C7/RODEO Saturday, January 27, 2018 aMErICAN PrESS C7 By Rita LeBleu $280 to $490 for a new hat. (Wearing a are the George Strait Resistol and [email protected] more expensive hat won’t make you a Larry Mahan. genuine cowboy. Nevertheless, read- Most cowboys know that it is im- Carla “Peanut” Basco said she can ers might find it noteworthy that hats spot the difference between a drug portant to store or “rest” the hat up- can cost in the thousands. Stetson store cowboy and the real McCoy at 50 side down. The crown is stiffer than sells the Diamante Premier Cowboy paces. the brim and it will help the hat hold hat for $5,005.) its shape. First-time hat buyers often the word rodeo is loosely derived from the Spanish “That drug store cowboy, he comes A spokesperson from the Lake in, buys a hat, takes it home and buy hats that are too big. The number word for “round-up” or rodear, “to surround.” Charles Boot Barn said the starting of Xs associated with a hat is a reflec- (RamonaHomeJournal.com) wears it just like it is,” she said. “He price for a cowboy hat at their store is might pay as little as $40 or as much tion of its quality. However, there is as low as $29.99 no industry standard. That means a as $80 for it.” These days the good guys do wear 10x hat by one company could be of Then there are the guys and gals black and the hats are available not superior quality when compared to a Judges score both bull and rider who do not metaphorically speak only in felt and straw, but also in 20x hat by a different company. for the bull-riding event. Each when they declare: ‘This ain’t my first palm. About the cowboy’s hat, the late can get a possible 50 points. rodeo.’ “The palm is as popular as the “Bull riders come in and they want straw,” said the Boot Barn spokesper- country music singer and hall of their hat square in front and low in son. “It’s more flexible and holds its fame rodeo champion Chris LeDoux front and back,” she said. “Barrel shape.” wrote: racers want the hat to be high on each The old standby rule to wear the You’ll ride a black tornado, ‘cross side and ride low to the back and the felt in winter and the straw or palm in the western sky Wade Leslie was the first bull bull riders want a round front and summer is more or less still in effect. Rope an ole blue northern and milk rider to score a perfect 100, and they like the sides even lower than the There are exceptions to the rule. Cow- it till it’s dry no one has done it since. bareback riders.” boys might wear a straw hat in the Bull dawg the Mississippi, pin its (silverspursrodeo.com) According to Peanut, the hat arena during the winter to keep from ears down flat shaper at Triple J Western Wear in getting a good felt hat mucked up. Long before you take this cowboy’s Leesville, cowboys don’t mind paying The best–selling hats at Boot Barn hat. Mia Maria Manzanares, Mcneese, is ranked first in the nation in Break-away roping and second in the nation in the Women’s all-around nIRA category. (National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association website) Take your besT shoT! think you know your cowboys, country and the Southwest Louisiana rodeo western singers, and and Livestock Show added the calf their hats? Match the hat scramble in 1997. It was based on with the right names. the successful program conducted at the Houston Livestock Show. HINT: Was this guy the good, HINT: amarillo is where World champion Shane Hanchey, the bad or the ugly? he’ll be. Sulphur, was the Calf Scramble winner in 2000. the angola Prison rodeo is not your traditional rodeo. Events are unusual and include the Bust Out, which puts six brave cowboy inmates atop six angry bulls. When all six chutes open simultaneously, releasing men and beast into the arena, the last man to remain on the bull wins the event. (louisianatravel.com) Professional rodeo Cowboy association HINT: With this guy, some things HINT: He’s so lonesome HINT: Former gunslinger takes World Champions to come out of Louisiana are a family tradition. he could cry. on corrupt law man, include the following: Steve duhon, Opelousas, quits cattle and gets girl. World Champion Steer Wrestler 1986, 1987 and 1993; Mike Smith, Baton rouge, 1998; and Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, World Champion tie- down roper; Mike White, Lake Charles, World Champion Bull rider, 1999. the reason the buzzer goes off after 8 seconds for bronc and bull riding is because that is about the time it takes before the adrenaline in the rough stock starts to decline. In the old days, if a cowhand could stay on a wild horse that long, the horse would soon be “broken.” today more emphasis is put on keeping the His real name was Before this big guy donned HINT: He likes it. Wait, no. HINT: HINT: bull safely competitive than “breaking” the animal. He loves it. Marion Mitchell his acting hat, he was drafted Morrison and his into the u.S. army during the nickname, the duke. Korean War, had basic training at Fort Polk, La., and received a Purple Heart. Wikipedia HINT: these two like visiting with Kitty. 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