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The silhouette of the horse and rider is still in use today on uniforms of the Wyoming National Guard soldiers. Clayton Danks, a Nebraska native who died in 1970 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, [4] is believed to be the cowboy on an earlier version of the Bucking Horse and Rider symbol. He rode Steamboat in the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in 1909. [5]
The inspiration for the Wyoming Bucking Horse and Rider based on his 1909 riding of the horse Steamboat at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo Clarence Clayton Danks (July 21, 1879 – June 23, 1970) was a three-time winner of Cheyenne Frontier Days , an outdoor rodeo and western celebration held each July in the Wyoming capital city of Cheyenne .
Lulu Bell Parr (November 14, 1876 – January 17, 1955), was a Wild West performer known for her sharpshooting, trick riding, bronc riding, and buffalo riding.During her career she was titled the "Champion Lady Bucking Horse Rider of the World."
In modern usage, the word "bronco" is seldom used for a "wild" or feral horse, because the modern rodeo bucking horse is a domestic animal.Some are specifically bred for bucking ability and raised for the rodeo, while others are spoiled riding horses who have learned to quickly and effectively throw off riders.
Each competitor climbs onto a horse, which is held in a small pipe or wooden enclosure called a bucking chute. When the rider is ready, the gate of the bucking chute is opened and the horse bursts out and begins to buck. The rider attempts to stay on the horse for eight seconds without touching the horse with their free hand.
Stoney Burke is an American contemporary Western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962, until May 20, 1963. Jack Lord starred in the title role. Burke is a professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in saddle bronc riding and competes for the Golden Buckle, presented annually to the rodeo world champion in each rodeo event.
Kitty Canutt (July 15, 1899 – June 3, 1988), stage name Kitty Wilks (born Katherine Derre in New York City), was an American professional bronc rider. She was the All-Around Champion Cowgirl at the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon , for her bucking horse and relay race events.
Fannie Sperry Steele (March 27, 1887 – February 11, 1983), born Fannie Sperry, was an American bronc rider and rodeo performer from Montana. She was one of the first women inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum [1] in 1975, and the first Montana native in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in ...