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...corrals from Mineral Wells, Texas, to Deadwood, S. Dak., the basic ingredients of the community-organized rodeo have not changed. Bareback bronc and brahma bull riding, the meanest rodeo events, still delight the fans and break the bones of contestants. Shot into the arena on the back of an insanely bucking bull or bronc, the rider must stay aboard for eight frantic seconds, holding on by his spurs and a rope cinch that he is allowed to grasp with only one hand. If the cowboy survives the frenzied ride, two judges score his effort for degree of difficulty and quality...
Alston is still very much the sharecropper's son from Darrtown (pop. 300), Ohio, who used to ride a pony bareback to school. In the off-season he and his wife Lela return to their modest home in Darrtown, where, he says, "I can stand in my back door and shoot chicken hawks off the fence." His winters are spent bird hunting, skeet shooting, playing bridge, woodworking, shooting pool and riding his five-gaited horses with his two grandchildren. "They never took the country out of this boy," he says proudly. "I wouldn't trade my off-season...
...Where Friedman sees the metaphysical and Nilsson a mellower Solti, Flutist Debost sees the diabolical: "There is something of the wolf or the Hun about Solti. As he conducts, his eyes turn into cracks, his ears become pointed, and you can sort of imagine him riding a horse bareback across the steppes...
...styles have certainly been healthy for purveyors of women's clothing. New York's Bonwit Teller ran a newspaper ad on March 1 featuring three bareback tops. "We sold 800 of them from that one ad," says Fashion Director Danny Zarem. Sellouts are also reported in Los Angeles, Paris and London...
...Young Friend, finished just in time for the White House exhibition, is a portrait of "Sissy" Spruance, a shy 20-year-old who works as a stable girl on a farm near Wyeth's home in Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley. "One day I spotted her riding bareback over the meadow, her braided hair flying and those two long strands falling over her face," recalls Wyeth. "She was wearing that raccoon hat as I have never seen any girl wear a hat -as if it were on an animal, not a human." The final inspiration came half a year...