Rodeo/Ec Rider on Horse Reluctant to Come out Chute; Rider Sat There

rodeo/ec rider on horse reluctant to come out chute; rider sat there leaning back with his spin's over the point of the horse’s shoulders, an expectant look in his eyes—waiting for the initial buck—pulling back on the rein—when suddenly the horse careened over backward on top of him..* when the horse rolled ofer, 1 rider j.ay there... running his h inds over his groin—rush to surround him—’’let me tell you how to load me”—took him off A/ Time.

^ollins, Philip The cowboy? his characteristics, his equipment and his past in the development of the west NY: Scribners, 1922) (cited in McGregor dissn)

311 bronc riding: splitting long cracks through the air. —^ 310—get bucked off: chase a cloud 3OO horse that "leaves the ground while headed at one compass point and to land while headed at another”: pitching fence-cornered bucking in a single direction: doing straight work "twistingots body into a flexible crescent the horns of which were swinging alternately to right and left: sun—fishing —"end for end" bucking, or swapping ends —circle buck: long-evenly timed leaps in a circle, "the horse leaning toward the center," making the rider giddy, Reversal of course and centrifugal force dizzies the rider. rodeo/ec 37-8 horses’ bucking styles: sunfishing—turning rear as running forward power(?)—jump high; come down with all 4 legs stiff, back arched, ±± gives an auwful jolt spinning—rotate and kick; some horses always spin to right; occasionally smarrt horse will switch and become left turner high kicking—(typical) standing on front legs, kicking high head fighting horse—while bucking will throw head back in rider* s lap M m

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197—types of bucking: fast short jolts by horse that barely leaves the ground, or slower, more deliberate shocks by those that jump. —leaving the chute, most dangerous is horse "that crouches back into a sitting squat,(then) springs forward with a leap on his first move." —or a horse can come out on a dead run, before “diggings in" to throw rider. —"The horse that comes out with a straight leap and hits the ground with his forefeet increases the contestant’s misery by adding the extra flourish of kicking with the hind feet. The wild and fierce kicking at the highest point of the leap and the shock of the kicking beast striking the ground cause one of the toughest and roughest rides which bring down many a contestant." 200—riders sometimes "places chewing gum on ths instep or in the arch of his boots to help him keep his stirrups."

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