ProRodeo Sports News - June 26, 2020

TIME CAPSULE WORLD WAR II

BY MATT NABER W hile the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic andWWII are incomparable, they share common ground in how they impacted rodeo. Before this season, WorldWar II was the only time period that ProRodeo had seen so many cancellations or postponements. As U.S. participation inWWII approached, the PRCA didn’t exist, nor did the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA). And its forerunner, the Rebounding

Rodeo persevered through dark days of World War II Cowboys’ Turtle Association, was still in its infancy, having formed in 1936. By 1940, the Turtles had about 1,000 members. During that time, the Rodeo Association of America (RAA) was the main governing body, and Hoofs and Horns was the official monthly publication of the RAA and the CTA. There were an estimated 105 rodeos in the United States that were part of the RAA in 1940, according to an Oct. 26, 1940, article by C.M. Black in the now-defunct magazine Collier’s. By 1941, 28% of the regularly

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