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...Belvidere, S. Dak. won the most coveted prize among cowmen when he rode the bucking beast against all comers without changing hands on the rein, losing a stirrup or pulling leather. In the "bulldogging" contest Mike Hastings of Lobo, Tex. took 22 1/10 sec. to overtake a Texas longhorn. In bulldogging the steer gets a 30 ft. start, the 'dogger leaps from his horse to the steer's head, throws it on its side, bites its lip and raises his hands in victory. For the first time in the show's history one cowboy, Fred Meyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Frontier Days | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

Tariff. To this issue Conservatives cling as burrs to a Canadian longhorn. Like New Englanders they see a menace in every nutmeg that enters free of duty. Liberals will count on the prosperity engendered by a recent bumper harvest to offset discontent at their lowered tariff schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Canada | 9/21/1925 | See Source »

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