ProRodeo Sports News - June 15, 2018

TIME CAPSULE

C owboy Christmas is a long- standing tradition in ProRodeo. While the events have changed to include team roping and bar- rel racing, the mad dash for cash during the week of July 4 remains the same. While the 50-year-old payouts of $12,000 at St. Paul and Greeley may seem small by today’s standards, those totals equate to about $89,000 in 2018 dollars, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those two rodeos have far exceeded the rate of inflation as St. Paul paid out $352,273 last year and Greeley paid $322,162. Unfortunately, not every rodeo’s total Cowboy Christmas 1968 Payouts explode over 50 years

GREELEY (COLO.) STAMPEDE • Payout – $12,950

payout was published in the Rodeo Sports News , and in some cases only the winners’ names were printed. The following results are a glimpse at some of the rodeos’ results during Cowboy Christmas 50 years ago.

• Bareback riding – Claude Wilson, 129 points on two • Steer wrestling – Les Gore, 10.8 seconds on two • Saddle bronc riding – Ivan Daines, 69 points • Tie-down roping – Lee Cockrell, 24.7 seconds on two • Bull riding – Dick Bryant, 73 points

PONOKA (ALBERTA) STAMPEDE • Payout – Not available

• Bareback riding – Jim Houston, 143 points on two • Steer wrestling – Leon Adams, 17.3 seconds on three • Saddle bronc riding – Mel Hyland, 137 points on two • Tie-down roping – Bob Ragsdale, 39.6 seconds on three • Barrel racing – Geraldine McLaughlin, no time published • Bull riding – Hank Abbie, 137 points on two ST. PAUL (ORE.) RODEO • Payout – $12,141 • All-Around – Buz Peth, $403, steer wrestling and tie-down roping • Bareback riding – Royce Smith, 69 points • Steer wrestling – John W. Jones Sr., 8.9 seconds on two • Saddle bronc riding – Jim Steen, 68 points • Tie-down roping – Glen Franklin, 23.4 seconds on two • Bull riding – George Paul, 71 points CODY (WYO.) STAMPEDE • Payout – Not available, but champions received Winchester rifles in addition to prize money • All-Around – Warren Wuthier, $785, steer wrestling and tie-down roping • Bareback riding – (tie) Darryl Brown and Paul Mayo, 71 points • Steer wrestling – John W. Jones Sr., 5.8 seconds • Team roping – Al Hodson/Gordon Hodson, 8.2 seconds • Saddle bronc riding – Bill Smith, 68 points • Tie-down roping – Warren Wuthier, 10.6 seconds • Bull riding – Denny Wall, 66 points

WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO, PRESCOTT, ARIZ. • All-Around – Don Nichols, $920, team roping and tie-down roping • Bareback riding – (tie) Stan Smith and Paul Howard, 62 points • Steer wrestling – Walter Wyatt, 11.1 seconds on two • Team roping – Art Arnold/Joe Glenn, 24.5 seconds on two • Saddle bronc riding – David Thompson, 65 points • Tie-down roping – Jim Anderson, 28.2 seconds on two • Barrel racing – Sammie Thurman, no time published • Bull riding – Dave Ericsson, 72 points ROOFTOP RODEO, ESTES PARK, COLO. • Bareback riding – Mike Thomas, 116 points on two • Steer wrestling – Harry Bernhardt, 9.5 seconds on two • Saddle bronc riding – Jim Wise, 141 points on two • Tie-down roping – Robert Covert, 20.2 seconds on two • Bull riding – Gene Beghtol, 67 points

LIVINGSTON (MONT.) ROUNDUP • Bareback riding – Paul Mayo, 80 points • Steer wrestling – Jim Smith, 6.4 seconds • Saddle bronc riding – Roy Rodewald, 77 points • Tie-down roping – Bob Ragsdale, 11.2 seconds • Bull riding – Bill Kornell, 74 points

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