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Word: steers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even with a good draw, there can be trouble. The steer starts from a tight chute between two horse pens, one for the bulldogger and the other for the "hazer," the rider who keeps the running steer close to the wrestler. The chute gate rises and the steer churns into the arena; seconds later, a rope attached to its horns trips a string barrier in front of the bulldogger, and the two horsemen race out in pursuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: The Bulldogger | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

Horror of Houlihcms. The bulldogger closes with the steer on his right, leans far over, and leaps. "I try to get the right horn in the bend of my elbow, and I grab the other horn with my left hand," explains Bynum. "That's to turn him left, and when he turns he's on one foot. Then you grab that muzzle and that off-horn and just try to wring his neck 'cause it won't break nohow." If the bulldogger's leverage is firm and his power is steadily exerted, the unstable steer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: The Bulldogger | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

...smooth pattern of action is broken, man, horse, steer-or all three -can be crippled or killed. To rodeo men, the poorest form of all is called the "houlihan," when a bulldogger illegally knocks the steer down as he jumps from his horse and the dazed animal somersaults on top of him. In a "dog fall," the steer collapses with its legs tucked under its body, then has to be raised and thrown again. The "rubberneck steer" can let its head be twisted 180° or more, so that it is almost impossible to throw. Some steers veer under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: The Bulldogger | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

...poor. "They say they can tell how bad my cotton crop is by how much I win," he grins. But his career winnings-about $150,000 to date-are not the whole fascination. Bynum has never seen a corrida, but he reckons there is a moment of truth in steer wrestling too: "It's that one instant of balance when you've got that steer turning back and he's just teetering on one foot. I really enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: The Bulldogger | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

...Bulldogging remains the popular layman's term, but modern rodeo cowboys prefer to call it steer wrestling; it is one of five standard events of the professional rodeo. Others: calf roping, bull riding, bareback riding, and saddle bronc riding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rodeos: The Bulldogger | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

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