Flint Hills Cowboys Continue Proving To Be ‘Best In The West’ And All-Around
Wes Bailey, Cottonwood Falls, was honored as the Top Hand out of 200 cowboys in the recent 2012 All-Around Ranch Rodeo Challenge, considered the “richest ranch rodeo,” at Glen Rose, Texas. He competed as a member of the Arndt-Bailey Ranches team. Flint Hills cowboys have again proven to be among the very best anywhere.
Excitement From Job Well Done
“Rawhide isn’t the way it’s supposed to be done.” But, the excitement of thinking about it makes our adrenaline flow fast. Right after Matt Dillon, Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates were our TV cowboy idols back in the’60s.
Changes Come In Their Own Time
“Beginning of the end.” With many newspapers arriving in the mailbox July 12, significance of the date came to mind. Eight years ago (two-thirds of 12), it was July 12, the 12thhorse of the day, 112 degrees, 4 o’clock (one-third of 12), the 24th (two times 12) ride on that horse, and we fell off.
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Fee Payment Necessary Obligation
“Two-bit toll roads” are another aggravation. Especially if one doesn’t have a quarter. Or, even worse when one can’t find a place to change a green-buck into four twenty-five-cent-pieces.
Despite Disagreements, Horse Processing Story
Standing in front of the old slaughter house in Rockville, Mo., rancher Jim Bock emphasized the positive economic impact that horse meat processing in the facility would have on people in the area No shortage of controversy from every field, but evidently a horse slaughter plant will again operate in the United States.