Word: turnbacks
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...liveliest calf of the show. Within 20 seconds she had nudged the calf clear of the herd. In ranch work, this would be all that Marion's Girl would have to do; the calf would be roped and led away. In exhibition work, a pair of "turnback" riders, yelling and waving hats, try to drive the calf back into the herd again. This time, charging back from the whooping, the calf found Marion's Girl squarely in his path. Then began a battle of wits and reflexes...
Lunlen blamed the advent of hour exams for the unusually large turnback here and pointed out that it will result in the Harvard cheering section being liberally peppered with Princeton rooters...