve Champion. 2nd dam Easy April Lena, by Doc O Dynamite.
    [Show full text]
  • Journals, Diaries, and Letters Written by Women on the Oregon/ California Trail Between 1836 and 1865
    /journals, diaries, and letters written by women on the oregon trail 1836-1865/ by BARBARA MACPHERSON BURGESS B. A., Colorado College, 1959 A MASTER'S THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Journalism and Mass Communication KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, Kansas 1984 Approved by: A£..y />/L vz.~«X-^^ Major Professor Copyright 1984 by Barbara MacPherson Burgess A115D2 115454 <g, £--| CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY 3 Chapter I. THE JOURNALS, DIARIES, AND LETTERS 15 Appearance Format Style Purpose II. THE WOMEN'S OBSERVATIONS 33 Children Other Emigrants Landmarks Fur Traders Indians Mormons III. THE WOMEN'S TRAIL EXPERIENCE 93 Preparations Food and Beverage Health Lifestyle Clothing Leisure Religion BIBLIOGRAPHY 170 ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES Figure 1. Our Camp, drawing by Mary Powers 25 2. Sketch of Indian by Lodisa Frizzell 81 3. Descending the Blue Mountains, the Whitman-Spalding Party by M. Loy Wagoner 133 Table 1. List of Writers of the Journals, Diaries, and Letters 16-18 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY "We are so near encountering the difficulties of an unheard of journey for females." --Narcissa Whitman "About noon we hailed the Columbia for the first time."-- Esther Hanna "Ho for California." — Helen Carpenter "As I sit here in the shade of our prairie schooner with this blank book ready to record the event of this our first day on the road, the thought comes to me; Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones.?'--Sarah Herndon There never was any debate of whether men could make the 2,000 mile overland trip from the Missouri River to the West Coast.
    [Show full text]