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Word: cowherd (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...professional wrestler would run away from a Brahma steer which weighs 1,000 Ib. and has horns a foot and a half long. No polo player in his senses would risk his neck on a bucking-bronco. A cowherd who tried to milk a wild cow would promptly have his brains kicked out. Performances like steer-wrestling, bronco-riding and wild-cow milking were a part of the World Series Rodeo that arrived in Manhattan last week for a stay of 19 days at Madison Square Garden. Grand climax of a circuit that attracts more than 3,000,000 customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Circuit Riders | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

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