Word: ranch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...owned the 2,560-acre Double Heart Ranch near Sweetwater, Texas, was his father's partner in the operation of a 22,400-acre spread west of the Pecos River. He was married, had a three-year-old daughter, was about to become a father again. He seemed calm as he left Sweetwater's airport in his four-passenger Cessna 170 at 5:30 one morning this week...
...with a quick draw, a thick drawl and the sprawl of the Far West in his gait. Last week the picture cowboy was put to shame by a cowpoke from the wide open spaces of Peekskill, N.Y. Hard-riding Harry Tompkins. who learned his trade on a Catskill dude ranch, was named all-round world-champion cowboy of 1952 by the Rodeo Cowboys' Association...
...most mink-hunting women have little idea of how or where the coats come from. At a mink ranch not long ago, a woman visitor asked: "How many times a year do you pelt the animals?" Answered the scornful rancher, deadpan: "Well, we used to pelt twice a year, but it was hard on the minks, so we cut it down to once...
Luis MIGUEL DOMINGUÍN'S long, sensitive hands have killed more than 2,000 bulls. They first held the cape when he was only five years old, playing with young heifers on the ranch of his father, who was once a bullfighter himself, though not a first-rank one. By the time he was 20, Luis Miguel was second only to the great Manolete...
WHEN he is not on tour he divides his time between the family house in Madrid and his parents' ranch, "La Companza," an hour's drive from the city. Luis Miguel is at his best during the private bullfighting parties he gives there, using a miniature ring that stands outside the house. After the fight, his mother, Doña Gracia, serves a large meal cooked by herself. The party progresses to flamenco singing and dancing. Luis Miguél, in his blue jeans, plaid shirt and moccasins, sits on the floor and keeps time by clapping...