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...Stick to tennis," advised Steve Ford, 19, after he watched Happy Hustler Bobby Riggs, 58, try some bulldogging at the San Diego Country Estates. The President's son was there to take bronc-riding lessons. Riggs, meanwhile, had put on some cowboy gear, then tried (unsuccessfully) to wrestle a recalcitrant steer to the ground. Undaunted, Riggs promised a better showing in his next venture - a foot race across California's Death Valley against Australian Distance Runner Bill Emmerton...
...gold, frankincense and myrrh. Called The Ultimate Gift of Knowledge, a newly published catalogue from the Sakowitz company includes a choice of lessons from top pros in just about every sport or hobby the loved one may want to learn -from skiing to swimming, bronc busting to piano playing. Prudently, perhaps, the company does not offer courses in poetry, philosophy, painting or other such pastures to which it might be difficult to attach a price tag-or a buyer...
...venue near San Antonio, the price $8,650 for a day. You dream of winning the Kentucky Derby? For a mere $5,750, Top Jockey Mary Bacon will help steer equestrian Mittys toward the winner's circle. Sakowitz's least expensive offering is the three-day bronc-buster or bull-rider clinic chaired by Larry Mahan of Mesquite, Texas, which costs $230 and includes bunk and beans. Bring your own accident insurance...
...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...
...reason to think about much else. In that single-minded devotion he is like most other rodeo hands. "I can't really say I'm looking forward to this forever," says one, "but I know that if my ass ain't spinning around off some bronc's back, I just ain't happy or content...