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...chute at Calgary. Alta.. the brindled bull with a big O branded on his left hip stood placidly while the long-legged cowpoke settled gingerly on his back. Benny Reynolds, professional rodeo's All-Around Champion, was frankly worried: "I couldn't believe that anything standing that gentle would buck enough to impress the judges." Then the gate swung open, and Reynolds learned better. Hoofs pounding, the old bull charged wildly into the arena, spun dizzily to his left, then suddenly reversed himself and spun to his right-and Cowboy Reynolds hit the dirt with a thump...
...Turkish Delight, Sally the Shape, and Patti Wayne. The Devil's Mistress, have headed Casino play-mile is days gone by. Irma the Body has peeled her way through the theatre be many occasions. And Candy Barr, now one of the star attractions of the annual Huntsville Prison Rodeo at the Texas State Penitentiary, first came to the Casino as an unknown novice...
Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Rodeo, from Tucson, Ariz...
Famous for his blazing starts, Robinson outdid himself last week. In his semifinal heat, he stomped so hard on the accelerator that his super-powered racer reared like a rodeo bronc into a disastrous "wheel stand," thus costing him a few precious fractions of a second that he was unable to make up. The new "Top Eliminator": California's Jim Nelson, 34, a mechanic who has been racing dragsters since 1948, has never before won a major competition. Nelson's winning time for the quarter-mile sprint was 8.7 sec., and his gold-and-red, Dodge-powered Dragmaster...
Split Teeth. The score was short of perfect, but the fact that he rode at all reflects the skill and daring that make Kenny McLean, at 22, the Rodeo Cow boys Association's Rookie of the Year, and the hottest young bronc rider ever to crash the big-time rodeo circuit. In almost any other sport, McLean would have been riding the bench. The night before, he split two teeth and was carted to the hospital unconscious after tumbling heavily from an evil-tempered bronc. "Ken ny's horse took a run from the gate," says fellow bronc...