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Williams has caught on because he offers catchy solutions to complicated problems, with a rustic sincerity that Texans seem to relish. A fourth- generation Texan, he personally leads roundups and spring brandings of the 900 Brangus cattle on his 43-sq.-mi. Happy Cove Ranch in the Big Bend country. He concedes that he once decked a disgruntled ex-employee, explaining, "There are times when you don't call a lawyer." Observes Austin political consultant George Christian: "He typifies what a lot of people think Texas ought...
...rodeo's five events (others: steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle and bareback bronc riding), calf roping is the most delicate and difficult. The "calves" are mean, 300-lb. Branguses that can smash a man's ribs or knock out half his teeth with one kick. On horseback, the roper must run down and lasso the charging calf-then leap from his horse, wrestle the infuriated animal onto its side, loop three of its legs together with a "pigging string" and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" knot. The race is against time (experts...
Closest of all to this week's cover subject is Painter Peter Hurd, who lives and works on his 2,200-acre ranch. The Sentinel, near San Patricio in southern New Mexico. There he raises Brangus cattle and Thoroughbred horses, and has an apple orchard that produces in commercial quantity. The ranch is really an avocation ("Luckily, it's not my livelihood"), and Peter at times starts out to ride the range with his foreman and fails to get where he is heading because he stops to sketch scenes that particularly catch his eye. During the sittings...
...Kansas City's Hotel Muehlebach, a herd of 756 Brangus cattle and 1,240 acres of good Missouri farm land owned by the late professional Gladhander Dale (How to Win Friends and Influence People) Carnegie were auctioned off on orders of his widow Dorothy, brought in some $319,000 to the estate...
Cattle for the Reds. The genetic experiments have produced some interesting new breeds: the Brangus (⅜ Brahman, ⅝ Angus), the Braford (½ Hereford, ½ Brahman), the Charbray (13/16 Charollaise, 3/16 Brahman). The famed million-acre King Ranch has the Santa Gertrudis (⅜ Brahman, ⅝ Shorthorn), claiming that it is the best beef on the hardiest animal. Last summer the Russian agricultural delegation visiting the U.S. took a look at the Santa Gertrudis and said, "This is one thing we very much want...
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