‘Always A Cowboy,’ Oakley High School Sophomore Proven All-Around Hand In The Rodeo Arena
“I got my first horse, actually a Shetland called Scout, when I was just a little kid, three-years-old. I rode Scout all around the feedlot, everywhere, and told everybody I was a cowboy, and that’s what I’ve always been.” Never a doubt to anybody when they meet up with J.D. Draper, and see him in […]
Toxic Applications Deserve Awareness
“That’s poison you’re putting on your horse.” There was alarm when somebody said that to us sometime back. Sure enough right, if the insecticide spray everybody seems to apply to horses and other livestock on a regular basis is doing its intended job, killing flies and body pests, it is poison.
White Cloud Family Makes Championships Glow At Kansas Junior High Rodeos And Well Beyond
When it’s in the genes, blood-running-rodeo, so to speak, and most every night rain, mud, sun, sleet or snow, is spent in the practice pen, there’s a pot of gold with the rainbow. That might seem a roundabout way of describing Reed Boos, but it’s certainly most accurate for the 14-year-old White Cloud cowboy recently […]
Old-Fashioned Fun For All Planned At Madison Days
Country entertainment for all has been promised at Madison. “We have three days of family fun events for every age group, scheduled June 12-13-14 at Madison Days 2015,” according to Nathan DeWitt, who’s been instrumental in coordination.
All-Terrain Utility Vehicle Tour of Flint Hills To Benefit Emporia Charities
Fun in the beautiful green Flint Hills of Kansas will benefit four most worthwhile causes. It’s the “Gator Rally” Wednesday through Saturday evenings, June 10-13, starting at the cattle pens right off the Kansas Turnpike just 17 miles south of Emporia.
Winning Roper Life’s Champion
“He never missed.” Nobody catches every time, and the most respected cowboy surely didn’t always rope a wild runaway with his first loop in the millions of cattle he cared for in nearly a century. But, we can’t remember Bobby not roping his critter in rodeo competition, or practice sessions, and we first saw him […]
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Mud And Fun In The Rough Terrain At Cross Country Chaos Osage County Fund Raiser
“This year, there are new showers to wash off the mud.” And, it’ll be another “fun time,” with plenty to drink, eat, and visit about, while listening to live country-rock music, when it’s all through.
Cowboy-Saver Detracting Mean Bucking Bulls From Fallen Cowboys At Renowned Roberts Family-Tradition Flint Hills Rodeo In Strong City
“It takes cow sense to be a bullfighter.” While the statement might seem a bit of pun on words, that’s the way it is, according to one of the most up-and-coming professionals in the business.
Influential Friendship Prevails Eccentricity
Tom was and remains our hero. When one passes, the life is reflected. In depreciating health extended time, Tom had been away, and departed during the winter. With no close relatives, rites weren’t until now.