European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Y were Gus Hadtka mod age Fri Rise Emlyn Uteri Jorle an re those 1 alter Europe Many Tea toys Ion Jacobs Buckout at Jacobs farm keeps cowboys in farmhouse is a Home away ram Home for dozens of cow Hoys and cowgirls who miss stateside Way of Many of them drive hundreds of Miles to help clean pitch Hay and Reed Jacob u proud of the fact that membership in the Era has grown to More than 600 and owl a number of those members have reel sled or extended Thor Loon in Ger Many to keep an Opportunity that int As readily available to them in the he said another Opportunity the cowboys have to learn the Rodeo profession is at Buckars informal mint rodeos held in a Small to Jacobs i dont want them to sit around Between rodeos and get and i want them to have something to do on week they Camp and the Buckin rope calves and put their Money up against each said he also uses toe Buckout to Cri Tique their tiding performance and offer advice for 1m prove Nett the Bacoats dont Cost the fad Tucy an expected to help out Aroumieh to the after everyone u warn he furnishes the Saklas for an outdoor be Esti More than cowboys we cowgirls have visited us farm since he moved to the american horse farm is also called Home by two airmen assigned to the 86th civil Engineer so at Lens red Bill Taylor of and airman Jim Bent from say Jacob treats them like they Swap their of duty time and labor for a bed in the bunk meals and in horsemanship and there Are also four or five youngsters Between the Ages of 11 and u who spend their summer vacations working and learning at the in going to have to Start Chargin their parents for said my food Bills Are up to Tan a week the Only hired hands Jacob has working for him Are Larry from and trick Roper Jade a frenc Canadian who performs with the while assigned to the army 10th combat engr in at Kitzinger last won the title of Champion Allaround Cowboy before leaving the service id work for while Jacob is away contracting for the farm u managed by his ii Earold German wife she also operates a Western shop in which she Sells Bri hats and other Western i swapped her Mother for her for a Jacob jokes about his aside from the Jacob imports american he brought the first registered and Quarter Boras to Europe in 1972 after germans kept trying to buy the Riding horses they saw at since then he has sold More than 100 horses to buyers from Holland and by Dan Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chief cowboys have to stay on pig red for Only eight when you get on that Critter and he starts turning and churning in that eight seconds seems More like tight weeks said Billy a member of the 210th arty croup stationed at hero is a weekend who in 1171 won the european Rodeo Assoc tons calf roping Competition and placed second in the tall dogging is among a growing number of it cowboys who compete in its the thrill of being Able to do some thing that i and i like competing against the other sold the husky 30yearold native of who started Rode oing when he was 10 years Gililand belongs to the boo member european Rodeo when people stand and cheer you even in a language that i dont it is the greatest expert ence 1 have Ever said adding that gets la your blood you cant when i broke my Arm and leg Rode oing in 1973 in 1 said that id but i theres people in the slates Riding steers who Are 60 years for the Rode oing is a natural sport while some mat feel More Comfort Able playing basketball in a the Cowboy would rather rope a calf throw a or conquer a Cyclone Ike winning in Rodeo int the Only it is Gilliland theres fear in any Man who sits on a it takes a lot of and courage is what makes a people come to a Rodeo to see a Man get but they also come to see a Man rope and lie a cat and throw a Rodeo gives europeans a look at More than 130 years of american Rodeo Gill tand he admitted that Bull Riding is probably the roughest and toughest event there is in Rode oing theres one old Bull that eats your butt up every time you get on Hes pounds of twisting and his name u big red while America ton lost the Cruty Breed of ranch the Trade Law of Rode oing and Ike West is Kepi alive by the weekend wearing Cowboy boats u4 hats and chewing plug of they follow the go Fillad said the is getting better and tougher All the in theres Money to be made during the Rodeo this season Guli Rodeo is great far the i Cowboy stationed in Alan Jacobs the Man behind Rodeo has done a lot for i said me said the travelling Rodep is a great american Public relations theres a lot of interest in Rode oing in we really packed pm in at a recent three Day Rodeo in hol Gallt land said his dad radioed in Oklahoma in hog wire pens and grass his four older Brothers and one younger brother also Gililand won his first Belt buckle in 1987 or calf when you Are bom into Rode oing you just Kinda pick it when you Rodeo you Del compete against the you com Pete against the other if 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