European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sefc entrepreneur Alan Jacob at his Corral in Bull dogging Story and Phuoi by Kloyd Harrington  Bureau chief nearly every summer weekend for the past six years i cowboys have entertained thou Sands of europeans and americans by com Peting against each other in the Only attraction it kind in Rodeo Llodo Usa is the creation of Alan a 51year old Cowboy from John How he conceived and brought the Rodeo to its present the american horse farms in is according to Jacob has been involved in Many in Many before he became a Rodeo lie has a degree in archaeology from Reed College in and was an archaic Logist for seven years in Japan after serving with the 5lh marines in the Pacific during world War he has been a newspaper and Mangune journalist dubbed English for italian Western movies was a technical director or one of those movies and helped write screenplays for River at blood and Eye an in addition to in 1967 Jacob went to Paris to work on a screenplay for a French espionage h was there he came up with the idea to bring a Rodeo to one night i was at a French Polo players i was talking to Tome Irving to impress her when she asked me what i was doing writers were a dime a so i Lold her 1 was bringing a Rodeo to she 4uked me what a Rodea t knew that was a whole nights conver but even though i talked Roysell 1 didst gel the galloping Flag bearers make grand Entrance to kick off recent Rodeo in Baumholz although ii took Jacob three Yeara to arrange he did bring a Rodeo to in March 1970 his hired freighter docked at Italy with Rodeo far far West was a collection of More than 100 head of 1b2 horses and so cowboys and to was billed to the biggest Western show to hit Europe since Buffalo before the Rodeo could Complete its scheduled performances Jacobs partners experienced Finan Cial in an Effort to raise Money they closed far West in april and sold most of the except Tor the Quarter we bad to give a show with the Quarter horses for the Queen Mother in after the show i stayed in England for six months with the i needed Money to gel out of so t sold one of the horses and took the rest to a friends farm in in june 1971 Jacob got a Call train the commander of the Berlin brigade and asked to put on a Rodeo in Jacob rounded up much of the Stock from Rodeo far went to Berlin and Rode oed with i he named the show Rodeo from Jacob look the Rodeo to Heidelberg and then after the Heilbronn the cowboys More than a Hundred of them from bases and caverns All Over Europe formed the european Rodeo Assoc a Jacob and the cowboys finished the year Rode cing in an october snowstorm at i didst know what to do had no plans far wintering the Jacob i finally put some of the Stock and horses Down in the but the bulls i had to keep with i boarded them with a Guy who had a Riding stable at Einsiedler Hof West of kaisers Lauteri and moved into a hotel in one morning i got a Call from the German they said my bulls were on the Steps of the bordello located i few Hundred Yards from the terrorizing the girls who worked then keeper a ners from going that when i realized 1 find a place of my in january it Jacob leased the farm Bouse acres of land Outtie a Small Vul North of became a Manet fixture to Acom Merturi to Meir registered with nearly every weekend Between May and sell the Rodeo can be found in or near some Bass or cat it draws Large crowds of germans cans to Aya or Day carnivals or makes Money t military club system through ticket sales and t the Rodeo has also played in Holland and Frai Jacob says his audiences Are do to 90 per cent cd Rodeo it great for improving  the germans get a we kick out of watch Hunt soldiers and airmen ride the of Irons and an the performance the cowboys mingle with the com Are almost always asked for to attest to those Jacob has stacks of g newspapers and magazines with stones about the to Jacob readily admits keeping a Rodeo going in 1 la no easy the Short cancelled a bad weather and the Cost of feeding and transport Stock plus nine torn of Rodeo Arena around be create constant Way be keeps Nde olag because i Alt think its Goia to get you get Point when you feel a kit loyalty to the cow and they depend Roe and i depend on weekends when no Rodeo it j Page the stars and stripes aug