The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-07-15, Page 6Page Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July
Rodeo
by Scutt ilitgendOeff
A cowboy wants a steer
that runs straight. lie
wants one that bucks hard
and spins. And he wants
one that lays when he trieS
to wroth: it to the ktround.
And Winghath area's
Mac Anderson is supply-
ing the livestock to do
that.
lie took on that role this
year with the A -K Rodev.
and the Dodge Truck
Rodeo Series of which the
lipeorttin Lucknoi,v
Stampede is a part •
But firSt. Anderson was
intrtailueAd. tp rodeo's, rep-
inevents by a friend anti
started eompeting itt 1903.
go had been raised OR 4.
FWD auct learned how to
ride and roPe,
As. he get better, there
was. the urge to cOmpet• e
and a friend, encettraged
hint to Of started.
1993., he get *permit
,LQ ride in three rOdeos,to
give team ropinga try, an,
event in which two riders,
• a header and a healer, try
to tope a steer by its head
• first and then its twe hind
legs,
y. l994, he. jell/ea the
Ontario • Rodeo
Association which sailf4-.
tions. rodeos hold by
r.04vo coot Pa ni es i
Pntario. tty the 00(1',Of titO
seaSe0)110,1)4.4 W.90 miojt,iu
of the: year. . •
B e hasn't. stet*ed; UOte-
petiog but has, stne CQuiOck
hi insel f •vQ» Moro
involvoct in '.the snortby
supplyingthc stock used
by, team ropers, s.toer
wrestlers, And jultiOt ter
Beforethat, AtiOor4on
had bought some cattle
frons Erl Pcstcr, th •for.:
1w)cr stock‘,..‘entrac.tor' for
And -et -sett and other top-
ers froze ato4P0 the rcgiOn
waq ,start9 co,inpot.ini;
other topii4 evetttii .arid a
his infJoox WbcrQ
• thtlalso Practiced rogue
1.40y.
rifleArt- Trier'ieh:et Wie9heht wreatier KernGreen,RR;
iirc:inand
rronir c,4t viQs.t: sarko winaham. An4Qrsok a:410k. cimtraptQr for the: Rodeo that )4
g raising,..
the C°"iit:14:to uQknqw on (HjigendgFft,PirtOt
atocik, Was; being s.110gli411', 40.* 1414 • ,r,r,
for thcir own CoinP•Ctili0PrA'
an, praodce. •
"it, just evolved. etiqm, .` •
fro'.sa4
yes oek are fta
His wife, Donna.. is. ••
panner in the operation It
welt a a break...away and
team -roper, .
- The rodeo company-
elled.4..eantractor thiS
year and Anderson agreed.
to .Oveite,t0y, •
Li•ke an athlete, . the
steers' start train•ing..r9r
their events tra Ate spring
When Anderson brings.
them in- tohis arena and "
getsthem usedtolitintint
clown the length of it -
The suers are put in a
long, narrow ebut e that
keeps them in place, single
file. When the elfute is
Opena the .104 steer ho
to:run 'out, anddown the
WOO:00w aseite., - •
• Fer team roping, wraps.
are put on their headStu
protect their heads 404
ears, • • -
'Vs-hke pulting*halter
• onit burst: for 'the first:
time,! • said Anderson.
.They don't like it have
taget used to it • •
They .also ..liaVe to get
tts.ed to being -roped toad
what. the resistance feel
like when the rope catches.'
their heads and pulls tight.
They'll.start• by just top-
• ing their heads tunt.felloW
that by catching their heels
once .thy - ;AM u.sOtitP Ibe
first set of sensations. •
"It's so they know it's
• not ter -06(104," he said.
The same is clone for the,
'.steets that are going to he
wrestled. In that StiOrt,..4
PQWbey jumps. off .his
hrse,grabbing the steer
byits horns as he trios to
pull it totheground.
•The . steers, are first
expos.ed to.this. by -what's'
called • chute.' ditgging
where the steer is let out
of the chute and is grabbed
by the horns to get used -to.
what that's like.
. Once the. animals are
used tt running, ix the
direction they .shoult,Iand
the sensation -s of their
sport,- . Anderson .sajd,
'41"hen yeti truck ;heat to,
the rodeo -and hope every,,-
thing works.'
While he brings Pzttp:„
along, Anderson respon.
she for transporting 15
steer to A -K rodeos that
are hold across the
province almost every
weekend • from June
through Sepitember. Glen.
Falconer, another team
roper from Wingham,
lranspetts the steers to the
rodeo sites and helps look
after the livestock. *.
While Anderson is 4
rodeo 14,0whoy by week-
end, adding. steor roping
and hazing (riding along.
side it steer to assist, t stag
wrestler) to the sports he
takes part in, he has, found
that role has taken hold on
•the farm as well where
roPing and ridingprituticeS
are used on a regular
basis. ch
"I eck otriks ry
Oiht. We check 4.0M OR
horse• •bac k.'" •
sai d
Anderson." .
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