A MERRY GO ROUND 



And Then 



STAY WITH 'IM COWBOY! 



Steer bulldogging originated in cowboys first wrestling with 

 young calves, then gradually larger and larger animals were 

 taken on. It is one of the few sports that does not appear to 

 have been a recognized ranch sport emanating from the work of 

 the range, but it has now found its place as a Round-Up classic. 

 It was first introduced into Pendleton by Buffalo Vernon, that 

 first king of bulldoggers. He bulldogged at the first Round-Up 

 in 1910 for exhibition, then the next year along came Dell Blan- 

 cett and entered the contest as they had both done it at Chey- 

 enne and at the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch in Oklahoma. 



Buff Vernon also introduced bulldogging at Cheyenne and 

 with a sprained wrist to boot. This was when Colonel Theo- 

 dore Roosevelt was there and put Cheyenne on the map as a 

 result. "Teddy" shook hands with Buff and complimented him in 

 the inimitable way that T. R. had. 



As far as it is possible to find out, a man named Pickett seems 

 to have been the first bulldogger on record. He even tackled, 

 barehanded, a thoroughbred, imported, Andulusian bull with a 

 reputation to bulldog it at a Mexican bull fight. When their pet 

 toro was actually getting the worst of it, the crowd showered 

 Pickett with bouquets — oh no! bouteilles instead — and knives to 

 express their appreciation of his nerve, with the result, that poor 

 Pickett was forced to let go and only escaped death by another 

 man flagging the angry beast. 



Each phase of this contest is exciting, but this second phase 

 of the struggle is its main feature. The power and size of the 

 brute is shown in the case of Henry Rosenberg of Pendleton, 

 who though a big man is for the moment being swung a la merry- 

 go-round, after receiving a bad gash on the knee. Ray McCar- 

 roll of Pendleton, who is going to "stay with him" is a superb 

 boxer, wrestler and buckaroo and is exemplifying the power 

 and endurance of a man over his horned and heady fighting 

 adversary. Rosenberg is in the first position of the wrestling 

 or second phase, McCarroll in the last just as the steer is about 



to fall. 



