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Rip-Roarin' Rodeo
The crowd which turned out to see the Poverty Bay & East Coast Rodeo Association's big day at the Showgrounds on December 31 got their money's worth in thrills and spills. Competing against a formidable array of imported talent, local riders like "Hoppy" Jones, Paddy Gallagher, Colin Stott, and Jack Waru more than held their end up.
Rider gets jarred on stiff-legged horse like this one
President W. Jonasen at the microphone with the line-up of sash-winners. From right to left, they are Alan ("Hoppy") Jones, Gisborne (1st), Jimmy Olsen, Napier (2nd), D. Wright, Wanganui (4th) and Neil Glass, Raetihi (3rd). "Hoppy" is holding a bottle of whisky, and thereby hangs a tale. A certain horse named Blackberry came over from Wanganui, and hadn't been ridden for 14 years. The whisky was a bet that "Hoppy" couldn't ride the outlaw--but he did. And the horse's owner said, "If he can ride him you can have him," so now the Association owns the horse.
(Pix By Kandid Kamera Kraft)
Ride 'im, Cowboy!
Plenty of action
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