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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 .
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]
On his famous horse, "Two Step", he was hailed as the first bucking horse rider and roper to appear in Europe. In Denmark, Jack became a good friend of young Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe . The Prince presented him with a diamond scarf pin in the shape of a horseshoe superimposed with a whip.
Clayton Danks, the winner of three Cheyenne Frontier Days competitions prior to 1910, is the model cowboy on the horse Steamboat on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider. [ 48 ] From 1908 to 1970, an almost-annual train (skipped 1924, 1942–45) carried travelers between Denver Union Station in Denver , Colorado and the 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."
On the first jump out of the chute, the rider must "mark the horse out". This means they must have the heels of their boots in contact with the horse above the point of the shoulders before the horse's front legs hit the ground. A rider that manages to complete a ride is scored on a scale of 0–50 and the horse is also scored on a scale of 0–50.
Custer was a better sire of bucking horses than he was a bucking horse, and had sired strong quality athletes with longevity. [17] Stone also discovered that some 30 head of the bucking horses used for the 1996 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) were descendants of Custer, and at least 15 were provided by Sankey.
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.